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1. CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version i Main Me To ESRAR aR Eann i Disk Service Aids P New Disks iLink SSA UID Status Free Resourc System Resou Port Al I I I I d i i SSA Adapter uidxxxxx Good 1 Event Error uidxxxxy Good Service Aids uidxxxyy Good i About uidxxzzz Good Port A2 i i IPort Bl No Disks IPort B2 4 RE I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help lt F2 gt Format I lt F3 gt Certify lt F4 gt ServiceMode lt F5 gt Diagnostics lt F9 gt FlashOn lt F10 gt Flashoff In this example four disk drives are connected between ports A1 and A2 of the adapter in a loop in the order shown There are no disks connected to ports B1 and B2 If a dotted line appears in the list of disk drives it indicates that the SSA loop is broken at that place 2 You can identify a disk drive by highlighting its entry in this list and pressing F9 This causes the Check light on the disk drive to flash if it is not on already and a gt symbol appears beside the entry in the list Pressing F10 stops the light flashing 8 Highlight the entry for the disk drive that you are going to replace and press F4
2. 4 I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt DELETE gt Delete lt F1 gt Help RE 4 The SRNs service request numbers describe the errors Some SRNs describe errors with the adapter card or with the SSA configuration These SRNs are listed in Appendix B SSA RAID Adapter Service Request Numbers in topic B 0 with a description of what you should do to solve the problem Some SRNs describe errors with the SSA disk drives or the units in which they are installed For a complete description of these see the Installation and User s Guide or the Maintenance Information for that unit If one of the following SRNs appears you can correct the problem by exchanging a disk drive for a new one Any SRN whose first character is 1 60210 D0100 D0300 The following section describes what you need to do with the array configuration utility while changing a disk drive _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 4 2 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Changing Failed Disk Drives 4 3 Changing Failed Disk Drives If you have one of the SRNs in the list above you can change the disk drive using the following procedure 1 From the Main Menu select SSA Adapter List select the adapter and then select Disk Service Aids A list of physical disk drives is displayed
3. SRN Description Action 4 4 4 20PAA An open SSA link has been Call for service i detected i i 4 4 21PAA An SSA Threshold exceeded Call for service to link error has been detected 29PAA i i 4 4 2A002 Async code 02 has been Call for service received Probably a i software error has occurred i i 2A003 Async code 03 has been Call for service received Probably a software error has occurred i i 2A004 Async code 04 has been Call for service received Probably a software error has occurred i 4 4 4 2FFFF An async code that is not Call for service valid has been received 4 4 4 40000 The SSA adapter card has Exchange the adapter for a failed new one or call for service 4 4 4 40004 A 4 MB DRAM module in adapter Call for service o
4. 4 i 50007 The IOCC detected an internal Exchange the adapter card error for a new one or call for service 4 4 4 i 50008 Unable to read or write the Exchange the adapter card PCI registers for a new one or call for service 4 50010 An SSA adapter or device Call for service drive protocol error has i occurred 4 4 4 50012 The SSA adapter microcode has Call for service i hung i 4 4 i D4000 The diagnostics cannot Exchange the adapter card configure the SSA adapter for a new one or call for i i service D4100 The diagnostics cannot open Exchange the adapter card i the SSA adapter for a new one or call for i i service D4300 The diagnostics have detected Exchange the adapter card an SSA adapter POST failure for a new one or call for i i service DFFFF
5. This puts that disk drive into service mode the Check light on the disk drive comes on it might be on already and a symbol appears beside the entry in the list Only one disk can be in service mode at a time 4 Replace the physical disk drive The User s Handbook for the unit containing the disk drive describes how to do this 5 Highlight the entry for the disk drive that you are have just replaced and press F4 This removes that disk drive from service mode 6 Press Esc to return to the Main Menu Leaving the Service Aids window automatically removes any disk drive from service mode 7 Ifthe disk drive that failed was a member of an array for which no hot spare was available the entry for the failed disk drive in the list of members of the array is replaced with blank Not Present You must add the new disk drive to the array by exchanging this entry with that for the new disk drive using the procedure described in Exchanging a Member of an Array in topic 5 5 If the disk drive that failed was a member of an array for which a hot spare was available the hot spare will have been exchanged automatically with the faulty disk drive You can either _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 4 3 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Changing Failed Disk Drives Define the new disk drive as a new hot spare using the procedure described in Defining a Hot Spare in topic 5 1 or Exchange the new disk drive with the previous hot s
6. Up to two SSA RAID Adapters can be installed in a member of the PC Server 720 family of servers Only 1 SSA RAID Adapter can be installed in other PC servers If two SSA RAID Adapters are installed they must both be on the primary PCI bus slots 6 and 7 if possible or both on the secondary bus slots 1 through 5 _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 A 0 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Appendix B SSA RAID Adapter Service Request Numbers B O Appendix B SSA RAID Adapter Service Request Numbers Array Problems in topic 4 2 describes how errors are reported and logged for the adapter and the disk drives attached to it These reports and logs contain service request numbers SRNs which lead to detailed descriptions of the problems The following table lists the SRNs that apply to the adapter card with descriptions of each problem and what you should do to solve the problem The SSA RAID Adapter Hardware Maintenance Manual Supplement provides more details of these SRNs this information is primarily for service representatives Other SRNs refer to the disk drives that are attached to the adapter and to the unit in which those disk drives are installed For details of those SRNs refer to the Installation and User s Guide or the Hardware Maintenance Manual Supplement for that unit
7. 5 5 i i Main Menu i AN Een a TE AE i I 1 I x I I i i New Disks Free Resources i i i SY SURE ant An A I e S ses eS SSA SSA Adapter List i i BOW PIS eS Oe tS Se ee A i Serv Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter Q Abou Bus X Device N Slot T Adapter S i i i i Pu see e oe un un I I I I F I I I I I i 4 I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help 4 i i CR a a A a me E ee AA ar ge at ae Eh ae ne A O a T art Man PR SES E Select the adapter to which the disk drive that is to be the hot spare is attached The hot spare can only be used by arrays defined on that adapter 3 The Adapter Menu window opens Ye a Na a a aa Reh ae en lh Ne te i i 4 5 CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version D i i M in ME 2 27a I nn i oa AN R Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter Q i i FE EEE RE EEE EEE EEE a i New Disks RAID O Arrays Free Resour RAID 1 Arrays Syst RAID 5 Arrays i i SSA Rejected Disks Event Non Volatile RAM Serv Bus X Hot spare Disks Abou B
8. A command or parameter that Call for service has been sent or received is not valid This problem is caused either by the SSA adapter or by an error in the microcode Uns Sm een T NEE TON E EE u EE SE E ee oe ne E SEESE Zen ee eee Subtopics B 1 SSA Loop Configurations that Are Not Valid _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 B 0 4 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide SSA Loop Configurations that Are Not Valid B 1 SSA Loop Configurations that Are Not Valid Note This section is related to SRN 48000 SRN 48000 shows that the SSA loop contains more devices or adapters than are allowed Each of the 2 pairs of SSA ports on a SSA RAID Adapter can attach up to 48 devices in a closed loop Only one SSA RAID Adapter adapter can be included in a loop If the SRN occurred when you turned on the server 1 Turn off the server 2 Review the configuration that you are trying to make and determine why that configuration is not valid 3 Correct your configuration by reconfiguring the SSA cables or by removing the excess devices or adapters from the loop 4 Turn on the server If the SRN occurred because additional devices or adapters were added to a working SSA loop 1 Remove the additional devices or adapters that are causing the problem and put the loop back into its original working configuration Note t is important that you do these actions because they enable the configuration code
9. i i Brent 22 5222 eR HE oe i i Serv Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter Q Abou Bus X Device N Slot T Adapter CS i i i i i i i ES le TN re ee ae i I I I I I I I I I I I 1 i I 1 I nn pee Ses Se Se SAS na ee ee ee pu en een ne n etes nn pere I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help pen E a i i f 1 i I 4 Select the adapter that controls the array 3 The adapter menu window opens ee CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version i Malin MERS ESS SSSR SE SEHR I ha ay ee Ne Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter Q RSS ae y ecg EREN EE E titi apm En sg whi pd ta ed Sapte Sepa Et I New Disks RAID 0 Arrays Free Resour RAID 1 Arrays SYSER SEE RAID 5 Arrays SSA Rejected Disks Abou Bus X Run Concurrent Diagnostics I I I 1 I 1 I i Event Non Volatile RAM I l i i Run Non Concurrent Diagnostics I I I I I 1 I T I F k 1 I i Serv Bus X Hot spare Disks I I I I I I I I I I View Adapter VPD Disk Service Aids 4 4 I lt ESC
10. i i a a a SN ES i Perot e a aena ee a i i i i i Highlight the array whose attributes you want to change and press F8 5 A window opens showing the attributes for the array selected 4 i i i i E ee CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version Pe gp Be a ca ea en a Ir eS i i eae a Sn a ee en gt SpE cece Sains SS aS cee ee a i i Main Mt Ss 5s o gt EEE Er HEHE Sa i i FRET SES oe Hes Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter Q i i Fe a RE E A eh i i i i New Disks RAI Free Resour RAT Filter Attributes for RAID X Arrays i i SYSTHSF F BRAIFSe nee i SSA Rej SSA UID Array Name XXXXXXXX i i Event Non attributel XX i Serv Bus X Hot attribute2 yy i i Abou Bus X Run i i i Run i i i i Here Vie i i en ea Renn aes eS i i TERRA a a a TRS a a ee a a ji i ae a a EI Er Hat a a per an Sa qe a En aa a ut an len ne du na I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help l foes E E ete EE E er ee ee i i i i 4 You can change the values of the attributes by overtyping them The Help screen provides details of the values that are allowed Use the arrow keys to scroll the contents of the window if necessary to ensure that
11. you cannot use the primary bus for all the SSA RAID Adapter cards that you are installing use the secondary PCI bus slots 1 through 5 for all the SSA RAID Adapter cards If you want to boot from an SSA disk drive and the system has a SCSI PCI adapter you must install the SSA adapter in a PCI slot with a higher priority than the slot used by the SCSI adapter In some servers slots with lower numbers have higher priority in other servers higher numbers mean higher priority the User s Handbook for your server describes which rule applies _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 2 1 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Connecting the Disk Drives 2 2 Connecting the Disk Drives SSA loop B Port oe A SSA loop B Port 1 eee SSA loop A Port u SSA loop A Unique ID labels Port 1 Each of the 2 pairs of SSA ports can attach up to 48 dual port devices in a closed loop Only one SSA adapter can be included in a loop SSA Loops and Links in topic C 1 1 provides a general description of SSA loops and some rules for cabling valid configurations To connect the cables 1 Connect the cables from the devices to the appropriate pair of connectors on the adapter card 2 Turn the retaining screws on the SSA cable connectors fully clockwise to ensure that a good ground connection is made _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 2 2 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Configuring the Disk Drives 2 3 Configu
12. Adapter Installation and User s Guide The IBM Warranty D 1 2 The IBM Warranty IBM warrants that each Machine 1 is free from defects in materials and workmanship and 2 conforms to IBM s Official Published Specifications IBM calculates the expiration of the warranty period from the Machine s Date of Installation The date on your receipt is the Date of Installation unless IBM or your reseller informs you otherwise During the warranty period IBM or your reseller will provide warranty service under the type of service designated for the Machine and will manage and install engineering changes that apply to the Machine IBM or your reseller will specify the type of service For a feature conversion or upgrade IBM or your reseller may require that the Machine on which it is installed be 1 the designated serial numbered Machine and 2 at an engineering change level compatible with the feature conversion or upgrade Some of these transactions called Net Priced transactions may include additional parts and associated replacement parts that are provided on an exchange basis All removed parts become the property of IBM and must be returned to IBM Replacement parts assume the remaining warranty of the parts they replace If a Machine does not function as warranted during the warranty period IBM or your reseller will repair or replace it with a Machine that is at least functionally equivalent without charge If IBM or your reseller is unable
13. Bus X Ho 2 hsdUID222 status i i i i Abou Bus X Rui3 hsdUID333 status i i i i i Ruj i i i i i een Vil i i i i i Dij i i i i 4 frea un i i i i i Press Insert to add a new hot spare disk drive 5 A list of candidate disk drives is displayed lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help lt F9 gt FlashOn lt F10 gt Flashoff 4 i i i i Pp gee ee E ee peine pe nine ICONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version Wi PR u a a un ee ee eee ee a a ne u nn i i Maths MESSE RES DE EHE SS i i eS ES Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter Q i i PORC SS Be Se ne i i New Disks RAID O i i Free Resour RA 2222222222777 Syst RA Candidates for Hot spare Disks i i SSA ROSS ne i i i Even No l canUID111 status i i Serv Bus X Ho 2 canUID222 status i i Abou Bus X Ru 3 canUID333 status i i i i Ru 4 canUID444 status i pee vi 5 canUID555 status I i i i Dil i i i l 4 4 l SR men 3 Ha ESS EE RE a AAA E i i I 1 I I I I 6 Highlight the entry for the disk drive that is to be the hot spare You can identify the disk drive by putting the cursor on its Unique ID in this list and pressing F9
14. F9 gt FlashOn lt F10 gt Flashoff lt F7 gt Exchange Members 4 i i i i My Ghee Se ee data a ee a i ee ee A SS oe eee CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version apa get Sea ee a nenn ante un mean Se ee Herzen En ee ere i i Main Menu i CP ee ee re i i i i Er en a ae a i 1 New Disks View RAID X Arrays I i i Free Resou Thann nte re i i i i System RESHF F Att AS ess Ses Se SSA Adapte att Members of RAID X Arrays i i Event Erro A Oc an a ncn ae to aR E i Service Ai att About Viell UIDxxxxg status i i tonei 12 UIDyyyyg status i i 13 UIDggggg status i i i i i es prcni dte se een pan po te cent EEE i i i i i i i i i i 3 Select the member that you want to exchange and press F7 A window opens showing the disk drives that are candidates for exchange _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 5 5 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Exchanging a Member of an Array lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help lt F9 gt FlashOn lt F10 gt Flashoff I I I i i u ce CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version D Sb eee Se a Sees Se eee ee ees ee See SE nn ad see een Main Menu i i i a IS LISS Eee A EE i i i i ee a ae i i i New Disks View RAID X Arrays i
15. ICONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version Le ns en ion eure alten lea nennt nee gene ge en nE Main Menu i DR SR RARE SRE RAR re i i i Tonan R ae Dr F i i i En nr X one Fre View Physical Disk nr i i SA a ar ne en RE ee gr i i i SSA attrlaaaa gg D X Arrays i i Evei attr2bbbb zf Meran i i i Ser i i i i i Abo i status i i i i i status i i i i i status i i i i i i i ee ss un Jeep Dee ne ne ee pr Preen a Se i i i i i If from the System Resources window you select a disk drive that is not a member of an array the View Physical Disk window appears immediately To see all the attributes of the disk drive use the arrow keys to scroll the window _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 5 3 2 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Changing Array Attributes 5 4 Changing Array Attributes To change one or more of the attributes of an existing array 1 From the SSA Main Menu select SSA Adapter List 2 The SSA Adapter List window opens 4 i i 1 p I mn CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version j be Sn et on nie eee eee ee eee ee I ee eh ee pree i i Main Menu i BR EPS EP en nn i i 1 I iF I I I 1 I i i New Disks Free Resources i i i i SYS Otay oF Sasser BFH FF See i SSA SSA Adapter List
16. Information For the latest device drivers firmware and utility programs call the IBM PC Company Bulletin Board System at In the U S i 919 517 0001 In Canada In Markham 905 316 4255 n Montreal 514 938 3022 n Toronto 416 492 1823 In Vancouver 604 664 6466 For detailed maintenance information on the adapter and its subsystem refer to the SSA RAID Adapter Maintenance Information manual S32H 3817 For detailed information on the operation of the adapter refer to the SSA RAID Adapter Technical Reference manual SA33 3268 For more information on IBM products or services browse the IBM home page on the World Wide Web its URL is http www ibm com or for information such as Service amp Support or new BIOS flashes specifically about PC Servers refer to http www pcco ibm com _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 6 0 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Appendix A Multiple Adapter Installations A O Appendix A Multiple Adapter Installations The following limitations apply to servers with multiple SSA RAID Adapters
17. PS D PER 1 New Disks RAID O Arrays Free Resour RAID 1 Arrays SYSEH RAID 5 Arrays SSA Rejected Disks Serv Bus X Hot spare Disks Abou Bus X Run Concurrent Diagnostics I I I 1 I 1 I i Event Non Volatile RAM I I i 1 Run Non Concurrent Diagnostics I I I I View Adapter VPD Disk Service Aids 4 I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help 4 4 _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 3 3 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Creating an Array Select the type of array to be created You can scroll the contents of the window by using the arrow keys 4 A list of the arrays of this type already controlled by this adapter appears in a new window this list may be blank lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt INSERT gt Insert lt DELETE gt Delete lt F1 gt Help lt F9 gt FlashOn lt F10 gt FlashOff lt F8 gt Modify Attributes 4 i i i i a a EEEE CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version E See oe tre ee ek Se ee eS es nr ee ee ee eh Ze na nz ne ung i
18. This causes a light on the disk drive to flash Pressing F10 stops the light flashing Press Enter to define this disk drive as a hot spare The previous window is displayed with the new hot spare added to the list _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 5 1 2 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Viewing the Physical Configuration 5 2 Viewing the Physical Configuration From the SSA Main Menu select SSA Adapter List and then Disk Service Aids A window opens showing the physical arrangement of the SSA disk drives attached to the adapter selected Fe DE a a ee Deere CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version mente I Er a I D I I RT eee pi te Rhee er aaa i Main MR A ee ee en F Toonami nan Ener i Disk Service Aids i ca nt ah E ETER EEEN POE ETEA TAANE S PEE E A EU en 1 New Disks Link SSA UID Status Free Resourc System Resou Port Al I I I I I i i SSA Adapter uidxxxxx Good 1 Event Error uidxxxxy Good Service Aids uidxxxyy Good 1 About uidxxzzz Good Port A2 i i IPort Bl No Disks Port B2 4 4 4 I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help lt F2 gt Format I lt F3 gt Certify lt F4 gt ServiceMode lt F5 gt Diagnostics lt F9 gt FlashOn lt F10 gt Flashoff In this example four disk drives are connected between p
19. for SSA Loops C 1 2 Rules for SSA Loops For SSA loops that include the SSA RAID Adapter the following rules apply Each SSA loop must be connected to a valid pair of connectors on the SSA adapter that is either connectors A1 and A2 or connectors B1 and B2 A maximum of 48 devices can be connected in a particular SSA loop Only one pair of adapter connectors can be connected in a particular SSA loop _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 C 1 2 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide RAID Functions C 2 RAID Functions Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology gives you Larger disk capacit Immediate availability and depending on the RAID level recovery of dat Redundancy of data at a level that you can choose RAID technology stores data across groups of disk drives that are known as disk arrays Subject to the level of RAID that you are using this method of data storage provides the data redundancy that is needed for a secure system and can allow faster retrieval of data through multiple channel access Also if a disk drive fails you can normally exchange that disk drive without interruption of normal system operation The disk arrays can provide data redundancy that ensures that no data is lost if one disk drive in the array fails The method that is used to write data to an array is related to the level of RAID that you are using Disk arrays are contained in array subsystems You can configure your subsystem with
20. i Abou Bus Xi Run i i Lii i i i i Runi i i iti i i i oem P Vij FESSES RSS it i i PODIS maHa EEE 4 i i i ine A je ag L Barren Baar i Poe Se ete i ee Se Den nn n e Re Eee Se Se SS ne es ee i i i i i i t 1 Select disk drives for the array from the list of candidates to do this for each disk drive a Press Insert b A list of candidate disk drives is displayed pote Soe ee E E E EEEE nt a ne a on Da en E i i ERS Erna an ne ee eS ee e E a ICONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version D a ee Bi a me a Bari pee ernennen i i Main MEET SSS SSS SS Se SSS SH Fe SS Fe IE i a os ne ae k Bus X een gen Q i arses Members for RAID X Arrays i New Disks RAI Wer tt i i Free Resour RAF 3 7 7 77233 S i i i i SYS E ES RAI Candidates for RAID X Arrays rtd i i SSA KREIS ee er rg LEEI i i Brent Noil canUID111 status rit i i Servi Bus Xi Ho 2 canUID222 status pani i i Abou Bus Xi Rui3 canUID333 status bii i i i Ruj4 canUID444 status rity i i pensa Vii5 canUID555 status it i i Dii it Hesse ee u S ha RS SERS Be me RSR re ee ee ee en ee ee See i lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help lt F9 gt FlashOn I lt F10 gt FlashOff i Re a ee i i D a a E EE a Se E E E S EO a Da ae T E EEES c Select the disk drive that is to be included in the array You c
21. i M n Mps Sees Dee See SS SS esse i i SRS SSS esse Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter Q i i SE A nny E E Re Tee i i New Disks RAID O Arrays i i Pr s SSO tA ed Pam Fa Se i i SYSTH 22 RAID 5 Aj List of RAID X Arrays il i i SSA ARE D CRET Li 1 Even Non VolalArray name Status tt Serv Bus X Hot sparil XXXXXXXX yyyyyyy H Abou Bus X Run Conc il Run None ta 5 SEE 1 N View Adapter VPD i i Disk Service Aids i i ie ae de Ness nr ne none ee ne a ee i Fonet e a eS ee i i i i i i i i i i Press Insert 5 A window opens showing the attributes for the type of array selected 4 i i i i A ee ee 2 ee ee En ER En EE I CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version EE ee oe ae ee ee AR eee ee ae Pewee owe eS Seek Soe tS i i Meain MFE 22772922 EEE a TH TEE gt i i Saat Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter Q i i RSR A ee I OA a Er EN A i i i i New Disks RALES nEn Free Resour RAT Filter Attributes for RAID X Arrays i i SYSCH F Z DORAD erti SR SH IF nme i SSA Rej SSA UID Array Name XXXXXXXX i i Events Non attributel XX i Serv Bus X Hot attribute2 N i i Abou Bus X Run i i Run i i i i crime Vie i i DEE EEE a Ee a i i le a a a aR ee ee a eee i TA E een u
22. the end of the list highlight the space below the current end of the list and press Insert Notes 1 If you are going to boot from an SSA disk drive that disk drive must be at the top of the list For details of the requirements for booting from an SSA disk drive refer to the README TXT file on the Device Driver and Utilities diskette for your operating system 2 Atthe position in the list that you choose for the new resource there must be a large enough gap in the sequence of drive addresses Ifthe gap is not large enough For OS 2 the system creates a large enough gap by adjusting downward the drive addresses of resources below the gap For Novell NetWare the system rejects your choice of that position For Windows NT the system gives a warning that you might destroy data by selecting that position b A list of candidate resources is displayed _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 3 4 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Attaching Resources I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help lt F9 gt FlashOn I lt F10 gt FlashOff D CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Main Menu i BET eA i gonna mungen nme nn New Disks List of System Resources i i BESS R SOURR S aA E He a a en System Reso SSA UID Array Name Status Adapter Disk i i SS
23. to reset itself from the effects of the error 2 Review the configuration that you are trying to make and determine why that configuration is not valid 3 Correct your configuration by reconfiguring the SSA cables or by removing the excess devices or adapters from the loop _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 B 1 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Appendix C Introducing SSA and RAID C O Appendix C Introducing SSA and RAID This chapter describes Serial storage architecture SSA The RAID functions that are provided by the SSA RAID Adapter Subtopics C 1 Serial Storage Architecture SSA C 2 RAID Functions _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 C 0 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Serial Storage Architecture SSA C 1 Serial Storage Architecture SSA Serial Storage Architecture SSA is an industry standard interface that provides high performance fault tolerant attachment of I O storage devices SSA is an open standard and SSA specifications have been approved by the SSA Indusiry Association and are in the process of being approved as an ANSI standard through the ANSI X3T10 1 subcommittee In SSA subsystems transmissions to several destinations are multiplexed the effective bandwidth is further increased by spatial reuse of the individual links Commands are forwarded automatically from device to device along a loop until the target device is reached Multiple commands can be travelling around the loop simul
24. works Chapter 2 Installing an SSA RAID Adapter in topic 2 0 describes how to install the adapter and its associated software Chapter 3 Configuring SSA Subsystems in topic 3 0 describes how to use the configuration utility function provided with the adapter to configure new disk arrays and add them to your system Chapter 4 Dealing with Disk Array Problems in topic 4 0 describes what to do if you have trouble with your SSA subsystem Chapter 5 Performing Other Disk Array Tasks in topic 5 0 describes other functions of the array utility programs supplied with the adapter Chapter 6 Getting the Latest Information in topic 6 0 describes where you can get more information about the adapter and SSA subsystems Appendix A Multiple Adapter Installations in topic A O describes the special considerations for setting up subsystems that have more than one adapter Appendix B SSA RAID Adapter Service Request Numbers in topic B 0 provides more detail about the messages that the subsystem might give you Appendix C Introducing SSA and RAID in topic C 0 gives background information on SSA and RAID in general _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 PREFACE 1 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Related Publications PREFACE 2 Related Publications Other manuals that you might find useful are SSA RAID Adapter Maintenance Information S32H 3817 SSA RAID Adapter Technical Reference SA33 3269 _ Copyright IBM Corp 199
25. 6 C 2 5 2 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Degraded State C 2 5 3 Degraded State A disk array enters the Degraded state if while in the Exposed state it receives a write command If a hot spare disk drive is enabled and available when the first write command is sent the array management software immediately exchanges the missing disk for the hot spare rebuilds the data on it and returns the disk to the Good state If no hot spare disk drive is available and a write operation is performed on the array the disk array remains in the Degraded state until you take action to return that disk array to the Good state While in this state there is an exposure to data loss if a write operation cannot be completed because of a loss of electrical power for example Therefore it is recommended that you always have a hot spare available If no hot spare disk drive is available you exchange the failed disk drive for a new one The array management software starts a rebuild operation to write the original data to the new disk drive from the data that is contained in the other disk drives of the array This action returns the disk array to the Good state Attention In this mode of operation one data check can cause the loss of a large amount of data more than 64 KB The array management software must do a complete rebuild of the disk array to recover the data _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 C 2 5 3 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installa
26. 6 PREFACE 2 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Chapter 1 Introducing the SSA RAID Adapter 1 0 Chapter 1 Introducing the SSA RAID Adapter The IBM SSA RAID Adapter for PC Servers is a PCI bus master adapter that serves as the interface between systems using the Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI architecture and devices using the Serial Storage Architecture SSA The SSA RAID Adapter provides RAID functions Subtopics 1 1 SSA 1 2 The Adapter Card 1 3 RAID 1 4 Operating Systems 1 5 Before Installing the Adapter 1 6 Installation Requirements _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 1 0 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide SSA 1 1 SSA SSA is a high performance serial interconnect technology used to connect I O devices and host adapters SSA is an open standard and SSA specifications have been approved by the SSA Industry Association and are in the process of being approved as an ANSI standard through the ANSI X3T10 1 subcommittee SSA retains the SCSI 2 commands queuing model status and sense bytes In SSA subsystems transmissions to several destinations are multiplexed the effective bandwidth is further increased by spatial reuse of the individual links Commands are forwarded automatically from device to device along a loop until the target device is reached Multiple commands can be travelling around the loop simultaneously _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 1 1 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User
27. A Adapter i TP tar ee E ER ro 1 Event Error i Candidates for System Resources i i Service Aid erie SSS Sa oe STH S FE i i i About i ot l i Ad CANUID111 Online i i 12 CANUID222 Online i i kam LT Peeee ies os eee ee es i 4 i f 1 I I I I I These are the resources that are in the free state Select the resource that you want to attach Its name disappears from this list c The System resources window reappears with the new resource added with the appropriate drive address assigned 2 If you are using OS 2 exit the configurator shutdown your system and reboot This enables the operating system to recognize the revised list of attached resources and drive addresses 3 Use your operating system to assign logical partitions and drive identifiers to the new resources for example FDISK _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 3 4 2 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Chapter 4 Dealing with Disk Array Problems 4 0 Chapter 4 Dealing with Disk Array Problems This chapter Provides general guidance on solving basic problems with your SSA subsyste Describes how to get detailed information about errors and other events on the adapter and the disk drives attached to i Describes the actions you must perform with the adapter utility programs while changing a disk drive Subtopics 4 1 Basic Pr
28. APE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help 4 4 Select the type of array whose attributes you want to change You can scroll the contents of the window by using the arrow keys 4 A list of the arrays of this type controlled by the adapter appears in a new window _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 5 4 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Changing Array Attributes lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt INSERT gt Insert lt DELETE gt Delete lt F1 gt Help lt F9 gt FlashOn lt F10 gt FlashOff lt F8 gt Modify Attributes 4 i i i i a Senn een Eee Aaah a E CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version R Sa he nn na ET en Re a a ne rn DE a O me nn i i Man MES SSSR FE a ee ee i i FESR IES SSeS Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter Q i i i IIE E E a NEO a EE i i New Disks RAID O Arrays i i Bree Resour RAID 1 dee a i i Syst as acs RAID 5 A List of RAID X Arrays il i i SSA by ReJEcLed4 HSH Se Te ee SS it Even Non VolalArray name Status Li Serv Bus X Hot sparil XXXXXXXX YYYYVYY it Abou Bus X Run Conc 2 YYYYYYyYYy Z2ZZZZZ I i i i fy Run NON SaaS SSS een i Fesses View Adapter VPD i Disk Service Aids
29. Adapter Installation and User s Guide Array Problems 4 2 Array Problems Many problems within an array are not seen by the users of the server The RAID 1 and RAID 5 functions provide a continuing service to the users even when a member of an array has failed However unless the failure is corrected a second failure within that array could cause the whole array to become unavailable Therefore it is very important that you check the error log for the adapter regularly You could do this by making such a check part of the startup procedure for your operating system If you are using OS 2 a pop up window appears when an error is logged for the adapter or the disk drives attached to it Also the pop up window appears every hour while an error likely to affect the operation of the array remains on the log The pop up window recommends that you check the entries in the error log To check the error log 1 Start the configuration utility by executing the following program For OS 2 ISSACFG For Novell NetWare load ISSACFG For Windows NT ISSACFG For DOS ISSACFG or if it is available double click on the SSA Configurator icon 2 From the Main Menu select Event Error Logger and then Analyze SSA Event Log The current list of errors appears in a new window I Systemil hh mm ss dd mm yy serialnum SRNNN SSA Ad 2 hh mm ss dd mm yy serialnu2 SRNN2 Event i I J 1 I I I Servic About i
30. I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help i i a i i i i 4 You must type in a unique array name of up to 14 characters for the new array The default values for the attributes are shown You can change these values by overtyping them The Help screen provides details of the values that are allowed Use the arrow keys to scroll the contents of the window if necessary to ensure that you check all the attributes Press Enter to set each attribute in turn 6 When you set the last attribute the list initially blank of members of the array appears in a new window _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 3 3 2 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Creating an Array I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt INSERT gt Insert lt DELETE gt Delete lt F1 gt Help I lt F9 gt FlashOn lt F10 gt FlashOff PE En Pe EEE So See Se eee See Sele See Soe EL EL Se Er u u Se CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version Wo des pe ee es ee lol ul ee ee un presente een es ee se i Matin Mtoe se 898 a E i i Men Ses ce D BUS PEER REISE ern Q Fesses Members for RAID X Arrays i i New Disks RAI i i Free Resour RAT i 141 i i Syst RAI 1 xxxxxxxx status i1t1 i i SSA Reji Si i ill i i Event Noni ai i i i Serv Bus X Hot a i ill i
31. IBM Corp 1996 FRONT_1 2 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Safety Information CAUTION A lithium battery can cause fire explosion or a severe burn Do not recharge disassemble heat above 100 C 212 F solder directly to the cell incinerate or expose cell to water Keep away from children Replace only with the part number specified for your system Use of another battery might present a risk of fire or explosion The battery connector is polarized do not try to reverse the polarity Dispose of the battery according to local regulations A module on the SSA RAID Adapter card contains a lithium battery _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 FRONT_1 3 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide About This Book PREFACE About This Book This book is intended for a network administrator that is the individual responsible for configuring maintaining managing and troubleshooting a PC server It includes information about installing and using the SSA RAID Adapter discusses disk array technology and describes tasks associated with disk arrays Subtopics PREFACE 1 How This Book Is Organized PREFACE 2 Related Publications _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 PREFACE 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide How This Book Is Organized PREFACE 1 How This Book Is Organized Chapter 1 Introducing the SSA RAID Adapter in topic 1 0 describes the adapter what is provided with it and the environments in which it
32. International Electrotechnical Commission IEC Statement Avis de conformit aux normes de l Industrie Canada Industry Canada Compliance Statement United Kingdom Telecommunications Requirements EC Council Directive Radio Protection for Germany dex _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 CONTENTS 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Safety Information FRONT_1 Safety Information _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 FRONT_1 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Safety Information IN DANGER Electrical current from power telephones and communication cables is hazardous To avoid shock hazard connect and disconnect cables as shown below when installing moving or opening the covers of this product or attached devices The power cord must be used with a properly grounded outlet Te Connect Te Diseonnect Turn everything OFF Turn everything OFF i md ZB nd gis A gs First attach all cables to devices First remove power cord from outlet be amp a Er Remove signal cables from receptacles 2 amp le de Attach signal cables to receptacles ehem l gt gt Remove all cables from devices Attach power cord to outlet gt Es E Turn device ON avs es 1 Inthe U K by law the telephone 2 Inthe U K by law the power makina mint ha nannantanoaftarthn Anar ment ha Aleann nnnantan n far tha _ Copyright
33. SA Main Menu screen select System Resources A list initially blank of the resources attached to the system is displayed the resources are listed in drive address order Drive addresses are allocated by the configurator Only resources that are attached can be accessed by the operating system I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt INSERT gt Insert lt DELETE gt Delete lt Fl gt Help lt F9 gt FlashOn lt F10 gt FlashOff i i 1 I L I Vie ee oe en A ee es ee u u a es Rg ne I CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version j Se Sar ee a ee a ne a en foe nennen Main Menu i i i a ER ER RSR i i i i a S a E a ei ce oe os F i New Disks List of System Resources i i i EPSE RESOUN rrt nn IE I en i i i i System Reso SSA UID Array Name Status Adapter Disk SSA Adapteril xxxxxxxx Online 15 14h Event Error Service Aid i i About i i i I I T I 1 I I I 1 i I I I 1 I l 1 i i RES DR AERON ey A R a a Zee i I 1 I I I i I i PSE SSS SSS SS SSS SSS eo See ses EEE EEE lt i i i i i i i i i i To attach a resource a For the first resource just press Insert To add a resource to an existing list highlight the name of a resource already in the list the new resource will be added immediately above this one and press Insert To add a resource to
34. SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Book Cover COVER Book Cover IBM SSA RAID Adapter for PC Servers Installation and User s Guide Document Number S32H 3816 00 Part Number 32H3816 _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 COVER 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Notices NOTICES Notices Po CNOtell ESS HE Se ee Re Before using this information and the product it supports be sure to read the general information under Notices in topic D 2 _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 NOTICES 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Edition Notice EDITION Edition Notice First Edition September 1996 The following paragraph does not apply to any country where such provisions are inconsistent with local law THIS PUBLICATION IS PRINTED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Some states do not allow disclaimer of express or implied warranties in certain transactions therefore this statement may not apply to you This publication could contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors Changes are periodically made to the information herein these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication It is possible that this publication may contain reference to or information about products machines and programs programming or services that are not announced in
35. Select lt INSERT gt Insert lt DELETE gt Delete lt F1 gt Help lt F9 gt FlashOn lt F10 gt FlashOff lt F8 gt Modify Attributes 4 i i i i e a SS Se EEE SS SS SS SS E CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version poe Se bee ee Re ee ee ee ne 4 me ue en Re eu sn po Bee ee eee ee ae i i Main Mt Ss 2s S FE Er HH aE i i FRET SES oe Hes Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter Q i i Fe a E TE Tt OL i i New Disks RAID O Arrays i i prec Resour BAID L Bee esse een i i i Syst trs RAID 5 A List of RAID X Arrays il i i SSA i REVS CUS A He en ne Li I i Even Non Vola lArray name Status it Serv Bus X Hot sparil XXXXXXXX YYYYVYY it Abou Bus X Run Conc 2 FFOOxxxx aqaqqqq I Run NON View Adapter VPD i i Disk Service Aids j i i nn a EE a a i fesse ese un un i i 1 I I I i 1 I I I I I I I 1 f I Put the cursor against the array to be deleted press Delete and confirm the deletion at the prompt These steps delete the array and returns its member disk drives to the free state For OS 2 after deleting an array shutdown and reboot your operating system _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 5 6 2 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Chapter 6 Getting the Latest Information 6 0 Chapter 6 Getting the Latest
36. al disk capacity and data availability In addition if one disk fails the system continues to run except in the case of RAID 0 with no operator intervention required at reduced performance The failed disk can be replaced without turning off the server hot swapping The SSA RAID Adapter provides RAID functions within the interface between your server and its disk drives Disk drives connected to the adapter can be configured as individual drives as members of a RAID 0 RAID 1 or RAID 5 array or as hot spares for future use in an array The members of an array can be disk drives only that is an array cannot be a member of another array If you need some basic information about RAID technology refer to Appendix C Introducing SSA and RAID in topic C 0 _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 1 3 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Operating Systems 1 4 Operating Systems The SSA RAID Adapter its firmware and the software supplied with it provide attachments of SSA devices to the following operating systems OS 2 2 11 SMP OS 2 WarpServer Version Novell NetWare 4 1 4 1 SM Windows NT 3 51 Serve _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 1 4 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Before Installing the Adapter 1 5 Before Installing the Adapter This book is intended for a network administrator that is the person responsible for configuring maintaining managing and troubleshooting a PC server The administrator should be
37. an identify the disk drive by highlighting its Unique ID in this list and pressing F9 This causes the Check light on the disk drive to flash Pressing F10 stops the light flashing The previous window reappears now showing the selected disk drive as a member of the array 7 When you have selected all the disk drives required create the array by pressing Esc and following the prompt to confirm the creation of the array The screen shown in step 4 reappears now showing the new array in the list If the new array is a RAID 5 array it is shown with rebuilding status while the adapter initializes the array and its member disk drives _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 3 3 3 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Creating an Array You can return to the Main Menu by repeatedly pressing Esc The array created is in the free state The next section describes how to attach the array to your system _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 3 3 4 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Attaching Resources 3 4 Attaching Resources A resource is a disk drive that is to be accessed individually or an array of disk drives Before attaching an array ensure that it has finished the rebuilding process and that no problems occurred during this process Any problems are shown in the attributes of the array Viewing Resources and Their Attributes in topic 5 3 describes how to see this information To attach a resource to your system 1 From the S
38. asts so the above limitation may not apply to you _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 1 4 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Limitation of Liability D 1 5 Limitation of Liability Circumstances may arise where because of a default on IBM s part including fundamental breach or other liability including negligence and misrepresentation you are entitled to recover damages from IBM In each such instance regardless of the basis on which you are entitled to claim damages IBM is liable only for 1 bodily injury including death and damage to real property and tangible personal property and 2 the amount of any other actual loss or damage up to the greater of 100 000 or the charge for the Machine that is the subject of the claim Under no circumstances is IBM liable for any of the following 1 third party claims against you for losses or damages other than those under the first item listed above 2 loss of or damage to your records or data or 3 economic consequential damages including lost profits or savings or incidental damages even if IBM is informed of their possibility Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 1 5 1 SSA RAID A
39. at IBM or your reseller provide b secure all programs data and funds contained in a Machine c inform IBM or your reseller of changes in a Machine s location and d for a Machine with exchange service remove all features parts options alterations and attachments not under warranty service Also the Machine must be free of any legal obligations or restrictions that prevent its exchange and 3 be responsible for loss of or damage to a Machine in transit when you are responsible for the transportation charges _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 1 3 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Extent of Warranty D 1 4 Extent of Warranty IBM does not warrant uninterrupted or error free operation of a Machine Misuse accident modification unsuitable physical or operating environment improper maintenance by you or failure caused by a product for which IBM is not responsible may void the warranties THESE WARRANTIES REPLACE ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE HOWEVER SOME LAWS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES IF THESE LAWS APPLY THEN ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE WARRANTY PERIOD NO WARRANTIES APPLY AFTER THAT PERIOD In Canada warranties include both warranties and conditions Some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty l
40. attributes of the array use the arrow keys to scroll the window If you select the last item in the list View Members a window opens containing a list of the members of the array lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help lt F9 gt FlashOn lt F10 gt Flashoff lt F7 gt Exchange Members 4 i i i i EE ne Se nme He ee CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version ee sense enngeoueoeeen me Main Menu i AT EEE e E i i i BETTER I Ce F i i i New Disks View RAID X Arrays best i i Free Resoui HESS ren i i i i System Rest At ana SoS oS oer a aes i i SSA Adapte i atti Members of RAID X Arrays i i Event Erro aller E i Service Ai att About Viell UIDXXXXg status Eee 12 UlDyyyyg status i 13 UIDggggg status i i i i u Poeess test eses se sie se essere YBR sue SOR sde ee na tan En En notes Min nnd SE nee pic ed i i I 1 I I I f I I I 1 I I I I I I If you select a member in this window a new window opens showing the attributes of that member _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 5 3 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Viewing Resources and Their Attributes I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt Enter gt Select lt F1 gt Help lt F9 gt Flash On I lt F10 gt Flashoff Le Er EEE LU SOS SU 0 h LE un m ee Lu rw
41. ck on the SSA Configurator icon The Main Menu screen is displayed i New Disks Free Resources System Resources SSA Adapter List Event Error Logger Service Aids About 1 I i i 1 i 1 i To choose an item from a configurator utility menu use the arrow keys to move the highlighting to that item and press the appropriate key for example press Enter to select that item To move to the previous menu press Esc Help is available for every menu press F1 to reach it _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 3 1 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Accepting New Disk Drives 3 2 Accepting New Disk Drives To accept new disk drives into the SSA subsystem 1 From the SSA Main Menu select New Disks 2 A window opens containing a list of all the disk drives not previously used in a PC server I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt DELETE gt Delete lt F1 gt Help I lt F9 gt Flash On lt F10 gt Flash Off i i 1 i I ne CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version D oe Sn et on nn nie Se ee nn a Sn en e a eh pree i i Main Menu En nn eee i 1 I I I I I I I i i New Dr Hear a tt RE ne I otha i i Free List of New Disks i i SYSTEME RS ERA FB o ea FF FF i i SSA A ISSA UID Array Name Status Adapter Event xxxxxxxx XXXXXXX 15 i i Servilyyyyyyyy yyy
42. ct SSA Adapter List 2 The SSA Adapter List window opens 4 i i I I I I helles oe ee Se ee ee ees Se Se ee ee eee eS I CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version pee sine tre Sel Sects ie Soe SS Ssh Se fe Se Se Se inner ne EU RE u ne u ese unun i i Main Menu i RES Ie NE EC T i i 1 I 1 I I I I I i i New Disks Free Resources i i i SYSTRE RTE SSH a een i SSA SSA Adapter List i i BIENFF FI EEE IS Se i i Serv Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter Q Abou Bus X Device N Slot T Adapter S i i i i i i i VE EEE SEE REDE E i 1 f I I I j l 1 I i i I I I I puzezzoeerressmeenssosceeseen poet eS oe ae nr Ne ne ee Ms ee Fe te ne eee ee I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help nn ln a i i j I I 4 Select the adapter that is to control the array The disk drives that you define as members of the array must be connected to this adapter 3 The Adapter Menu window opens eee CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version i Maun Mron age e Fa ne EHI Jena ae u ee Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter Q i PER RE PE LE AE EE CA E IE EE AE EOE GEE E E TEL AP SE OE TNT CG
43. d not for resale from IBM or an IBM authorized reseller The term Machine means an IBM machine its features conversions upgrades elements or accessories or any combination ofthem Machines are subject to these terms only if purchased in the United States or Puerto Rico or Canada and located in the country of purchase If you have any questions contact IBM or your reseller Machine SSA RAID Adapter for PC Servers Elements and accessories are warranted for three months Contact I I I y 1 I I I i Warranty Period Three years I I I f i your place of purchase for warranty service information l i Me ubtopics 1 1 Production Status 2 The IBM Warranty 3 Warranty Service 4 Extent of Warranty 5 Limitation of Liability UOOOO nn HH _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 1 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Production Status D 1 1 Production Status Each Machine is manufactured from new parts or new and serviceable used parts which perform like new parts In some cases the Machine may not be new and may have been previously installed Regardless of the Machine s production status IBM s warranty terms apply _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 1 1 1 SSA RAID
44. dapter Installation and User s Guide Notices D 2 Notices References in this book to IBM products programs or services do not imply that IBM intends to make these available in all countries in which IBM operates Any reference to an IBM product program or service is not intended to state or imply that only that IBM product program or service may be used Any functionally equivalent product program or service that does not infringe any ofthe intellectual property rights of IBM may be used instead of the IBM product program or service The evaluation and verification of operation in conjunction with other products except those expressly designated by IBM are the responsibility of the user Any examples of parameters or definitions are for guidance only Some details may differ from the requirements in your environment Contact your IBM representative if you need further assistance IBM may have patents or pending patent applications covering subject matter in this document The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents You can send license enquiries in writing to the IBM Director of Licensing IBM Corporation 500 Columbus Avenue Thornwood New York 10594 U S A _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 2 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Trademarks D 3 Trademarks The following terms are trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both IBM 08 2 NetWare is a tra
45. demark of Novell Incorporated Microsoft and Windows are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 3 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Communications Statements D 4 Communications Statements The following statements apply to this product The statements for other products intended for use with this product appear in their accompanying manuals Subtopics 4 1 Federal Communications Commission FCC Statement VCCI Statement International Electrotechnical Commission IEC Statement Avis de conformit aux normes de l Industrie Canada Industry Canada Compliance Statement United Kingdom Telecommunications Requirements EC Council Directive Radio Protection for Germany OU EEE EE EE oa amp N _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 4 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Federal Communications Commission FCC Statement D 4 1 Federal Communications Commission FCC Statement Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 ofthe FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause interference to radio commun
46. ed A power failure has i occurred i EAEN SRE E DE EE er ee A E O E PEE E E E 49500 No hot spare disk drives are Call for service available for a RAID array that is configured for hot spare disk drives Rene Mn le au ee Sparte Dr eh a eme CE a ee 49700 The parity for the RAID array Call for service is not complete Sita te ee pue eee ee an Se WIN Le See ote ele rie EE E 50000 The SSA adapter failed to Exchange the adapter card respond to the device driver for a new one or call for i service Seesen Jeee he te E arte a NM Re ne oe m en LE et 50001 A data parity error has Exchange the adapter card occurred for a new one or call for service a Se Paces SE ss Se re a eS te en ee re et do 50002 An SSA adapter DMA error has Exchange the adapter card occurred for a new one or call for service FEN cies a EX ee Ee ee ae Se ne Pe u a a 50004 Channel check Exchange the adapter card i for a new one or call for i service ES oe SUSE PER CN E E A EHER ONAE AES A E ENE E i E 50005 A software error has Call for service occurred i PESENE PETNE S Fre Kal ran E A O Fe We E E E E E O 50006 A channel check has occurred Exchange the adapter card for a new one or call for _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 B 0 3 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Appendix B SSA RAID Adapter Service Request Numbers service 4
47. er card 1 2 loops and data paths C 1 1 1 M member attributes viewing 5 3 exchanging 5 5 mirroring C 2 2 0 offline C 2 5 5 operating systems installing 2 4 list of supported 1 4 P paths data SSA link C 1 1 1 pop up window 4 2 problems array 4 2 basic 4 1 disk array 4 2 R RAID technology introduction 1 3 more information C 2 RAID 0 C 2 1 RAID 1 C 2 2 RAID 5 C 2 3 read while exposed C rebuilding state C 2 resources attaching 3 4 viewing 5 3 rules for SSA loops C 1 2 sS spares hot defining 5 1 function C 2 4 SRNs service request numbers 4 2 B 0 SSA description C 1 introduction 1 1 loops and data paths C 1 1 1 loops rules for C 1 2 SSA configuration utility starting 3 1 5 0 states of arrays degraded C 2 5 3 exposed C 2 5 2 read operations C 2 5 2 write operations C 2 5 2 good C 2 5 1 Offline 235 45 rebuilding C 2 5 4 striping C 2 1 U unique ID labels 1 2 utility programs installing 2 5 ae 5 4 W write while exposed C 2 5 2 _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 INDEX 2
48. familiar with RAID and hot swapping technology Attention Do not open the static protective bag containing the adapter until instructed to do so This option package contains SSA RAID Adapte Installation and User s Guide this book Hardware Maintenance Manual Supplemen Diskette package containing OS 2 Device Driver and Utilities diskette Novell NetWare Device Driver and Utilities diskette Windows NT Device Driver and Utilities diskette PC DOS Configurator and Utilities diskette Contact the place of purchase if any parts are missing or damaged _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 1 5 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Installation Requirements 1 6 Installation Requirements To install this option you will need the following The documentation that came with your serve A small flat blade screwdriver _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 1 6 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Chapter 2 Installing an SSA RAID Adapter 2 0 Chapter 2 Installing an SSA RAID Adapter To complete the installation you must 1 Install the adapter card 2 Connect the necessary SSA cables 3 Revise the system configuration information 4 Load an operating system unless one is already loaded in the server 5 Load the device drivers and utility programs This chapter describes how to perform these tasks How to configure disk arrays and attach them to your operating system is described in Chapter 3 Configuring SSA Sub
49. g Online i i i i i i 2 Senn SS SS SS SS SS SSS ESS SS RSE esse i Hassan i i I I I i I I The old member returns to the free state _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 5 5 2 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Deleting an Array 5 6 Deleting an Array Before deleting an array delete any operating system partition definitions that affect the array There are two steps to be performed if you want to delete the definition of an array from the system 1 From the Main Menu select System Resources A window opens showing the list of all resources currently defined to the system EE ETELE LOE NTETE O E EE ee TR ee E E EL E E S ELETTO O E E E E L er 1 e CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version D 4 Main Menu aan ane me a ara Dean i Possess etl ee tige ue ol New Disks List of System Resources i i Freer REsourt 2 27H 7220 2 22 SSH IH O2 Se See System Reso SSA UID Array Name Status Adapter Disk SSA Adapteril xxxxxxxxx Online 15 14h Event Error 2 UID4xxxxx Online 15 16h Service Aid 3 FUDIOOxxx Online 16 17h About i i i i i i i i i EEE EEE EEE SSS SS SSS SSeS SS SSS Se SS Ses i i i I lt ESCAPE g
50. he Adapter Card RAID Operating Systems Before Installing the Adapter nstallation Requirements apter 2 Installing an SSA RAID Adapter nstalling the Adapter Card Connecting the Disk Drives Configuring the Disk Drives nstalling an Operating System nstalling the Device Drivers and Utility Programs Selecting Your Boot Device apter 3 Configuring SSA Subsystems Running the Configuration Utility Accepting New Disk Drives Creating an Array Attaching Resources apter 4 Dealing with Disk Array Problems Basic Problems Array Problems Changing Failed Disk Drives apter 5 Performing Other Disk Array Tasks Defining a Hot Spare Viewing the Physical Configuration Viewing Resources and Their Attributes Changing Array Attributes Exchanging a Member of an Array Deleting an Array apter 6 Getting the Latest Information pendix A Multiple Adapter Installations pendix B SSA RAID Adapter Service Request Numbers SSA Loop Configurations that Are Not Valid pendix C Introducing SSA and RAID Serial Storage Architecture SSA SSA Loops and Links Rules for SSA Loops RAID Functions RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 Hot Spares Disk Array States pendix D Product Warranty and Notices Statement of Limited Warranty Production Status The IBM Warranty Warranty Service Extent of Warranty Limitation of Liability Notices Trademarks Communications Statements Federal Communications Commission FCC Statement VCCI Statement
51. i ESS RESOU HF a RSS SR i i System Res Candidates for RAID X Arrays i i SSAVRdAPTSI Fe ESS e TS nm rn i i 1 Event Erro 1 UIDxxxxx status 1 Service Ai 2 UID2xxxx status i About Wet are UID3xxxx status i Blank Reserved Online i i i i i i EF OE T Pe TG EN FE TE i i 5 SH HE FE FEB FE 1 mm mm EEE SES ee 1 i i i i i 4 Select from this list the disk drive that you want to become the new member of the array The window closes The previous window now shows the new member with the added status rebuilding while the adapter rebuilds the data onto the disk drive from the rest of the array lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help lt F9 gt FlashOn lt F10 gt Flashoff lt F7 gt Exchange Members 4 i i i i I ghee Se a a eS ee A a E aS aS Se E eS ee Se eae CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version tp Ae Set he OE Be ee ee ee ee Pas ise Stes Se nee ne i i Main Menu i AG a aed a ca i i i i TORS ak RS DR D a A ir i i i New Disks View RAID X Arrays 1 i i Free Resou Tresen ren i i i i System RS hts e ATC tn rennen i i SSA Adapte atti Members of RAID X Arrays i i i Event Erro res capursur encre a ee eS i Service Ai Lae A i About Ved UIDxxxxg Online 1 t Peel 125 UIDyyyyg Online rebuilding i i i 13 UIDgggg
52. ications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors part numbers 07H9163 07H8985 32H1465 88G6404 32H1466 or 88G6406 or their equivalents must be used in order to meet FCC emission limits Neither the provider nor the manufacturer is responsible for any radio or television interference caused by using other than recommended cables and connectors or by unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment Unauthorized changes or modifications could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation TARFAR MWB Oi CORB S ANREA HIEHECHONTEMSENSNEH REM TC TK ih TOARE ak OD EL EHE FIRE BEN Az VCCI B CBMALU THOS FT EER E Aizo RMR TEAM SSL SUR FLEVY YSRSCQAMBE FASC eEMSOSST REN AE R gt TIELWMORMYAL TK RK _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 4 1 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide VCCI Statement D 4 2 VCCI Statement The following is a summary of the VCCI Japanese statement in the box above This equipment is Type 1 Data Processing Equipment and is
53. ications systems in the United Kingdom _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 4 6 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide EC Council Directive D 4 7 EC Council Directive This product is in conformity with the requirements of the following EC directives Council Directive 73 23 EEC on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits Council Directive 89 336 EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility Neither the provider or the manufacturer can accept responsibility for any failure to satisfy the protection requirements resulting from a non recommended modification of the product including the fitting of option cards not supplied by the manufacturer This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A Information Technology Equipment according to CISPR 22 European Standard EN 55022 The limits for Class A equipment were derived for commercial and industrial environments to provide reasonable protection against interference with licensed communication equipment Attention This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors part numbers 07H9163 07H8985 88G6403 88G6404 31H7962 or 88G6406 or their equivalents m
54. in overall performance When a member returns or it is replaced either manually or automatically by the hot spare mechanism a rebuild occurs This rebuild is performed in parallel with any activity to the array _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 022 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide RAID 5 Cuno BAID 3 RAID 5 arrays write strips of data across all but one member of the array Parity for the other strips is written on the last member The members of the array are used in rotation for the parity data RAID 5 arrays offer data protection good throughput and require fewer disks than RAID 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 C 2 3 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Hot Spares C 2 4 Hot Spares A hot spare disk drive is a disk drive that is defined for automatic use if a disk drive within an array fails The hot spare must have a storage capacity greater than or equal to that of the smallest member of an array You can define as many hot spares as you want Any RAID 1 and RAID 5 array on an adapter can use the hot spare disk drives on that adapter If a disk drive within an array fails at the next write operation to the array the adapter automatically uses a hot spare instead of the failed disk drive and rebuilds the data that was on the failed disk on to the hot spare _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 C 2 4 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Disk Array States C 2 5 Disk Array States A disk arra
55. intended for use in commercial and industrial areas When used in a residential area or areas of proximity radio and TV reception may be subject to radio interference VCCI 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 4 2 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide International Electrotechnical Commission IEC Statement D 4 3 International Electrotechnical Commission IEC Statement This product has been designed and built to comply with IEC Standard 950 _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 4 3 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Avis de conformit aux normes de l Industrie Canada D 4 4 Avis de conformit aux normes de l Industrie Canada Cet appareil num rique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du Reglement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 4 4 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Industry Canada Compliance Statement D 4 5 Industry Canada Compliance Statement This Class A digital apparatus meets the requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 4 5 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide United Kingdom Telecommunications Requirements D 4 6 United Kingdom Telecommunications Requirements This apparatus is manufactured to the International Safety Standard EN60950 and as such is approved in the U K under approval number NS G 1234 J 100003 for indirect connection to public telecommun
56. m Note Some operating systems have restrictions on partition size 4 Install the device drivers and utility programs how to do this is described in Installing the Device Drivers and Utility Programs in topic 2 5 5 The SSA subsystem is now ready for use with your system _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 2 4 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Installing the Device Drivers and Utility Programs 2 5 Installing the Device Drivers and Utility Programs A README TXT file on the SSA RAID Adapter diskette for your operating system provides detailed instructions on installing the device drivers Unless you have just installed an operating system you must configure your disk arrays before you can use them with your system Chapter 3 Configuring SSA Subsystems in topic 3 0 describes how to do this When you have configured your disk arrays the SSA subsystem will be ready for use with your system The format in which the Event Error Logger reports errors is controlled by the file EVNCTRLF TXT in the install directory which by default is c issa Details of the settings and how to change them are contained in the header of the control file _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 2 5 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Selecting Your Boot Device 2 6 Selecting Your Boot Device To boot from an SSA disk drive during the boot process if the message CBIOS disabled appears press the tab key After this action whenever
57. oblems 4 2 Array Problems 4 3 Changing Failed Disk Drives _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 4 0 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Basic Problems 4 1 Basic Problems If the system cannot work with the adapter check the following Is CMOS setup required to enable PCI bus parameters Is the adapter installed in a bus master PCI slot Are all the cables connected correctly Does the configuration follow the SSA rules for this adapter If the system cannot access the SSA disk drives check the following Is power turned on to the disk drives Has the configuration utility been run for all the required disk drives and do they appear in the list of attached resources Are the disk drives connected in a loop either from SSA loop A port 1 to SSA loop A port 2 or from SSA loop B port 1 to SSA loop B port 2 Is the light next to the adapter loop ports on showing that both ports are operational If the system fails to boot from an SSA disk drive check the following That there is not an IDE disk drive installed That there is not a SCSI adapter with BIOS enabled installed in a higher priority PCI slot than the SSA adapter That the CBIOS enable That the SSA device drivers are loaded before the SCSI device driver That the address drive letter of the partition from which you are trying to boot has not changed Adding extra drives can cause the addresses of existing drives to be changed _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 4 1 1 SSA RAID
58. one or more arrays The SSA RAID Adapter provides RAID 0 RAID 1 and RAID 5 facilities and access to individual SSA disk drives that are not configured as members of an array Hot Spares Disk Array States _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 C2 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide RAID 0 C 2 1 RAID 0 RAID 0 is also known as striping it does not provide redundancy and therefore cannot survive the failure of a member It does provide a single large data space with the operations spread evenly across members Short operations usually involve only one member longer transfers use several simultaneously and can therefore give higher data rates _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 C2 1 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide RAID 1 C 2 2 RAID 1 RAID 1 is also known as mirroring or dual copy It provides redundancy with better performance than a single disk but requires real disk capacity of two times the data size A RAID 1 array has two disk drive members Ifthe members have different capacities the resulting RAID 1 array has the capacity of the smaller member Each data block of the array is written on each of the two members If one member fails operations continue to the good member Performance is degraded for read operations because read operations cannot now be shared between the two members and improved for write operations because only a single member is written So a mixed workload may not show any change
59. or exchange i adapter card slot 1 has the DRAM for a new one failed 4 41016 A 16 MB DRAM module in Call for service or exchange adapter card slot 1 has the DRAM for a new one failed i i 41032 A 32 MB DRAM module in Call for service or exchange adapter card slot 1 has the DRAM for a new one _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 B 0 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Appendix B SSA RAID Adapter Service Request Numbers failed i PRE esas ies E Ste AR Ft a ey a ee Re Ros ee ee ey eh es 41064 A 64 MB DRAM module in Call for service or exchange adapter card slot 1 has the DRAM for a new one il failed i BER D a ee a EE E a er eg eg E a ee a ty rn EEE O De 41128 A 128 MB DRAM module in Call for service or exchange adapter card slot 1 has the DRAM for a new one failed i TEE DL CRT A es one je me Ve te es Bi A Ti he en di rs th no 42000 The SSA adapter has detected Call for service or that both DRAM modules are failing 7 1 Check whether both DRAM i i modules are correctly i installed on the adapter i card Make any i necessary corrections I I I J 2e If this problem has i occurred immediately i after an upgrade to the i adapter card check whe
60. orts A1 and A2 of the adapter in a loop in the order shown There are no disks connected to ports B1 and B2 If a dashed line appears in the list of disk drives it means that the SSA loop is broken at that point _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 5 2 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Viewing Resources and Their Attributes 5 3 Viewing Resources and Their Attributes From the SSA Main Menu select System Resources and then the resource you want to view If you select an array a window opens showing the attributes of the array 4 i i i i tie eee See moe Sos oe E e EE CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version Ib gp gee a a He aa ee ee ee ee re Bee See Se e ee Main Menu i a al a ne te ee i i i TOCAR NE re ae F i i i New Disks View RAID V Arrays 1 i i Free Resoui SS aor ea SSeS Sle ae Se i i i i System Res attrxxx aaa bel SSA Adapte attreve D Event Erro attrcecc I VVVVVVV Service Ai k ACCECLELE gt About View Members i i i i Ho ie i i i i i i i i i i Se See ee ea i pe SR e eaa nn I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help MR ee i lt ne oe Ss mn Ce irk RQ Se ar ee a er eee ale i i i i 4 To see all the
61. pare using the procedure described in Exchanging a Member of an Array in topic 5 5 _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 4 3 2 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Chapter 5 Performing Other Disk Array Tasks 5 0 Chapter 5 Performing Other Disk Array Tasks This section describes some of the other uses of the SSA Configuration Utility Other service related tasks are described in the SSA RAID Adapter Hardware Maintenance Manual Supplement All these tasks use the SSA Configurator Utility provided on the SSA RAID Adapter diskette for your operating system To start this utility execute the following program For OS 2 ISSACFG For Novell NetWare load ISSACFG For Windows NT ISSACFG For DOS ISSACFG or if it is available double click on the SSA Configurator icon Subtopics 5 1 Defining a Hot Spare 5 2 Viewing the Physical Configuration 5 3 Viewing Resources and Their Attributes 5 4 Changing Array Attributes 5 5 Exchanging a Member of an Array 5 6 Deleting an Array _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 5 0 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Defining a Hot Spare 5 1 Defining a Hot Spare To define a disk drive as a hot spare 1 From the Main Menu screen select SSA Adapter List 2 The SSA Adapter List window opens aa ae nn m Mn an nt ee ge se en RN a Er ne me Dr ne E rn i i D CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version 4
62. ption 1 2 installing 2 1 lights 1 2 array attaching 3 4 attributes changing 5 4 viewing 5 3 configuring 3 0 creation 3 3 deleting 5 6 exchanging a member 5 5 array problems 4 2 array states degraded C 2 5 3 exposed C 2 5 2 read operations C 2 5 2 write operations C 2 5 2 good C 2 5 1 offline C 2 54 5 rebuilding C 2 5 4 attributes array changing 5 4 viewing 5 3 member viewing 5 3 resource viewing 5 3 B boot device selecting 2 6 boot failure checks 4 1 c cables connecting 2 2 configuration validity checking B 1 viewing 5 2 configuration utility 3 1 configuring disk arrays 3 0 disk drives 2 3 SSA subsystems 3 0 D data paths and loops C 1 1 1 degraded state C 2 5 3 deleting an array 5 6 device drivers installing 2 5 disk arrays attaching 3 4 configuring 3 0 creating 3 3 disk drives accepting into free state 3 2 attaching 3 4 changing 4 3 configuring 2 3 connecting 2 2 diskettes list of 1 5 dual copy C 2 2 E event error log checking 4 2 control file 2 5 exchanging array member 5 5 exposed state C 2 5 2 read operations C 2 5 2 write operations C 2 5 2 G good state C 2 5 1 H hot spares defining function aa NFR ws _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 INDEX 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Index I information latest 6 0 information more 6 0 installing adapter card 2 1 device drivers 2 5 operating systems 2 4 utility programs 2 5 L labels unique ID 1 2 lights adapt
63. r exchange card slot 0 has failed the DRAM for a new one 4 4 40008 An 8 MB DRAM module in Call for service or exchange adapter card slot 0 has the DRAM for a new one failed i i 4 4 4 40016 A 16 MB DRAM module in Call for service or exchange adapter card slot 0 has the DRAM for a new one failed i i 4 4 4 40032 A 32 MB DRAM module in Call for service or exchange adapter card slot 0 has the DRAM for a new one failed i i 4 40064 A 6 MB DRAM module in adapter Call for service or exchange card slot 0 has failed the DRAM for a new one 4 4 4 40128 A 128 MB DRAM module in Call for service or exchange i adapter card slot 0 has the DRAM for a new one failed 4 41004 A 4 MB DRAM module in adapter Call for service or exchange card slot 1 has failed the DRAM for a new one 4 4 41008 An 8 MB DRAM module in Call for service
64. ring the Disk Drives Turn power on to the server unit and to the devices Your system automatically performs the PCI configuration tasks which recognize the new adapter and devices during the boot process _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 2 3 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Installing an Operating System 2 4 Installing an Operating System If an operating system is already loaded in your server go to the next section Installing the Device Drivers and Utility Programs in topic 2 5 If you are installing an operating system on your new SSA RAID subsystem 1 Boot DOS by a Inserting the PC DOS Configurator and Utilities diskette provided with the adapter b Turning power off and on again to the server When the CBIOS is currently disabled message is displayed press the tab key this enables the CBIOS 2 Run the configuration utility which is provided on the PC DOS Configurator and Utilities diskette The details of this procedure are given in Chapter 3 Configuring SSA Subsystems in topic 3 0 This defines the way that the adapter uses the disk drives that are attached to it Notes a Systems cannot access SSA disk drives until you have used the configuration utility to attach the disk drives and arrays b Installing an operating system on a single disk drive or RAID 1 array can give better performance 3 Install the new operating system using the installation instructions provided with the operating syste
65. s Guide The Adapter Card 1 2 The Adapter Card The adapter provides 4 SSA ports for the attachment of storage devices such as hard disk drives Each port operates at 20 MB s full duplex using point to point copper cables up to 25 meters long SSA loop B Port I SSA loop B Port 1 SSA loop A Port De SSA loop A Port 1 Unique ID labels On the adapter card there is a light next to the pair of SSA connectors port 1 and port 2 for each SSA loop The light is on continuously when power is turned on to the adapter and both ports for that loop are operational that is the devices connected next to the adapter in the loop have power turned on to them are connected correctly to the adapter and are operational The light flashes continuously if one of the ports is not operational That occurs when the cable to that port is not connected correctly or the device connected next to the adapter in the loop is not operational The light is off if both ports are not operational On the front panel of the adapter and on one of its modules are labels on which is printed the 15 character SSA unique ID of the adapter _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 1 2 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide RAID 1 3 RAID RAID redundant array of independent disks is the technology of grouping several hard disk drives into an array that is defined as a single logical disk drive This grouping technique greatly increases logic
66. s been made to Call for service store in the SSA adapter the details of more than 32 RAID arrays _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 B 0 2 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Appendix B SSA RAID Adapter Service Request Numbers 47500 Part of the RAID array data Call for service might have been lost ne ia Sn ee De Sr I UT Run ge me nl a nue Re Ene Ne de pe me 48000 The SSA adapter has detected Go to SSA Loop a loop configuration that is Configurations that Are Not not valid Valid in topic B 1 or call for service CR nn se jen est sheet en re Wu ae ne EI nes une Ar nut 49000 A RAID array is in the Call for service Degraded state because a disk drive is not available to the array and a write command i i has been sent to that array i if f F I A disk drive might not be available for one of the following reasons I I I I The disk drive has failed The disk drive has been removed from the i subsystem i An SSA link has failed A power failure has i i occurred i ne at ee TE ra Bl E u DE u nek m a ee a a E E a ne ver E FL ler 49100 A RAID array is in the Call for service Exposed state because a disk drive is not available to the array i i A disk drive can become not available for several reasons i i i The disk drive has i failed i The disk drive has been removed from the i subsystem An SSA link has fail
67. systems in topic 3 0 ubtopics 1 Installing the Adapter Card Connecting the Disk Drives Configuring the Disk Drives Installing an Operating System Installing the Device Drivers and Utility Programs S 2 2 2 2 2 2 Selecting Your Boot Device Ou amp WN _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 2 0 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Installing the Adapter Card 2 1 Installing the Adapter Card Attention Remove all power from your PC server and any attached devices before removing the cover To install the adapter card refer to the documentation that came with your PC server The User s Handbook for your server describes how to install an adapter Perform the steps described in that book ensuring that you perform the actions relating to the static protective package correctly When choosing a slot for the SSA RAID Adapter take note of the following restrictions and recommendations The SSA RAID Adapter card is a long PCI adapter card On some models of PC Server there is only one slot in which a long PCI adapter card can be installed without interference with the heat sink on the processor In these models if might be necessary to move previously installed adapter cards before installing the SSA RAID Adapter card If you are installing one or two SSA RAID Adapter cards in a PC Server 720 to obtain the best performance use the primary PCI bus slots 6 and 7 If because one or both of these slots is already occupied
68. t Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt INSERT gt Insert lt DELETE gt Delete lt Fl gt Help lt F9 gt FlashOn lt F10 gt FlashOff Fa A EE EAE ENE EPEE AAEE EE LEDA E em ee RESTE TOE ERIE DO Mains he nt oe COE Ne te Highlight the entry for the array that you want to delete make a note of its adapter number and array name press Delete and confirm the deletion at the prompt 2 From the SSA Main Menu select SSA Adapter List The SSA Adapter List window opens Rene St ame ne den nee NS ran me NS an en Be Due sn en l 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version D i i Main Menu i BS EPS DS RSS Ba a RETTET i i i i New Disks Free Resources i i i DV STE reae Se Saar Sar nr nen SSA SSA Adapter List i i EVEN i i ed ei ru ae i Serv Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter 0 Abou Bus X Device N Slot T Adapter S I i i i i 1 RES Sat SS SS SSS SSS ae SSS se i i i i i i 4 I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help I I i Jaa EI EEE a Sha a Ae a Ae Gin me a a an pt etl Sa Gn On le Sy a Nm Bee tet Set Select the adapter that controls the array tha
69. t you want to delete you noted the details of this adapter in step 1 The adapter menu window opens _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 5 6 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Deleting an Array ee ee CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version i M in Miene a SIE FEST ers Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter Q i PE a a gs Wa E O A VE EN a SE a ne ee eh ORNE CNRS ET SAL T E a I New Disks RAID 0 Arrays Free Resour RAID 1 Arrays Ssyst 7 RAID 5 Arrays SSA Rejected Disks Serv Bus X Hot spare Disks Abou Bus X Run Concurrent Diagnostics I I I I I I I i Event t Non Volatile RAM I I i Run Non Concurrent Diagnostics I I I View Adapter VPD Disk Service Aids 4 4 I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help 4 4 Select the type of the array that you want to delete You can scroll the contents of the window by using the arrow keys A list of the arrays of this type controlled by this adapter appears in a new window lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt
70. taneously SSA retains the SCSI 2 commands queuing model and status and sense bytes Subtopics C 1 1 SSA Loops and Links C 1 2 Rules for SSA Loops _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 C 1 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide SSA Loops and Links C 1 1 SSA Loops and Links In the simplest SSA configuration SSA devices are connected through two or more SSA links to an SSA adapter that is located in the system unit The devices SSA links and SSA adapter are configured in loops Each loop provides a data path that starts at one connector of the SSA adapter and passes through a link SSA cable to the devices The loop continues through the devices then returns through another link to a second connector on the SSA adapter The maximum permitted length for an external cable that connects two SSA nodes for example disk drives is 25 meters 82 feet Details of the rules for configuring SSA loops are given for each SSA adapter in Rules for SSA Loops in topic C 1 2 Subtopics C 1 1 1 Loops and Data Paths _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 C 1 1 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Loops and Data Paths C 1 1 1 Loops and Data Paths All devices that are attached to an SSA adapter card 1 are connected through SSA links 2 The SSA links are configured in loops Data and commands to a particular device pass through all other devices on the link between the adapter and the target device Data can travel in either direction ro
71. ther the correct type i of DRAM modules have i been installed Make i any necessary i corrections I I I i 113 If the problem remains i exchange the adapter i i card for a new one Do i not exchange any DRAM i modules yet I I I I i 4 Install the DRAM modules i i from the original i adapter card onto the i new adapter card then i install the new adapter i card i i i b We If the problem remains i exchange the DRAM i i modules for new modules 1 I I i LB Install the new DRAM i modules onto the i original adapter card i Reinstall the original i adapter card ene ose eee ee ase ee a a eg Se A ne ee ES LAT TE ae en te eh 42500 The SSA adapter has detected Call for service a failure in the write cache Giese a TR Sa pe a oY a Er E D aa Fe a EY PR an De a 43PAA An SSA device is preventing Call for service the completion of the loop configuration decide Te en ch ore pr an Ten Dh AE et el pee bh ts te Pe men pi hornet 45PAA The SSA adapter has detected Call for service an open SSA loop CF Sad e Pas GARE ere Se 7 eee ee io ee ee ee Panier ds tte nn de die 46000 A RAID array is the Offline Call for service state because more than one disk drive is not available At least one member disk drive of the array is present but more than one member disk drive is missing Dee ue ne Oe I ee LE a ee MR nt te De 2 ho DE De ee ne 47000 An attempt ha
72. tion and User s Guide Rebuilding State C 2 5 4 Rebuilding State A disk array enters Rebuilding state after a missing disk has been replaced When the disk array is in this state all the member disk drives are present but the data and parity are being rebuilt on the replaced disk drive The array management software allows read and write operations on a disk drive that is in Rebuilding state If the power fails before the rebuilding is complete the array management software continues the rebuilding operation when the power returns for those strips not yet rebuilt _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 0 2 5 4 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Offline State C 2 5 5 Offline State A disk array enters Offline state when two or more disk drives become missing Read and write operations are not allowed _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 C 2 5 5 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Appendix D Product Warranty and Notices D O Appendix D Product Warranty and Notices International Business Machines Corporation Armonk New York 10504 Subtopics D 1 Statement of Limited Warranty D 2 Notices D 3 Trademarks D 4 Communications Statements _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D O 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Statement of Limited Warranty D 1 Statement of Limited Warranty The warranties provided by IBM in this Statement of Limited Warranty apply only to Machines you originally purchase for your use an
73. to do so you may return it to your place of purchase and your money will be refunded If you transfer a Machine to another user warranty service is available to that user for the remainder of the warranty period You should give your proof of purchase and this Statement to that user _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 1 2 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Warranty Service D 1 3 Warranty Service To obtain warranty service for the Machine you should contact your reseller or call IBM In the United States call IBM at 1 800 772 2227 In Canada call IBM at 1 800 565 3344 You may be required to present proof of purchase Depending on the Machine the service may be 1 a Repair service at your location called On site or at one of IBM s or a reseller s service locations called Carry in or 2 an Exchange service either On site or Carry in When a type of service involves the exchange of a Machine or part the item IBM or your reseller replaces becomes its property and the replacement becomes yours The replacement may not be new but will be in good working order and at least functionally equivalent to the item replaced It is your responsibility to 1 obtain authorization from the owner for example your lessor to have IBM or your reseller service a Machine that you do not own 2 where applicable before service is provided a follow the problem determination problem analysis and service request procedures th
74. und a loop The adapter can therefore get access to the devices 3 disk drives in this example through two data paths The system cannot detect which data path is being used Using system If a disk drive fails or is turned off the loop is broken and one of the data paths to a particular disk drive is no longer available The disk drives on the remains of the loop continue to work but an error is reported to the system In the diagram disk drive number 3 has failed Disk drives 1 and 2 can communicate with the system only through connector A1 of the SSA adapter Disk drives 4 through 8 can communicate only through connector A2 of the SSA adapter _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 C 1 1 1 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Loops and Data Paths Using system If two or more disk drives are turned off fail or are removed from the loop some disk drives might become isolated from the SSA adapter In the diagram disk drives 3 and 7 have been removed Disk drives 1 and 2 can communicate with the system only through connector A1 of the SSA adapter Disk drive number 8 can communicate with the system only through connector A2 of the SSA adapter Disk drives 4 5 and 6 are isolated from the SSA adapter _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 C 1 1 1 2 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Loops and Data Paths Using system _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 C 1 1 1 3 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Rules
75. us X Run Concurrent Diagnostics Run Non Concurrent Diagnostics View Adapter VPD Disk Service Aids fe eo E nut E ii an nz 4 4 I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help f 4 i i aS FE Ns pese put SB A a a a a oe e tN ca RER E E Select Hot spare disks 4 A list of the hot spare disk drives that are controlled by the adapter is displayed Note The list might not contain any hot spares _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 5 1 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Defining a Hot Spare lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt INSERT gt Insert lt DELETE gt Delete lt F1 gt Help lt F9 gt FlashOn lt F10 gt Flashoff 4 i i i i EE CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version passen zent een la ln ade teen ee elegante en De ee pe pe ne ne te nee ne i i MOD MES Sa Se SSeS ESS a eee i i FESR IES SSeS Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter Q i i L NS La a RIO aT nn ee TS i i New Disks RAID O Arrays i i Pree SRESOUF RAPE SF SS FF FSB Fe A 4h i i SYSCTHF ES RAI List of Hot spare Disks It i i SSA Pt RGR SRR SRE SRE ea gr i i i i Erenk Noil hsdUID111 status i i i i Serv
76. ust be used in order to reduce the potential for causing interference to radio and TV communications and to other electrical or electronic equipment Such cables and connectors are available from the provider or manufacturer Neither the provider or manufacturer can accept responsibility for any interference caused by using other than recommended cables and connectors _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 4 7 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Radio Protection for Germany D 4 8 Radio Protection for Germany Dieses Ger t ist berechtigt in bereinstimmung mit dem deutschen EMVG vom 9 Nov das EG Konformit tszeichen zu f hren Der Aussteller der Konformit tserkl rung ist die IBM Germany Dieses Ger t erf llt die Bedingungen der EN 55022 Klasse A F r diese Klasse von Ger ten gilt folgende Bestimmung nach dem EMVG Ger te d rfen an Orten f r die sie nicht ausreichend entst rt sind nur mit besonderer Genehmigung des Bundesministers f r Post und Telekommunikation oder des Bundesamtes f r Post und Telekommunikation betrieben werden Die Genehmigung wird erteilt wenn keine elektromagnetischen St rungen zu erwarten sind Auszug aus dem EMVG vom 9 Nov 92 Para 3 Abs 4 Hinweis Dieses Genehmigungsverfahren ist von der Deutschen Bundespost noch nicht ver ffeentlicht worden _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 D 4 8 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Index A access failure checks 4 1 adapter card descri
77. y can be in one of several states Those states are described here 1 Good State Exposed State Degraded State Rebuilding State offline State _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 025 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Good State C 2 5 1 Good State A disk array is in the Good state when all the member disk drives of that disk array are present and functioning correctly _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 C 2 5 1 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Exposed State C 2 5 2 Exposed State A disk array enters the Exposed state when a member disk drive becomes missing logically or physically from that array When a disk array is in the Exposed state you can reintroduce the missing disk drive or exchange it for a new one If necessary the array management software rebuilds the data that was on the original disk drive before it became missing then writes that rebuilt data to the replacement disk drive When the data is correct the array management software returns the disk array to the Good state Read Operations while in the Exposed State When a read operation is performed on a disk array that is in the Exposed state the array management software recreates rebuilds the data that was contained on the missing disk drive Write Operations while in the Exposed State When a write command is sent to a disk array that is in the Exposed state the state of the array is changed to Degraded _ Copyright IBM Corp 199
78. you boot your server it will boot from the primary SSA disk drive and the message CBIOS enabled will appear To return to booting from the previous default device if the message CBIOS enabled appears press the tab key If you have problems booting from an SSA disk drive refer to Basic Problems in topic 4 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 2 6 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Chapter 3 Configuring SSA Subsystems 3 0 Chapter 3 Configuring SSA Subsystems Before new SSA disk drives can be used by the operating system you must configure them into the SSA subsystem You use the configuration utility which is provided on each of the diskettes supplied with the adapter to do this The actions that you must perform are 1 Accept the new disk drives into the subsystem 2 Configure disk arrays if required 3 Attach the disk arrays or individual disk drives to your system The following sections describe the details of these actions Subtopics 1 Running the Configuration Utility 2 Accepting New Disk Drives 3 Creating an Array 4 Attaching Resources WWW Co _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 3 0 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Running the Configuration Utility 3 1 Running the Configuration Utility To run the configuration utility execute the following program For OS 2 ISSACFG For Novell NetWare load ISSACFG For Windows NT ISSACFG For DOS ISSACFG or if it is available double cli
79. you check all the attributes Press Enter to set each attribute in turn _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 5 4 2 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Exchanging a Member of an Array 5 5 Exchanging a Member of an Array To exchange a member of an array with another disk drive 1 From the SSA Main Menu select System Resources and then the array in which you want to exchange a member A window will open showing the attributes of the array D i i i i Ie ae ge ee A CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version eo Seta Se Sete S ete eae eo oe ees Se en Se eee See eS es Ee WE oe Le ees i i Main Menu i a a R E E TERRES i i i i nt i New Disks View RAID V Arrays I i i Free Resou nn ee i i i i System Res attrxxx aaa Je j SSA Adapte aGEEXYE s So Event Erro attrcec I VVVVVVV Service Ai LSatttettet 202g About View Members i i i i pessa heer i i i i i i i i i i rs a a a E i pees En Een men pe nee ee ee ee a u ee u ar ne I lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help Rene n eee ae as Se ae a ey ee i i i i 4 2 Use the arrow keys to scroll to the last item in the list View Members and press Enter A window opens showing a list of the members of the array lt ESCAPE gt Exit lt ENTER gt Select lt F1 gt Help lt
80. your country Such references or information must not be construed to mean that such products programming or services will be offered in your country Any reference to a licensed program in this publication is not intended to state or imply that you can use only the licensed program indicated You can use any functionally equivalent program instead _ Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1996 All rights reserved Note to U S Government Users Documentation related to restricted rights Use duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 EDITION 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Table of Contents CONTENTS Table of Contents COVER NOTICES EDITION CONTENTS FRONT_1 PREFACE PREFACE 1 PREFACE 2 lt 0 ou WHY ou amp amp N OP WN OWN NN I NN EI Owe amp N Oe WN SEE BW OB BON Wb AANANDNUOBPWNHEHE Bm Ou mw x 1 1 1 1 1 1 T 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 A B B E C es G Cc C C G D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D I Bo No Ed Ta sa Ab ch ch ch ch ch ch Ap Ap Ap Ap In ok Cover tices ition Notice ble of Contents fety Information out This Book How This Book Is Organized Related Publications apter 1 Introducing the SSA RAID Adapter SSA T
81. yyyy 14 i i i ADOT ESS GESA AA E EEA 55 SSS ee i i i i i I T 1 I I J l I I 1 I I I I I I 1 I I I I Li I ME see ee Ses nt AC ees nues lee ea an nenn i i i i i i i i i i In this list for each disk drive that you want to configure into your SSA subsystem highlight its name and press Delete At the prompt confirm the deletion Its name disappears from the list it is now in the free state You can return to the Main Menu by pressing Esc You can display a list of all the disk drives that are in the free state by selecting Free Resources in the Main Menu You can define disk drives that are in the free state as members of an array Creating an Array in topic 3 3 describes how to do this Alternatively disk drives can be accessed individually for such disk drives go directly to Attaching Resources in topic 3 4 for instructions on attaching them to the system Also disk drives can be defined as hot spares Defining a Hot Spare in topic 5 1 describes how to do this _ Copyright IBM Corp 1996 3 2 1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User s Guide Creating an Array 3 3 Creating an Array This section describes how to create an array from the free disk drives in the SSA subsystem It is recommended that you define one or more hot spares refer to Defining a Hot Spare in topic 5 1 for how to do this before creating the first array on an adapter To create an array 1 From the Main Menu screen sele

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