Pci Raid Physical Disk Identify; Pci Scsi Disk Array Manager; Process Supplemental Media; Run Diagnostics - IBM pSeries 690 User Manual

PCI RAID Physical Disk Identify

For a description of the PCI RAID Physical Disk Identify task, see "SCSI RAID Physical Disk Status and
Vital Product Data" on page 131.

PCI SCSI Disk Array Manager

This service aid calls the smitty pdam fastpath, and is used to manage a RAID array connected to a
SCSI RAID adapter. It may also be run from standalone diagnostics, which is available on systems or
partitions with operating systems other than AIX installed on them (these environments do not allow you to
run the smitty pdam command).
Some of the tasks performed using this service aid include:
v Check device status for the disk array on your system.
v Display information of physical drives and disk arrays.
v Run recovery options on the RAID (which needs to be done at the end of a service call in which you
replaced the RAID adapter cache card or changed the RAID configuration)
Other RAID functions are available using this service aid, they should only be used by the system
administrator who is familiar with the RAID configuration. These functions are normally done when booting
AIX, using smitty pdam command line. Without knowledge of how the RAID was set up, these functions
can cause loss of data stored on the RAID.

Process Supplemental Media

Process Supplemental Media contains all the necessary diagnostic programs and files required to test a
particular resource. The supplemental media is normally released and shipped with the resource as
indicated on the diskette label. Diagnostic Supplemental Media must be used when the device support has
not been incorporated into the latest diagnostic CD-ROM.
This task processes the Diagnostic Supplemental Media. Insert the supplemental media when you are
prompted; then press Enter. After processing has completed, go to the Resource Selection list to find the
resource to test.
Notes:
1. This task is supported in Standalone Diagnostics only.
2. Process and test one resource at a time. Run diagnostics after each supplemental media is processed.
(for example; If you need to process two supplemental media, run diagnostics twice, once after each
supplement media is processed.)

Run Diagnostics

The Run Diagnostics task invokes the Resource Selection List menu. When the commit key is pressed,
diagnostics are run on all selected resources.
The procedures for running the diagnostics depend on the state of the diagnostics run-time options. See
"Display or Change Diagnostic Run-Time Options" on page 112.

Run Error Log Analysis

The Run Error Log Analysis task invokes the Resource Selection List menu. When the commit key is
pressed, Error Log Analysis is run on all selected resources.
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