IBM 866011U - Netfinity 5500 - 8660, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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ServeRAID controller administration:
This
section provides instructions for copying the drive
configuration to the ServeRAID controller, copying the
ServeRAID controller configuration to the drives, initializing
the ServeRAID controller configuration, and scanning for
new drives.
Copying the drive configuration to the
ServeRAID controller:
During the copy procedure, the ServeRAID controller
automatically performs any necessary rearrangement of
the configuration; then, the controller writes the new
configuration information back to the reserved area on the
configured hard disk drives.
To copy the drive configuration information to the
ServeRAID controller:
1. Click on the icon on the tool bar or select
Adapter Configuration from the Advanced
pull-down menu.
A screen similar to the following appears.
Adapter Configuration
Adapter Configuration Options
Copy Drive Configuration To Adapter
Copy Adapter Configuration To Drives
Initialize Adapter Configuration
OK
Cancel
2. Select Copy Drive Configuration to Adapter; then,
click on OK.
Copying the ServeRAID controller configuration
to the drives:
To copy the ServeRAID controller configuration
information to the drives:
You can copy the configuration information
stored on the hard disk drives to the
ServeRAID controller. This procedure is useful
when you install drives from other systems.
You can copy the configuration information
stored in the ServeRAID controller to all
configured hard disk drives.
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