IBM ServeRAID-4 Ultra160 Series User Reference page 92

selftest
RAID configuration functions
The IPSSEND RAID configuration functions include the following:
create
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IBM User's Reference: ServeRAID
Command: ipssend getevent controller options
where:
v controller is the ServeRAID controller number (1–12)
v options is the designated event log:
– DEVICE for the device event log
– SOFT for the ServeRAID controller soft event log
– HARD for the ServeRAID controller hard event log
The selftest function is used to direct a controller or a device to
perform its self-test.
Supported operating systems: DOS
Command: ipssend selftest controller options
where:
v controller is the ServeRAID controller number (1–12)
v options is the designated self-test:
– AD for the ServeRAID controller self-test
– PD channel sid for the device self-test
Note: channel represents the drive channel (1–4), and sid is
the SCSI ID for the device (0–15).
Use the create function to create arrays and logical drives for
ServeRAID controllers. You must enter the channel and SCSI ID of
the physical drives to define an array. You must enter the logical
drive size and the RAID level for the logical drive. When you enter
MAX as the size on the command line, the maximum size of the
logical drive is calculated automatically. If there is free space in an
existing array, you can create additional logical drives for that array.
Note: You cannot create RAID level-x0 logical drives with the
create function.
After the logical drive is created, a quick initialization is done. The
quick initialization process initializes (writes zeroes on) the first
1024 sectors (.5 MB) of the logical drive. If you assign RAID level-5
or RAID level-5E to the logical drive and the ServeRAID controller
supports the auto-synchronization feature, the logical drive
automatically synchronizes in the background. If the controller does
not support the auto-synchronization feature, you can use the
IPSSEND synch function to synchronize the RAID level-5 or RAID
level-5E logical drives. After synchronization, the logical drives are
available for storing data.
Supported operating systems: Windows NT, Windows 2000, OS/2,
NetWare, Linux, OpenServer, UnixWare, and DOS
Command: ipssend create controller logicaldrive options size
raidlevel [channel sid] noprompt
Note: The symbols [ ] above mean that the parameters are
repeatable. The maximum number of repetitions is 16.
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-4 Ultra160 SCSI Controller