Diagnostic Changes - IBM R/S6000 7012 300 Series Operator's Manual

Diagnostic Changes

Tasks are operations that can be performed on a resource. Running Diagnostics, Displaying
VPD, or Formatting a Device, are examples of tasks. Service Aid functionalism should also
be considered a task.
Resources are devices used by the system unit. Diskette Drive, and CD ROM Drive are
examples of resources.
The FUNCTION SELECTION menu was enhanced with two new selections allowing either
all resources, or all tasks to be displayed. When Task Selection is made and a task has
been selected a list of supporting resources will be displayed. Alternatively, when Resource
Selection is made, and a resource or group of resources are selected, a list of supporting
common tasks are displayed. Also, to aid with backward compatibility the FUNCTION
SELECTION menu contains 'Diagnostic' and Advanced Diagnostic'.
The 'Display or Change Diagnostic Run Time Options' task can be used to set advanced
mode diagnostics, looping capability, and ELA mode when running diagnostics from the
Task Selection menu.
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Using the Standalone and Online Diagnostics