Specifications
flekl
Senrice
Handbook
for
SGI
OpemtJon
Exercising
a
Disk
Drive
1.
Boot
fx
(see
page
3-13
for
procedures
for
booting
fx).
2.
At
the
extended
mode
prompt,
enter
y.
3.
At
the device name, controller
#,
and
drive
#,
select the
appropriate
value.
4.
To
select
the
exercise
command.
from
the
fx>
prompt,
enter
exe.
The
system displays
the
acrcise
subcommands.
Furxr
-----
please
choose
one
(1
€or
help,
..
to quit this menu)-----
[bl
utterfly
[rl
andom
[st]
op-on-error
[shlowtestpat
[el
rrorlog
[sepluential [slettestpat tcl~m~lete
fx/exerciaar
5.
To
run
a
test,
at
the
Wexercisc
prompf
enter
the
command
for
the
test
you
want
to
run
(See
page
3-18
for
a
description
of
the
exercise
tesu).
When
the
test
is
selected
the
system
will
prompt
you
for
a
modifier
(default
modifier
is
read
only).
The available
modifiers
are
[rd]-only:
Read
only:
a
readdata
command
will
check for readcomplete.
[rol-cmp:
Read
and
compare:
system
compares
two
disk
read
commands.
[SI&
Seek;
performs
a
seek
and
read
command
to
every
disk
block.
(This
c:
.._
.
test
takes
a
long
time
to
complete.)
[w~olnly:
Write
only:
write
command
looks
for
a
write
complete.
[wwfmp:
Write
compare;
write command
foUowed
by
a
rcad
and
compare.
..
..
-..
..x
6.
To
select
a
modifier,
at
the
prompt,
enter the
command
for the
modifier.
The
system
runs
the
test
Note
that
the
system
ignores
the
badblock
list
7.
To
display
the
error
log
after
the
test
is
complete,
at
the fx/exercise>
prompt,
8.
To
exit
fx,
at
the fx/exmise>
prompt,
enter
Jexk
enta
e.
The
system
rem
to
the
System
Maintenance
Menu
c
Q
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Eastern
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