Using SCAN FOR NEW DEVICES

• Use this utility if you add new devices after you boot your server and the devices do not then appear with the LIST DEVICES command.
• If devices have been added, but the drivers aren't loaded in startup.ncf, use SCAN FOR NEW DEVICES after loading the drivers to register the devices with the system.
• After you boot the server, if NetWare^® detects new devices, SCAN FOR NEW DEVICES registers the devices with the operating system. It does not return a message to the screen.
• This command scans only LUN0 of SCSI adapters. To scan all LUNs of SCSI adapters, use SCAN ALL. However, SCAN ALL should be used only when you know that there is an undetected device on a LUN other than LUN0. SCAN ALL may take far more time for to execute than does SCAN FOR NEW DEVICES. See SCAN ALL.
• SCAN FOR NEW DEVICES does not produce any output.
• If you remove a hot-plug mirrored disk without bringing down the server, you must execute SCAN FOR NEW DEVICES as soon as you remove the disk. This lets the system know that the remaining disk in the mirrored pair is no longer synchronized with a mirrored partner. If you unmirror the disk before removing it, you do not need to run SCAN FOR NEW DEVICES.

Additional Information

Topic	See
Read the Media Manager database and display a list of registered storage devices and controllers	LIST STORAGE ADAPTERS
Scan devices and register new devices with Media Manager	LIST DEVICES
Scan for all SCSI devices or a specified SCSI device and register new devices with the Media Manager.	SCAN ALL
Storage device drivers	Drivers for Host Adapters and Storage Devices
Determine the operating status of a storage device	Activating and Deactivating a Hard Disk
Mounting and dismounting a CD-ROM device	Managing Removable Media Devices