IBM 8500R - Netfinity - 8681, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Note
If the following screen appears, you might have
pressed Ctrl
+
A before the selected drives were ready.
Restart the server and watch for the SCSISelect
messages as each drive spins up. After the drive that
you want to view or format spins up, press Ctrl
+
A.
à ð
Unexpected SCSI Command Failure
Target SCSI ID: 4
SCSI CDB Sent: ð3 ðð ðð ðð ðE ðð ð7 ðð ð2 ðð
Host Adapter Status: ððh - No host adapter error
Target Status: ð2h - Check condition
Sense Key: ð2h - Not ready
+Sense Code: ð4h
+Sense Code Qualifier: ð2h
Press 'Esc' to continue.
á ñ
Performing a low-level disk format:
You can use
the Format Disk feature of the SCSISelect Utility program
to perform a low-level format on a hard disk drive.
The amount of processing time that the low-level format
program requires will vary according to the hard disk drive
capacity.
When to use the low-level format program:
Use
the Low-Level Format program:
Ÿ
When you are installing software that requires a
low-level format
Ÿ
When you get recurring messages from the diagnostic
tests directing you to run the Low-Level Format
program on the hard disk drive
Ÿ
As a last resort before replacing a failing hard disk
drive
Note
For information on backing up all of your files, see the
operating-system documentation.
Starting the low-level format program
Attention
The low-level format program erases all data and
programs.
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