IBM 8681 Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 46

Note If the following screen appears, you might have pressed Ctrl+A before the selected drives were ready. Restart the server and watch for the SCSISelect messages as each drive spins up. After the drive that you want to view or format spins up, press Ctrl+A. Unexpected SCSI Command Failure Target SCSI ID: 4 SCSI CDB Sent: 3 E 7 2 Host Adapter Status: h - No host adapter error Target Status: 2h - Check condition Sense Key: 2h - Not ready +Sense Code: 4h +Sense Code Qualifier: 2h Press 'Esc' to continue. Performing a low-level disk format: You can use the Format Disk feature of the SCSISelect Utility program to perform a low-level format on a hard disk drive. The amount of processing time that the low-level format program requires will vary according to the hard disk drive capacity. When to use the low-level format program: Use the Low-Level Format program: When you are installing software that requires a low-level format When you get recurring messages from the diagnostic tests directing you to run the Low-Level Format program on the hard disk drive As a last resort before replacing a failing hard disk drive Note For information on backing up all of your files, see the operating-system documentation. Starting the low-level format program Attention The low-level format program erases all data and programs. 38 Netfinity Server HMM