To configure a newly installed disk drive or solid-state
drive (SSD) for your environment, complete the steps in this procedure.
Procedure
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Choose from the following options:
- If you installed the drive when the system was powered off, when
you start the system, the AIX® operating system
automatically configures the devices in the system when the system is started.
- If you installed the drive when the system was powered on, continue
with the next step.
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To configure the drive with the AIX operating system
when you installed the drive when the system was powered on, complete the following steps:
Note: A customer must complete this step.
- Press the F3 key on the console to return to the SCSI and SCSI
RAID Hot Plug Manager menu.
- Select Configure Added/Replaced Devices and press Enter.
- When the configuration is complete, press F3 twice to return to the
IBM SAS Disk Array Manager menu.
- Select List SAS Disk Array Configuration and press Enter. The newly
installed drive or drives will be shown at the bottom of the list of arrays and drives.