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– HARD for the ServeRAID controller hard event log
– ALL for the ServeRAID controller device, soft, and hard event
logs.
format Use the format function to perform a low-level format of a physical
drive.
Attention:
1. When you issue this function, all data on the disk will be
erased.
2. After a format function is issued, do not stop it. If a format
process is stopped for any reason, the hard disk that was being
formatted will not respond to any functions except the format
function. Thus, the ServeRAID controller will not be able to
recognize functions anymore. To recover the drive, refer to
“Recovering from an incomplete format of a physical drive” on
page 146.
Supported operating system: DOS
Command: ipssend format controller channel sid
where:
v
controller is the ServeRAID controller number (1–12)
v
channel is the channel number for the device (1– 4)
v
sid is the SCSI ID for the device (0–15)
getbst Use the getbst function to display the number of bad stripes in the
bad stripe table for each logical drive.
Supported operating systems: Windows NT, Windows 2000, OS/2,
NetWare, Linux, OpenServer, Unixware, and DOS
Command: ipssend getbst controller
where controller is the ServeRAID controller number (1–12).
getevent Use the getevent function to display information about various
unexpected events. IBM service representatives use 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:
v
Parity: An unexpected event occurred while data was being
transferred on the SCSI bus. This usually indicates a problem
with the SCSI cable, connectors, or terminators.
v
Soft: A SCSI device detected a check-condition event.
v
Hard: The SCSI controller detected an unexpected event. The
controller is the most likely cause.
v
Misc: The ServeRAID controller detected an event that was most
likely caused by the device.
The device event log also provides PFA alerts, which indicate that
the device has signaled the ServeRAID controller that it might fail in
the near future.
Supported operating systems: Windows NT, Windows 2000, OS/2,
NetWare, Linux, OpenServer, UnixWare, and DOS
Chapter 8. Installing and using the IPSSEND command-line program
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