Starting The Diagnostic Programs - IBM 866631Y - Netfinity 7100 - 8666 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Starting the diagnostic programs

You can press F1 while running the diagnostic programs to obtain Help
information. You also can press F1 from within a help screen to obtain online
documentation from which you can select different categories. To exit Help and
return to where you left off, press Esc.
To start the diagnostic programs:
1. Turn on the server and watch the screen.
2. When the message F2 for Diagnostics appears, press F2.
3. Type in the appropriate password when prompted; then, press Enter.
4. Select either Extended or Basic from the top of the screen.
5. When the Diagnostic Programs screen appears, select the test you want to run
When the tests have completed, you can view the Test Log by selecting Utility
from the top of the screen.
If the hardware checks out OK but the problem persists during normal server
operations, a software error might be the cause. If you suspect a software problem,
refer to the information that comes with the software package.
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Warning
This result occurs when a possible problem is reported during the
diagnostic test, such as when a device that is to be tested is not
installed.
This is additional information that you can use to analyze the problem.
Note: To run the diagnostic programs, you must start the server with the
highest level password that is set. That is, if an administrator password
is set, you must enter the administrator password, not the power-on
password, to run the diagnostic programs.
from the list that appears; then, follow the instructions on the screen.
Notes:
a. If the server stops during testing and you cannot continue, restart the server
and try running the diagnostic programs again. If the problem persists,
flash server with the latest diagnostics code and run the test again.
b. The keyboard and mouse (pointing device) tests assume that a keyboard
and mouse are attached to the server.
c. If you run the diagnostic programs with no mouse attached to the server,
you will not be able to navigate between test categories using the Next Cat
and Prev Catbuttons. All other functions provided by mouse-selectable
buttons are also available using the function keys.
d. You can run the USB interface test and the USB external loopback test only
if there are no USB devices attached.
e. You can view server configuration information (such as system
configuration, memory contents, interrupt request (IRQ) use, direct memory
access (DMA) use, device drivers, and so on) by selecting Hardware Info
from the top of the screen.