HP StorageWorks 2300 Disk System - Manual (Page 87)

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Rationale
Sites choose DIP switch options according to their priorities and
preferences. High availability sites, for example, may want automatic
bus reset on whereas high performance sites may choose to turn it off.
The following table gives some of the typical reasons for choosing
specific DIP switch settings.
Table 9. DIP Switch Usage
Switch 1
Reasons to Set OFF
(|)
Reasons to Set ON
(0)
1. Full Bus
a. Full-bus mode is the only
way to access all 14 disks
with one BCC.
b. With two BCCs, full-bus
mode allows two external
connections to the bus.
c. Full-bus mode with two
BCCs gives redundant
environmental services.
a. Split buses allow you to
mirror disks within the
disk system.
b. Split-bus mode uses
fewer
IDs on the bus, improving
bus performance.
2. SES/
SAF-TE SAF-TE is required
for NT. SES is required for
HP-UX .
Switch 2 Reasons to Set OFF (|) Reasons to Set ON (0)
1. Bus Reset-
Hot Swap
Disk Automatic bus reset
reduces the chances of
data corruption and saves
the 30 to 60 seconds that
the host would spend
determining that a disk is
unavailable. Bus reset
signals the host to resend
outstanding I/O requests. a. No bus reset reserves
bus control to the host.
b. No bus reset avoids
resetting the entire bus
for one disk.
2. Bus Reset-
Pwr Fail SCSI bus is held in reset
as power goes down, thus
avoiding data corruption Bus control is restricted
to the host.
3. Bus Reset-
Hot Swap
BCC Automatic SCSI bus reset
reduces the chance of data
corruption when a BCC is
inserted or removed from
the disk system. a. No bus reset reserves
bus control to the host.
b. No bus reset avoids
resetting the entire bus
for one disk.