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Sorry, i forget about SQL. I don't know how MS SQL works with disk in details. Database Files anyway reside on partition and are spread across NTFS clusters. If we examine situation when we have NTFS partition with 4K cluster and only one SQL Database file. NTFS boot code uses 16 sectors, i.e. 2 clusters or 8K. So, if we assume DB file starts from first available cluster, it will be at 8K shifted from partition beginning. Even through we...

So, if the switch is in production network - that's not what you would like to do.

The switch is in production, below is the output from a "help" command. {P} SSP>help MONITOR COMMANDS: [] = optional | = or BAUD BPR BPS BPSS BPD BPT D D1 D2 D4 DI DIR DMPS E E1 E2 E4 EF EI EXIT G HW HELP L LH MDUMP PUP_TRC OD OEM PLOG PM PSWD R RZ SET SZ VER GPIO_SET GPIO_RESET CUSTOM COMMANDS: AUTH AUTH_CHAP_AUTHENTICATION AUTH_GET_DB AUTH_GET_DH_ID AUTH_GET_DH_VALUE AUTH_GET_RESPONSE AUTH_PAP_AUTHENTICATION...

Thanks for the suggestion, keep them coming. I had tried Legacy Boot but it has not resolved the issue.

Hi Pavel, Thank you for your post. It clears up my misunderstanding of disk alignment. I am now going to do some testing using Windows Server 2003 STD and the DS3300 storage device. I should be able to post my results here with the theories of what you have mentioned. Thanks for coming back to me! Oli

The problem lies with Windows which "steals" the first 63 sectors of a disk for its system data, starting the "usable" area of disk at sector 64, which messes things up. Most disks are organised with a 64 sector/track physical setup. With the Windows 63 sector use, almost every disk access has to access 2 tracks on the disk to complete. This overhead becomes more apparent when the logical structure of the disk starts on...

I had also this problem, the only way I had success was this one: 1. Set the IP adress via the console-port 2. reboot the controller immediatly after setting the adress. If you change the IP adress with the GUI in some cases it will not be changed. Maybe its a Firmware bug. But with a console session it should be no problem.

Dear Ercan, read section Storage subsystem password protection in doc: IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager Version 10 Installation and Host Support Guide http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5075652&brandind=5000028 Regards, Alexander Novikov Russia, Moscow

For 1), the answer is yes, you need connectivity to both controllers to run many of the Storage Manager functions. Out-of-band is really preferred, especially if you have several DS units since it should allow you to manage them from one instance of Storage Manager, which is generally not the case for in-band unless they are all connected to the same host. This traffic is minimal and all 100 Base T, so consider using an inexpensive unmanaged...

Hi, Which drivers are you using for ibm library? You must use Microsoft drivers. CA Brigstore sometimes dont run with Ibm drivers. Therefore you must uninstall Ibm drivers and you must use micrososft drivers. Then you try again Device Configuration in the Brigstore. You can use IBM Itdt tool for update firmware of Ibm Library. If you need details informations for how to update firmware with itdt, you can contact with me....