Using The Ipsmon Command-Line Program (Netware Only) - IBM Netfinity ServeRAID-4H Ultra160 User Reference

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Using the IPSMON command-line program (NetWare only)

The IPSMON command-line program provides a quick way to monitor ServeRAID
controllers for specific conditions. The IPSMON program is available for Novell
NetWare only.
To run the IPSMON program:
1. From the console, type:
2. Press Enter.
When you start IPSMON, it immediately begins polling all ServeRAID controllers for
specific conditions. If a condition being monitored is found, this program logs a
message to the screen, to a file, or to both the screen and a file.
Use the readahead function to enable, disable, or set the adaptive
mode for the read-ahead feature of the ServeRAID controller.
Supported operating systems: Windows NT and DOS
Command: ipssend readahead controller options
where:
v controller is the ServeRAID controller number (1–12)
v options is one of the following:
– ON enables the read-ahead feature
– OFF disables the read-ahead feature
– ADAPTIVE indicates that the controller will determine the best
mode to use at any given time.
– ? displays the current read-ahead feature mode being used.
Use the stripesize function to set the size of the ServeRAID
controller stripe to 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, or 64 KB.
Supported operating systems: DOS
Command: ipssend stripesize controller options
where:
v controller is the ServeRAID controller number (1–12)
v options is one of the following:
– 8 to set the stripe-unit size to 8 KB
– 16 to set the stripe-unit size to 16 KB
– 32 to set the stripe-unit size to 32 KB
– 64 to set the stripe-unit size to 64 KB
– ? to display the current stripe-unit size being used.
Use the unattended function to enable or disable the unattended
feature of the ServeRAID controllers.
Supported operating systems: Windows NT, Windows 2000, OS/2,
NetWare, Linux, OpenServer, Unixware, and DOS
Command: ipssend unattended controller options
where:
v controller is the ServeRAID controller number (1–12)
v options is one of the following:
– ON to enable the feature
– OFF to disable the feature
– ? to display the current setting of this feature.
load ipsmon
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