Wide bus enabled, Quick arbitration and select (qas) capability, Problem determination – IBM Ultra320 User Manual

Page 23: Wide, Enabled, Quick, Arbitration, Select, Qas), Capability

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Characteristics

of

a

PCI-X

SCSI

RAID

Controller

Bus

[Entry

Fields]

SCSI

Adapter

scsi5

Description

PCI-X

U320

SCSI

RAID>

Status

Available

Location

14-08-00

Adapter

card

SCSI

ID

[7]

Wide

bus

enabled

yes

Maximum

SCSI

Bus

Speed

in

MB/s

320

QAS

(Quick

Arbitration)

Capability

Enable

Apply

changes

to

DATABASE

only

no

6.

Select

Maximum

SCSI

Bus

Speed

in

MB/s.

7.

Press

F4.

8.

Select

the

desired

bus

speed:

5,

10,

20,

40,

80,

160,

or

320

MB/s,

and

press

Enter.

9.

Press

Enter

again.

10.

If

the

change

was

successful,

press

F10

to

exit

SMIT.

If

you

were

not

successful

in

using

the

procedure

“Limit

Adapter

Speed

Using

the

Maximum

SCSI

Bus

Speed

in

MB/s”

on

page

10,

do

the

following:

1.

Select

Apply

change

to

DATABASE

only.

2.

Press

F4

and

select

yes.

3.

Press

Enter.

4.

Press

F10

to

exit

SMIT.

5.

At

this

point,

the

adapter

and

its

child

devices

must

be

reconfigured.

To

reboot

your

system,

log

in

as

root

user

and

type

shutdown

-Fr

at

the

command

prompt.

Wide

Bus

Enabled

If

you

are

attaching

an

external

device

with

an

8-bit

SCSI

interface

cable,

set

Wide

bus

enabled

to

no.

Follow

the

steps

in

“Limit

Adapter

Speed

Using

the

Maximum

SCSI

Bus

Speed

in

MB/s”

on

page

10.

Quick

Arbitration

and

Select

(QAS)

Capability

The

QAS

capability

is

automatically

controlled

by

the

adapter.

Problem

Determination

If

you

encounter

any

problems

with

the

adapter

after

the

installation,

refer

to

your

system

unit

documentation

for

information

about

running

diagnostics

or

other

problem-determination

procedures.

AIX

users

should

refer

to

the

PCI-X

SCSI

RAID

Controller

Reference

Guide

for

AIX,

order

number

SA23-1323.

Chapter

5.

Setting

Up

the

PCI-X

Dual

Channel

Ultra320

SCSI

RAID

Adapter

(AIX)

11

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