FRU NOT FRU
84H9706 <---- 25L5817
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| | |-loop B port 2 9-position
| | FRU Base 84H9706 #6219 |------ Green light
| | Cache Option Card 74G7719 #6222 | -loop B port 1 female
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| | FFC E07 |-loop A port 2 connector
| | |------ Green light
| | DRAM 16MB 89H5651 Qt:2 |-loop a port 1
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Specs:
Not mandatory to configured drives as RAID array.
From 3 to 16 drives per RAID Array.
Busmaster: Yes
Data transfer rate: 20MB/s per loop
Loops: 2
Disks per loop: 48
Max Adapters/Loop: 8 (Note 1)
Adapter Compatibility: 4M, 4N and 4P (Note 2)
RAID support: RAID 5
Hot Spare: Yes
Fast Write Cache: 4MB (Note 3)
RAID/Spares Span Loops: Yes.
Boot Support: Non-RAID only.
Dump tool: Required Hot Spare
Links to see/download current level of fileset:
Adapters:
devices.mca.8f97.*
Disks:
devices.ssa.disk.rte.*
devices.ssa.IBM_raid.rte.*
Microcode:
Adapter, disks, spare tool and AIX
Doc:
Install, technical & MIM
Search:
Any other search on Boulder
Dave Adams Web Site
Note 1: If more than 2 adapters are connected, RAID and Fast-Write Cache
cannot be used.
2) Two adapters per loop with RAID and non Fast Write Cache,
Eight adapters per loop non-RAID and non Fast Write Cache.
3) Members of a RAID array must be on the same loop.
If Hot Spare is enabled for the array, the spare disk must be on
the same loop as the array.
GREEN LIGHT
OFF Both SSA connectors are inactive. If disk drive modules
or other SSA adapters are connected to these connectors,
either those modules or adapters are failing, or their
SSA links are not active.
ON Both SSA link are active (normal operating condition).
SLOW FLASH Only one SSA link is active.
Updated Oct 29 2001 by Bruno Croft