Spectra T950 - RIM and F-QIP Identifiers; Drive Identifiers

Chapter 2 — Architecture Overview Component Identifiers
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RIM and F-QIP Identifiers
RIMsandF‐QIPscanbeinstalledinanycontrollerbayinthemain frameor
driveexpansionframes.ThecomponentidentifierforaRIMorF‐QIPis
basedonitslocationrelativetotheframeandtheDBAwhereitisinstalled.
ThecomponentidentifierforaRIMorF‐QIPisshownas
FRx/DBAx/F-QIPn,where:
 FRxisthenumberoftheframefromlefttorightwhenview edfromthe
frontofthelibrary.
 DBAxisthenumberoftheDBAwheretheRIMorF‐QIPisinstalled(see
Figure29onpage64).Themainframeandeachdriveexpansionframe
accommodatesuptosixDBAs.
 F-QIPnistheinterfacetype(FibreChannel)oftheRIMorQIPandthe
numberofthecontrollerbaywhereitisinstalled.BecauseeachDBA
containsonlyonecontrollerbay,nisalways1.
Note: ThecomponentidentifierforaRIMshowsitasanF‐QIP.For
example,Figure30showsthecomponentidentifierfortheRIM
installedinDBA1inFrame2(FR2/DBA1/F‐QIP1)onthe
Controllersscreen.Thedevicedescriptor (2‐GbpsFCRIM)
indicatesthatthecontroller isaRIM.
Drive Identifiers
Thefirmwareinthedrivesledthathouseseachdriveassignsanidentifier
tothedrivebasedonitslocationinthelibrary.Thisidentifierisshownin
theBlueScaleuserinterfaceandisusedintheXMLcommandinterface.
TheidentifierisalsousedtogeneratetheWorldWideName(WWN)that
thelibraryreportsforthedrive(seeWorldWideNamesforFibreChannel
Drivesonpage73).Becausetheidentifierislocation‐based,itremains
constantevenifthephysicaldriveisreplacedbyanewdrive.Thenew
driveassumesthelocation‐basedidentifier.
Figure 30 The Controllers screen showing the
component identifier for a RIM.