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2.5 RAID Adapter Utilities
On PC Servers with SCSI RAID adapters, the RAID utility is used to configure the
attached SCSI devices. This section describes two of the utilities used on IBM
PC Servers:
1. The utility for the IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Streaming RAID Adapter/A and the
IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide PCI RAID adapters. See 2.5.1, “SCSI-2 F/W PCI RAID
and Streaming RAID Adapter.”
2. The utility for the PC ServeRAID SCSI Adapter. Refer to 2.5.2, “PC
ServeRAID SCSI Adapter” on page 49.
2.5.1 SCSI-2 F/W PCI RAID and Streaming RAID Adapter
This utility comes on a bootable diskette that is shipped with every RAID Server.
Also, it can be rebuilt if necessary with the Diskette Factory option from the
ServerGuide.
The IBM RAID utility allows you to configure disk arrays as well as view the
status of the arrays already defined. It provides a graphical display of the
defined arrays and provides diagnostic information to assist you if a hard disk
within the array malfunctions.
The common configuration tasks that are described here are as follows:
1. Verify the configuration
2. Low-level format of the disks
3. Defining a hot-spare drive
4. Creating a disk array
5. Defining logical drives
6. Look at the drives information
7. Back up/restore the configuration
After booting with the RAID Controller program diskette, if more than one RAID
adapter is installed, it will prompt you to select the adapter you want to work
with (see Figure 26 on page 37). Otherwise, a panel similar to the one in
Figure 27 on page 37 will appear.
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