Testing Internal Storage Devices - DEC VAXstation 3100 Owner's Manual

7.4 Testing Internal Storage Devices
You can use TEST 50 to check the status of hard disk drives and
tape drives installed in your system.
lb determine the status of a device using the TEST 50
configuration display, you first
• Ascertain the device's SCSI ID setting.
• Find the SCSI-A line in the TEST 50 display.
Here is an example of the SCSI-Aline. In this example, the eight
alphanumeric SCSI-A codes are nimibered 1 through 8 for yoxir
reference. These codes tell the functional status of each device
and correspond to SCSI IDs 0 through 7.
?? SCSI-A 2828.0001 VI.3
FFFFFF05 FFFFFF05 FFFFFF05 00000001 FFFFFF05 01000001 FFFFFF03 FFFFFF05
0 @ © 0 0 © o ©
©
o
SCSI ID
©
SCSI ID
©
SCSI ID
o
SCSI ID
©
SCSI ID
©
SCSI ID
o SCSI ID
©
SCSI ID
An easy way to determine if any device errors are detected is by
looking for double question marks in the left column as shown in
the example. Two question marks indicate that one or more of the
drives are faulty, lb determine which device is faulty, examine the
status codes. If you see a status code different from those Usted in
Table 7-2, the device may be faulty.
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