SCF Reference Manual for the Storage Subsystem (G06.28+, H06.05+, J06.03+)

The SUBSYS Object............................................................................................................38
The TAPE Object................................................................................................................39
3 Using the Storage Subsystem Manager.......................................................40
Displaying Information............................................................................................................40
Displaying Configuration Information....................................................................................40
Displaying Current Status Information....................................................................................40
Using the PRIMARY SUBSYS Command.....................................................................................41
4 Configuring and Managing the SMF Master Process.....................................42
Displaying Information............................................................................................................42
Displaying Configuration Information....................................................................................42
Displaying Current Status Information....................................................................................43
Configuring the SMF Master Process.........................................................................................44
Adding the SMF Master Process..........................................................................................44
Altering the Values of the SMF Master Process Attributes.........................................................45
Deleting the SMF Master Process.........................................................................................45
Managing the SMF Master Process...........................................................................................46
Starting the SMF Master Process..........................................................................................46
Stopping the SMF Master Process........................................................................................46
Resetting the SMF Master Process.........................................................................................47
Swapping Processors for the SMF Master Process...................................................................47
5 Displaying Information About Disk Drives.....................................................48
Displaying Information About Installed, Nonconfigured Internal Disks............................................48
Finding Nonconfigured Internal Disks...................................................................................48
Displaying Information About Configured Disks..........................................................................48
An INFO Report for a Disk..................................................................................................49
Example 2: A Detailed INFO Report for a Disk......................................................................49
Displaying Common Disk Information...................................................................................49
Displaying Disk Configuration Information.............................................................................50
Displaying Disk Label Information.........................................................................................52
Displaying Profile Attributes.................................................................................................54
Displaying Information about Partitioned Disks.......................................................................56
Displaying Information about Encrypted Disks........................................................................58
Displaying Disk Cache Configuration Information........................................................................59
Displaying Disk Cache Statistics...............................................................................................60
Reconfiguring Cache to Resolve Performance Problems...........................................................61
Displaying Error and Current Status Information..........................................................................62
Displaying Disk Errors.........................................................................................................62
Displaying Bad Sector Information.......................................................................................62
Displaying Defect Log Information........................................................................................63
Examples of STATUS Reports for Disks...................................................................................64
Example of STATUS DISK Detailed Report for Disks.................................................................66
6 Configuring Disks.....................................................................................70
Types of Disks........................................................................................................................70
Configuring Paths for Different Disk Types..............................................................................71
Considerations for M8xxx Fibre Channel Disks......................................................................71
Considerations for ESS Disks...............................................................................................72
Considerations for CLIM-Attached Disks.....................................................................................72
System Disk Configuration........................................................................................................72
Automating Disk Configuration.................................................................................................73
Limitations of Automatic Configuration..................................................................................73
Enabling Automatic Disk Configuration.................................................................................73
Configuring Internal Disks to Start Automatically.........................................................................74
Configuring Custom Profiles.....................................................................................................75
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