IBM 86624RY Maintenance Manual - Page 101

Change the SCSI Transfer Speed, Remove Defunct Drive, Scan for New or Removed Ready, Drives, Contents

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Help want to physically remove a defunct drive from the system and install a good drive in its place. Change the SCSI Transfer Speed: This choice is available in the Information mode only. It appears when you select a SCSI Channel icon. You can select this choice to change the transfer speed from its default value of Optimal. When the transfer speed is set to Optimal, the ServeRAID adapter or controller determines the best transfer speed, based on the types of SCSI drives and storage enclosures in use. Choices available are Ultra2 SCSI, UltraSCSI, Fast SCSI 2, and SCSI 2. Remove Defunct Drive: This choice appears in the Information mode only. After you physically remove a drive, select this choice to delete the drive information from the configuration. Replace Defunct Drive: This choice appears in the Information mode only. Select this choice to physically replace a defunct disk drive. Note Always replace a defunct drive with a drive of equal or greater capacity. Scan for New or Removed Ready Drives: This choice is available in the Information mode only. When you select this choice, the configuration program scans the individual channel or all channels on the ServeRAID controller for new or removed Ready drives. The following choices are available from the Help pull-down menu: Contents: Select this choice to access the online Help facility. This choice is available in both the Information and Configuration modes. Task-oriented Help is available from many of the pop-up windows that appear during the configuration process; and, you also can obtain context-sensitive Help by selecting an item and then pressing the F1 key. About: Select this choice to view the version number and copyright information for the ServeRAID Configuration Program. This choice is Netfinity 5500 M20 - Type 8662 93

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want to physically remove a defunct
drive from the system and install a good
drive in its place.
±
Change the SCSI Transfer Speed:
This choice is available in the
Information mode only.
It appears when
you select a SCSI Channel icon.
You
can select this choice to change the
transfer speed from its default value of
Optimal.
When the transfer speed is set
to Optimal, the ServeRAID adapter or
controller determines the best transfer
speed, based on the types of SCSI
drives and storage enclosures in use.
Choices available are Ultra2 SCSI,
UltraSCSI, Fast SCSI 2, and SCSI 2.
±
Remove Defunct Drive:
This choice
appears in the Information mode only.
After you physically remove a drive,
select this choice to delete the drive
information from the configuration.
±
Replace Defunct Drive:
This choice
appears in the Information mode only.
Select this choice to physically replace a
defunct disk drive.
Note
Always replace a defunct drive with
a drive of equal or greater capacity.
±
Scan for New or Removed Ready
Drives:
This choice is available in the
Information mode only.
When you
select this choice, the configuration
program scans the individual channel or
all channels on the ServeRAID controller
for new or removed Ready drives.
Help
The following choices are available from the
Help pull-down menu:
±
Contents:
Select this choice to access
the online Help facility.
This choice is
available in both the Information and
Configuration modes.
Task-oriented
Help is available from many of the
pop-up windows that appear during the
configuration process; and, you also can
obtain context-sensitive Help by
selecting an item and then pressing the
F1
key.
±
About:
Select this choice to view the
version number and copyright
information for the ServeRAID
Configuration Program.
This choice is
Netfinity 5500 M20 - Type 8662
93