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.

Procedure

  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                           |
|                                                                              |
|Or leave blank and press Enter to cancel                                      |
|                                                                              |
|e=Exit   q=Cancel                                                             |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    Note: For additional details on how to set up a configuration, see Installing an HA single-system RAID configuration or Installing an HA two-system RAID configuration.