Viewing HA controller attributes

You can view HA configuration-related information from the Change Adapter Configuration menu located under the iprconfig menu option titled Work with adapter configuration.

1. Run iprconfig.
2. Type 7 to select Work with adapter configuration.
3. Use the up/down arrow keys to move the cursor to the SAS controller and type 1; then, press Enter.
4. In the menu option titled Change Configuration of Adapter:
   1. Configure Preferred Dual Adapter State to None or Primary.
   2. Configure High-Availability Mode to RAID or JBOD.
   The screen displayed will look similar to the following example.

   +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                         Change Configuration of Adapter                      |
   |                                                                              |
   |Current Disk configurations are shown. To change setting hit 'c' for options  |
   |menu. Highlight desired option then hit Enter.                                |
   |  c=Change Setting                                                            |
   |                                                                              |
   |Adapter: 0000:c8:01.0/0   IBM      572A001SISIOA                              |
   |                                                                              |
   |Preferred Dual Adapter State . . . . . . : None                               |
   |High-Availability Mode . . . . . . . . . : Normal                             |
   |Active/Active Mode . . . . . . . . . . . : Disabled                           |
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   |Or leave blank and press Enter to cancel                                      |
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   |e=Exit   q=Cancel                                                             |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    

   Note: For additional details on how to set up a configuration, see Installing an HA single-system RAID configuration, Installing an HA two-system RAID configuration or Installing an HA two-system JBOD configuration.