Link Verification Service Aid - IBM Advanced SerialRAID Adapters SA33-3285-02 User Manual

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Link Verification Service Aid

The Link Verification service aid helps you determine:
v Which devices are connected to the SSA loop
v Where an SSA loop has been broken
v The status of the disk drives on that SSA loop
v The location of enclosure faults that have been detected by the disk drives on that
SSA loop
To use the Link Verification service aid:
1. Select Link Verification from the SSA Service Aids menu (see "Starting the SSA
Service Aids" on page 376). The Link Verification adapter menu is displayed:
2. Select the adapter that you want to test.
The columns of information displayed on the screen have the following meanings:
v The first column shows the adapter name. The format of the adapter name is:
v The second column shows the adapter location code (for example,
v The third column shows the description of the adapter (for example,
where:
systemname is the name of the using system that contains the SSA adapter.
adaptername is the adapter resource identifier.
).
Note: If the adapter name is longer than the description field, the name is
shortened, as shown in the screen above.
(for example,
Chapter 17. SSA Service Aids
)
).
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