Installing Linux Service Aids - IBM JS21 - BladeCenter - 8844 Installation And User Manual

Installing Linux service aids

Linux on POWER service aids for hardware diagnostics are available for customers
who have installed and are running the Linux operating system. You can install
these free diagnostics tools for effective diagnosis and repair of the system should
a system error occur.
This service aid toolkit provides the key tools required to take advantage of such
hardware reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) functions as first-failure
data-capture and error-log analysis. With the toolkit installed, problem determination
and correction are greatly enhanced and the likelihood of an extended system
outage is reduced.
The Linux service aids for hardware diagnostics are separate from the
operating-system installation and are available for download from the following Web
site: http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/lopdiags.
This Web site also contains instructions and technical information about the Linux
service aids.
Note: The update_flash command can only be performed if the Linux service tools
have been installed on the blade server.
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