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Viewing link status information

You can view more detailed link status information in the Change/Show SAS Controller information screen.

  1. Navigate to the IBM® SAS Disk Array Manager by using the steps found in Using the Disk Array Manager.
  2. Select Diagnostics and Recovery Options.
  3. Select Change/Show SAS RAID controller.
  4. Select the IBM SAS RAID or AWC Controller. The screen displayed will look similar to the following screen.
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    |                            Change/Show SAS Controller                           |   
    |                                                                                 |   
    | Type or select values in entry fields.                                          |   
    | Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes.                                   |   
    |                                                                                 |   
    |                                                         [Entry Fields]          |   
    |   SAS adapter                                         sissas2                   |   
    |   Description                                         PCIe x1 Auxilia>   |   
    |   Status                                              Available                 |   
    |   Location                                            06-00                     |   
    |   Operating mode                                      Aux Write Cache Adapte>   |   
    |   Preferred Dual Initiator Operating mode             No Preference             |   
    |   Dual Initiator Configuration                        Default                   |   
    |   Serial Number                                       YL3126327310              |   
    |   World Wide ID                                       5005076c0702bf00          |   
    |   Remote HA Link Operational                          No                        |   
    |   Remote HA Serial Number                                                       |   
    |   Remote HA World Wide ID                                                       |   
    |   Remote AWC Link Operational                         Yes                       |   
    |   Remote AWC Serial Number                            07127001                  |   
    |   Remote AWC World Wide ID                            5005076c0702f600          |   
    |                                                                                 |   
    | F1=Help             F2=Refresh          F3=Cancel           F4=List             |   
    | F5=Reset            F6=Command          F7=Edit             F8=Image            |   
    | F9=Shell            F10=Exit            Enter=Do                                |   
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