Users Guide

Property Definition

State Displays the 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 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 Indicates the termination type of the connector. Possible values are:

• 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 Displays the SCSI speed for a SCSI device.

Related concepts

Rescanning The Connector

Rescanning A Controller Connector

Rescanning The Connector

Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.

On a SCSI controller, the Rescan 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 scheduling a rescan, see Rescanning To Update Storage Configuration Changes.

NOTE:

Rescan is not supported on non-RAID SCSI controllers. 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).

Rescanning A Controller Connector

To rescan a controller connector:

1. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, expand the Storage dashboard to display the controller objects.

2. Expand a controller object.

3. Select a connector object.

4. Click Information/Configuration on the connector Properties page.

5. Select Rescan from the Connector Tasks drop-down menu.

6. Click Execute.

Logical Connector Properties And Tasks

To display the information about the logical connector (connector in redundant path mode) and to execute connector tasks, use the

logical connector properties and tasks page.

Connectors