Viewing The Physical Configuration - IBM SSA 32H3816 Installation And User Manual

5.2 Viewing the Physical Configuration

From the SSA Main Menu, select SSA Adapter List and then Disk Service Aids. A window opens showing the physical
arrangement of the SSA disk drives attached to the adapter selected:
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In this example, four disk drives are connected between ports A1 and A2 of the adapter, in a loop, in the order shown. There are no
disks connected to ports B1 and B2.
If a dashed line appears in the list of disk drives, it means that the SSA loop is broken at that point.
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Viewing the Physical Configuration
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