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5.2 Viewing the Physical Configuration
From the SSA Main Menu, select SSA Adapter List and then Disk Service Aids. A window opens showing the physical
arrangement of the SSA disk drives attached to the adapter selected:
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¦ ¦CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ Main Me+------------------------------+ ¦
¦ +---------------¦ Disk Service Aids ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ +------------------------------¦ ¦
¦ ¦ New Disks ¦Link SSA UID Status¦ ¦
¦ ¦ Free Resourc¦ ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ System Resou¦Port A1 ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ SSA Adapter ¦ uidxxxxx Good ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ Event/Error ¦ uidxxxxy Good ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ Service Aids¦ uidxxxyy Good ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ About ¦ uidxxzzz Good ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ ¦Port A2 ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ ¦Port B1 ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ No Disks ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ ¦Port B2 ¦ ¦
¦ +---------------+------------------------------+ ¦
¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦
¦ ¦<ESCAPE> Exit <ENTER> Select <F1> Help <F2> Format ¦ ¦
¦ ¦<F3> Certify <F4> ServiceMode <F5> Diagnostics <F9> FlashOn ¦ ¦
¦ ¦<F10> FlashOff ¦ ¦
¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦
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In this example, four disk drives are connected between ports A1 and A2 of the adapter, in a loop, in the order shown. There are no
disks connected to ports B1 and B2.
If a dashed line appears in the list of disk drives, it means that the SSA loop is broken at that point.
SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User's Guide.
Viewing the Physical Configuration
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