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Identify and System Attention Indicators
Note: Prior to Diagnostics version 5.1.0.35, this task may also have been known as the System Identify
Indicator or Identify Indicators task.
This task is used to display or set the Identify Indicators and the single system attention indicator on the
systems that support this function.
Some systems may support the Identify Indicators or the Attention Indicators. The Identify Indicator is used
to help physically identify the system in a large equipment room. The Attention Indicator is used to help
physically identify a system with a fault in a large equipment room.
When a fault has been detected on a system that supports the Attention Indicator, the Indicator is set to an
Attention condition. After the failing system has been identified and the problem fixed, the Attention
Indicator changes back to normal. This should be done by the Log Repair Action Task.
Note: It is important to run the Log Repair Action function. This action keeps the Fault Indicator from
going back to the Fault state due to a previous error in the error log that has already been serviced.
For additional information concerning the use of this indicator, refer to the service guide.
This task can also be run directly from the command line by typing
/usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/usysident [-s {normal | identify}] [-l location code]
Flag
Description
-s {normal | identify}
Sets the state of the System Identify Indicator to either normal or identify.
-l location code
Identifies the resource by physical location code.
When this command is used without the -l flag, the Primary Enclosure resource is used.
Use the -l flag only in systems that have more than one Identify and System attention indicator.
When this command is used without -s flag, the current state of the identify indicator is displayed.
For more information on the tasks, see Chapter 7, "Introducing Tasks and Service Aids", on page 91.
Local Area Network Analyzer
This selection is used to exercise the LAN communications adapters (Token Ring, Ethernet, and (FDDI)
Fiber Distributed Data Interface). The following services are available:
v Connectivity testing between two network stations. Data is transferred between the two stations,
requiring the user to provide the Internet addresses of both stations.
v Monitoring ring (Token Ring only). The ring is monitored for a specified period of time. Soft and hard
errors are analyzed.
Log Repair Action
The Log Repair Action task logs a repair action in the AIX Error Log. A Repair Action log indicates that a
FRU has been replaced, and error log analysis should not be done for any errors logged before the repair
action. The Log Repair Action task lists all resources. Replaced resources can be selected from the list,
and when commit (F7 key) is selected, a repair action is logged for each selected resource.
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