Diagnostic Package Utility Service Aid - IBM R/S6000 7012 300 Series Operator's Manual

Diagnostic Package Utility Service Aid

This service aid on 4.1 replaces the Diagnostic Diskette Creation Service Aid on 3.2. The
Diagnostic Package Utility Service Aid allows the user to perform the following actions:
Format a 1, 2, or 4MB diskette
This function was moved to the Format Media Task at version 4.2.
Create a Standalone Diagnostic Package Configuration Diskette
The Standalone Diagnostic Package Configuration Diskette allows the following to be
changed from the console:
Default refresh rate for a LFT
The refresh rate used by the standalone diagnostic package is 60Hz. If the display's
refresh rate is 77Hz, then set the refresh rate to 77.
Different async terminal console
A console configuration file that allows a terminal attached to any RS232 or RS422
adapter to be selected as a console device can be created using this service aid. The
default device is a RS232 tty attached to the first standard serial port(S1).
Configure Dials and LPFKeys
This service aid provides a tool for configuring and removing dials/LPFKs to the standard
asynchronous serial ports.
Since 4.1.3 a tty must be defined on the async port before the Dials and LPFKs can be
configured on the port. Before version 4.2 the Dials and LPFKs could only be configured on
the standard serial ports. At version 4.2 the Dials and LPFKs can be configured on any
async port.
This selection invokes the SMIT utility to allow Dials and LPFKs configuration. A tty must be
in the available state on the async port before the Dials and LPFKs be configured on the
port. The task allows an async adapter to be configured, then a tty port defined on the
adapter, and then Dials and LPFKs can be defined on the port.
Introduction to Tasks and Service Aids
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