IBM H80 Series Personal Computer User Manual


 
Fibre Channel RAID Service Aid
The Fibre Channel RAID service aids contain the following functions:
Certify LUN
This selection reads and checks each block of data in the Logical Unit
Number (LUN). If excessive errors are encountered, the user is notified.
You can run this task from the AIX command line. Use the following
fastpath command:
diag -T "certify"
Certify Spare Physical Disk
This selection allows the user to certify (check integrity of the data) drives
that are designated as spares.
You can run this task from the AIX command line. Use the following
fastpath command:
diag -T "certify"
Format Physical Disk
This selection is used to format a selected disk drive.
You can run this task from the AIX command line. Use the following
fastpath command:
diag -T "format"
Array Controller Microcode Download
This selection allows the microcode on the Fibre Channel RAID controller
to be updated when required.
You can run this task from the AIX command line. Use the following
fastpath command:
diag -T "download"
Physical Disk Microcode Download
This selection is used to update the microcode on any of the disk drives
in the array.
You can run this task from the AIX command line. Use the following
fastpath command:
diag -T "download"
Update EEPROM
This selection is used to update the contents of the Electrical Erasable
Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM) on a selected controller.
Replace Controller
Use this selection when it is necessary to replace a controller in the array.
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