Re: SSA cabling

From: -ray (ray@OPS.SELU.EDU)
Date: Thu Nov 20 2003 - 17:04:46 EST


On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Green, Simon wrote:

> > From: -ray
> <SNIP>
> > The first config i did looks like this and seems to work fine:
> >
> > 1st adapter A2->8, A1->9, 2nd adapter A2->1, A1->16.
> >
> > But the "Understanding SSA Subsystems" book seems to suggest
> > this cabling
> > for a "Simple loop with two adapters":
> >
> > 1st adapter A2->8, A1->9, 2nd adapter B2->1, B1>16.
> >
> > Any advice as to which is more correct?
>
> I believe that both are equally correct. Personally, I would do
> it your way: I like to keep my A and B loops discrete.

Well i cannot seem to create a raid_0 device with this cabling. No member
disks show up in either loop on the 'Add a SSA RAID Array' screen. I can
see all 16 disks when creating a raid 1, 5, or 10 array. Am i missing
something?

ray
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IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support
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