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PCServer330 - Using the Mini-Configuration Program
Applicable to: World-Wide
Using the Mini-Configuration Program:
The Mini-Configuration program is a quick way to display the adapter settings, and to perform a limited set of the configuration functions without using the RAID Adapter Option Diskette.
To access the RAID adapter Mini-Configuration program:
1. Power-on the server, or, if the system is on, press Ctrl+ Alt+ Del.
2. Press Ctrl+I immediately when the Mini-Configuration prompt appears on the screen.
3. Press Enter.
If you have more than one RAID adapter installed, you will get an adapter selection screen; otherwise, the Main Menu appears.
- View Adapter Status displays the current status of the RAID adapter. (See 'Viewing the Adapter Status— for information.)
- View Configuration shows the current configuration information for the RAID adapter. (See 'Viewing Configuration Information— for information.)
- Advanced Functions resets the adapter, initializes the configuration, and imports the configuration from drives. (See 'Using Advanced Configuration Functions— for information.)
4. Select a menu item, press the number of the item or use the Up Arrow key or Down Arrow key to highlight the item, then press Enter.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
6. Select Exit to leave the Main Menu.
Viewing the Adapter Status:
The View Adapter Status choice allows you to view the status of the adapter's disk array.
The menu contains the following fields:
Unattended displays the on/off state of Unattended Mode.
Boot Block Version displays the current version number of the Boot Block.
Code Block Version displays the current version number of the firmware on the adapter.
Rebuild Rate displays the speed of rebuild. (See 'Changing the RAID Parameters—.)
No. of DDD Drv. displays the number of defunct drives.
No. of OFL Drv. displays the number of offline logical drives.
No. of CRT Drv. displays the number of critical logical drives.
Cfg. Updates displays the number of times that the configuration has been updated.
Flash Pgms displays the number of times that the firmware flash/EEPROM has been updated.
Logical Drive with Bad/Blocked Stripe identifies any logical drive that has bad stripes, as well as logical drives that are in the blocked state.
Viewing Configuration Information:
The View Configuration choice allows you to view the number and size of logical drives installed. It also displays the RAID level, current state, stripe size, write policy, read ahead status, and the creation date for each logical drive.
Using Advanced Configuration Functions:
The Advanced Functions choice allows you to reset the RAID adapter, initialize the configuration, and import the configuration from drives.
- Reset the Adapter resets the adapter configuration values to the factory defaults.
- Initialize Configuration restores the factory default settings and sets all functional, connected hard disk drive states to the Ready (RDY) state.
- Import Configuration from Drives reads the configuration information from the drives and copies it to NVRAM and the EEPROM modules on the adapter.
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Date Created |
12-02-97 | |
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01-05-98 | |
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28-04-99 | |
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IBM PC Server | |
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PC Server 330 | |
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8640 | |
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