Using The Sas/Sata Configuration Utility Program; Starting The Sas/Sata Configuration Utility Program; Serialselect Utility Menu Choices; Disk Utilities - IBM System x3800 Type 8865 User Manual

Using the SAS/SATA Configuration Utility program

Use the SAS/SATA Configuration Utility program to configure SAS devices.

Starting the SAS/SATA Configuration Utility program

To start the SAS/SATA Configuration Utility program, complete the following steps:
1. Turn on the server.
2. When the prompt <<< Press <CTRL><A> for Adaptec SAS/SATA Configuration
3. To select a choice from the menu, use the arrow keys.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the SerialSelect Utility or Disk

SerialSelect Utility menu choices

The following choices are on the SerialSelect Utility menu:
v SAS Controller Configuration
v PHY Configuration

Disk Utilities

Select this choice to format, verify, or locate SAS devices. Select a device from the
list and read the instructions on the screen carefully before making a selection.

Using ServeRAID Manager

Use ServeRAID Manager, which is on the IBM ServeRAID Support CD, to:
v Configure a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) array
v Restore a SCSI hard disk drive to the factory-default settings, erasing all data
v View the RAID configuration and associated devices
v Monitor the operation of the RAID controllers
To perform some tasks, you can run ServeRAID Manager as an installed program.
However, to perform an initial RAID configuration on the server, you must run
ServeRAID Manager in Startable CD mode, as described in the instructions in this
– reboot
Force the server to restart.
– sel get
Display the BMC system event log.
– sol
Configure the SOL function.
– sysinfo
Display system information that is related to the server and the globally
unique identifier (GUID).
Utility! >>> appears, press Ctrl+A.
Utilities settings.
Select this choice to view or change SAS controller settings. To reset the
controller to its default settings, press F6 and follow the instructions on the
screen.
Select this choice to view or change the physical layer (PHY) configuration
settings. To reset the controller to its default settings, press F6 and follow the
instructions on the screen.
from the disk
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