IBM 866251Y - Netfinity 5500 M20, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Supported operating systems: Windows NT,
O/S2, Netware, OpenServer, UnixWare, and
DOS
Command:
IPSSEND ERASEEVENT
Controller Options
Replace:
Ÿ
Controller with the ServeRAID controller
number (1 to 8)
Ÿ
Options with one of the following:
– DEVICE for the Device Event Log
– SOFT for the ServeRAID adapter
or controller Soft Event Log
– HARD for the ServeRAID adapter
or controller Hard Event Log
FMSTATUS Use the FMSTATUS command to display the
progress of a format operation currently
processing.
Supported operating system: DOS
Command:
IPSSEND FMSTATUS
Controller Channel SID
Replace:
Ÿ
Controller with the ServeRAID controller
number (1 to 8)
Ÿ
Channel with the channel number for the
device (1, 2, or 3)
Ÿ
SID with the SCSI ID for the device (0 to
15)
FORMAT Use the FORMAT command to perform a
low-level format of a hard disk drive.
Attention
When you issue this command, all data
on the drive will be lost.
Supported operating system: DOS
Command:
IPSSEND FORMAT
Controller Channel SID
Replace:
Ÿ
Controller with the ServeRAID controller
number (1 to 8)
Ÿ
Channel with the channel number for the
device (1, 2, or 3)
Ÿ
SID with the SCSI ID for the device (0 to
15)
GETEVENT Use the GETEVENT command to display
information about various unexpected events.
IBM uses the Soft and Hard Event Logs for
development and debugging purposes only.
The Device Event Log contains event
counters for each attached physical device.
These counters include:
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