Users Guide

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Connector Tasks: Rescan Connector
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Does my controller support this feature? See "Supported Features."
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On a SCSI controller, this task rescans the controller connectors to verify the currently connected devices or to recognize new devices that have been added
to the connectors. Performing a rescan on a connector is similar to performing a rescan on the controller. For information on when you may want to do a
rescan, see "Rescan to Update Storage Configuration Changes."
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Do the following to rescan a controller connector:
1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
2. Expand a controller object.
3. Select a Connector object.
4. Select the Information/Configuration subtab.
5. Select Rescan from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.
6. Click Execute.
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Connector Components
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For information on attached components, see the following topics:
l "Enclosure and Backplane Properties and Tasks"
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Property
Definition
These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component. See "Storage Component Severity" for more information. A Warning
or Critical severity may indicate that the connector is unable to communicate with attached devices such as an enclosure. Check the status of
attached devices. See "Cables Attached Correctly" and "Isolate Hardware Problems" for more information.
Name
This property displays the connector number.
State
This property displays the current status of the connector. Possible values are:
Ready — The connector is functioning normally.
Degraded — The connector has encountered a failure and is operating in a degraded state.
Failed — The connector has encountered a failure and is no longer functioning.
Connector
Type
This property displays whether the connector is operating in RAID or SCSI mode. Depending on the controller type, the connector can be
either a SCSI connector or a SAS port.
Termination
This property indicates the termination type of the connector.
Narrow — Indicates an 8 bit data bus.
Wide — Indicates a 16 bit data bus.
Unknown — Indicates that the termination type is unknown.
Not Terminated — On a SCSI controller, this property indicates that the data bus is not terminated. This property is also displayed when the
termination type is unknown.
SCSI Rate
This property displays the SCSI speed for a SCSI device.
NOTE: Rescan is not supported on non-RAID SCSI controllers. You must reboot the system before Storage Management can see configuration changes
on non-RAID SCSI controllers. Otherwise, configuration changes are not reflected in the Storage Management graphical user interface (GUI).