Running Diagnostics
Diagnostics provides a way for system administrators to troubleshoot potential issues with the system. Diagnostics can
be run while the system is still online and serving data. In the diag menu you can:
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Run the Dell Support Diagnostic Tool.
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Check the connectivity to the host server.
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View a list of available diagnostics.
The commands available under diag are:
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diagtool
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check-ping-to-host
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list
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start
diagtool
Description
This command launches the Dell Support Diagnostic Tool. By default the Main Menu of the support diagnostic tool is
displayed.
Syntax
diag diagtool
check-ping-to-host
Description
This command checks if the communication with the host is up or not.
Syntax
diag check-ping-to-host host
Where the argument is:
host
list
Description
This command displays a list of available diagnostics.
Syntax
diag list
The valid IP address or DNS name of
the host
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