Network Card User Manual

Link Verification Service Aid
The Link Verification service aid helps you determine:
v Which devices are connected to the SSA loop
v Where an SSA loop has been broken
v The status of the disk drives on that SSA loop
v The location of enclosure faults that have been detected by the disk drives on that
SSA loop
To use the Link Verification service aid:
1. Select Link Verification from the SSA Service Aids menu (see “Starting the SSA
Service Aids” on page 376). The Link Verification adapter menu is displayed:
LINK VERIFICATION 802385
Move cursor onto selection, then press <Enter>.
nunu:ssa0 04-02 IBM SSA 160 SerialRAID Adapter (
nunu:ssa1 04-04 IBM SSA 160 SerialRAID Adapter (
nunu:ssa2 04-07 IBM SSA 160 SerialRAID Adapter (
F3=Cancel F10=Exit
2. Select the adapter that you want to test.
The columns of information displayed on the screen have the following meanings:
v The first column shows the adapter name. The format of the adapter name is:
systemname:adaptername (for example, nunu:ssa0)
where:
systemname is the name of the using system that contains the SSA adapter.
adaptername is the adapter resource identifier.
v The second column shows the adapter location code (for example, 04-02).
v The third column shows the description of the adapter (for example, IBM SSA 160
SerialRAID Adapter).
Note: If the adapter name is longer than the description field, the name is
shortened, as shown in the screen above.
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