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Parity: An unexpected event while
transferring data on the SCSI bus. This
usually indicates a problem with the
SCSI cable, connectors, or terminators.
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Soft: A SCSI device detected a
check
condition event.
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Hard: The SCSI controller detected an
unexpected event. The controller is the
most likely cause.
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Misc: The ServeRAID adapter or
controller detected an event that was
most likely caused by the device.
The Device Event Log also provides
predictive failure analysis (PFA) alerts, which
indicate that the device has signaled the
ServeRAID adapter or controller that it might
fail in the near future.
Supported Operating Systems: Windows NT,
OS/2, NetWare, OpenServer, UnixWare, and
DOS
Command:
IPSSEND GETEVENT
Controller Options
Replace:
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Controller with the ServeRAID controller
number (1 to 8)
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Options with one of the following:
DEVICE for Device Event Log, SOFT for
the ServeRAID adapter or controller Soft
Event Log, or HARD for the ServeRAID
adapter or controller Hard Event Log.
SELFTEST The SELFTEST command is used to direct
an adapter or a device to perform its self-test.
Supported operating systems: DOS
Command:
IPSSEND SELFTEST
Controller Options
Replace:
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Controller with the ServeRAID controller
number (1 to 8)
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Options with AD for the ServeRAID
adapter or controller self-test or PD
Channel SID
for the Device self-test.
Note
Channel represents the drive
channel and
SID represents the
SCSI ID for the device.
STARTDELY Use the STARTDELY command to set the
number of drives in a group to start up
simultaneously and to set the delay in
seconds between the startup of these groups
of drives.
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