IBM Netfinity ServeRAID-4H Ultra160 User Reference page 134

getbst
format
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designated event log. See getevent help for information about the
contents of the device event log and the controller soft and hard
event logs.
Supported operating systems: Windows NT, Windows 2000, OS/2,
NetWare, Linux, OpenServer, UnixWare, and DOS
Command: ipssend eraseevent 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
Use the getbst function to display the number of bad stripes in the
bad stripe table for each logical drive.
Supported operating systems: Windows NT, Windows 2000, OS/2,
NetWare, Linux, OpenServer, Unixware, and DOS
Command: ipssend getbst controller
where:
controller is the ServeRAID controller number (1–12)
Use the format function to perform a low-level format of a physical
drive.
Attention:
1. When you issue this function, all data on the disk will be lost.
2. After a format function is issued, do not stop it. If a format
process is stopped for any reason, the hard disk that was being
formatted will not respond to any functions except the format
function. Thus, the ServeRAID controller will not be able to
recognize functions anymore. To recover the drive, refer to
"Recovering from an incomplete format of a physical drive" on
page 137.
Supported operating system: DOS
Command: ipssend format controller channel sid
where:
v controller is the ServeRAID controller number (1–12)
v channel is the channel number for the device (1, 2, 3, or 4)
v sid is the SCSI ID for the device (0–15)
Use the getevent function to display information about various
unexpected events. IBM uses the soft and hard event logs for
development and debugging purposes only. The device event log
contains event counters for each attached physical device. These
counters include:
v Parity: An unexpected event occurred while data was being
transferred on the SCSI bus. This usually indicates a problem
with the SCSI cable, connectors, or terminators.
v Soft: A SCSI device detected a check-condition event.
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