Справочник Пользователя для IBM DS4000 FC

IBM

hard

disk

that

is

attached

to

the

DS4000

FC

4Gbps

PCI-X,

select

the

attached

fibre-channel

hard

disk

from

the

system

BIOS

menu.

Note:

The

Selectable

Boot

Settings

option

for

the

DS4000

FC

4Gbps

PCI-X

applies

to

only

fibre-channel

hard

disk

drives.

Restore

default

settings

You

can

use

the

Restore

Default

Settings

option

to

restore

the

DS4000

FC

4Gbps

PCI-X

default

settings

and

NVRAM.

The

default

NVRAM

settings

are

the

adapter

settings

that

were

saved

the

last

time

an

NVRAM

update

operation

was

run

from

the

BIOS

Update

Utility

program

(option

U

or

command

line

/U

switch).

If

the

BIOS

Update

Utility

program

has

not

been

used

to

update

the

default

NVRAM

settings

since

the

adapter

was

installed,

the

factory

settings

are

loaded.

Note:

After

selecting

Restore

default

settings,

check

the

NVRAM

settings

(for

example

the

host

bus

adapter

and

advanced

adapter

settings)

against

the

values

that

are

recommended

in

this

document

and

in

the

device

driver

READMEs

for

the

appropriate

operating

system.

Raw

NVRAM

data

You

can

use

the

Raw

NVRAM

Data

option

to

display

the

adapter

NVRAM

contents

in

hexadecimal

format.

This

is

a

troubleshooting

tool.

You

cannot

modify

the

data.

Scan

fibre-channel

devices

You

can

use

the

Scan

Fibre

Channel

Devices

option

to

scan

the

fibre-channel

loop

and

list

all

the

connected

devices

by

loop

ID.

Information

about

each

device

is

listed,

for

example,

vendor

name,

product

name,

and

revision.

This

information

is

useful

when

you

are

configuring

your

DS4000

FC

4Gbps

PCI-X

and

attached

devices.

Fibre-channel

disk

utility

Attention:

When

you

perform

a

low-level

format,

it

removes

all

data

on

the

disk.

You

can

use

the

Fibre

Channel

Disk

Utility

option

to

scan

the

fiber-channel

loop

bus

and

list

all

the

connected

devices

by

loop

ID.

You

can

select

a

disk

device

and

perform

a

low-level

format

or

verify

the

disk

media

or

data.

Loopback

data

test

You

can

use

the

Loopback

Data

Test

option

to

verify

the

basic

transmit

and

receive

functions

of

the

adapter.

A

fiber-channel

loopback

connector

option

must

be

installed

into

the

optical

interface

connector

on

the

DS4000

FC

4Gbps

PCI-X

before

starting

the

test.

Select

host

adapter

You

can

use

the

Select

Host

PCI-X

Adapter

option

to

select,

configure,

or

view

a

specific

adapter

if

you

have

multiple

adapters

in

your

system.

Chapter

3.

Configuring

the

FC

4Gbps

PCI-X

Adapter

with

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