IBM Advanced SerialRAID Adapters SA33-3285-02, User Manual

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device is present in the fast-write cache, and you want to disable the fast-write
function, go to “Enabling or Disabling Fast-Write for Multiple Devices”.
Enabling or Disabling Fast-Write for Multiple Devices
This option allows you to enable or disable the fast-write function on multiple devices.
You can select multiple devices from the list that this option displays. The displayed list
contains also offline and broken cache items, so that you can delete them.
1. For fast path access to the Enable/Disable Fast Write for Multiple Devices menu:
a. Type
smitty ssafastw
and press Enter.
b. From the menu displayed, select all the logical disk drives for which you are
enabling or disabling the fast-write function.
Otherwise:
a. Select Enable/Disable Fast Write for Multiple Devices from the SSA Logical
Disks menu.
b. From the menu displayed, select all the logical disk drives for which you are
enabling or disabling the fast-write function.
2. The Enable/Disable Fast Write for Multiple Devices menu appears:
Enable/Disable Fast Write for Multiple Devices
Type or select values in entry fields.
Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes.
[Entry Fields]
List of Devices hdisk1
Enable Fast Write no
Force Delete no
[BOTTOM]
F1=HelpF2=Refresh F3=Cancel F4=List
F5=Reset F6=Command F7=Edit F8=Image
F9=Shell F10=Exit Enter=Do
If you want to enable the fast-write function for the selected disk drives, set the
Enable Fast Write option to yes for those disk drives. The state of the Force
Delete option is ignored.
If you want to disable the fast-write function for the selected disk drives, set the
Enable Fast Write option to no and the Force Delete option to no for those disk
drives.
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