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Starting stand-alone diagnostics from a CD
Perform these procedures to start the stand-alone diagnostics from a CD. These
procedures can be used if the blade server is running a Linux operating system or
if an AIX operating system cannot start the concurrent diagnostics program.
You can download the latest version of the stand-alone diagnostics from the
Standalone Diagnostics CD page.
1. Verify with the system administrator and systems users that the blade server
2. Press the CD button on the front of the blade server to give it ownership of the
3. Using the management module Web interface, make sure that:
4. Insert the stand-alone Diagnostics CD into the CD or DVD drive.
5. Turn on the blade server and establish an SOL session.
6. Type 1 and press Enter to continue.
7. Press Enter to continue.
8. When testing is complete, press F3 until the Diagnostic Operating Instructions
9. Remove the CD from the CD or DVD drive.
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may be shut down. Stop all programs; then, shut down the operating system
and shut down the blade server. Refer to the documentation that comes with
your operating system documentation for information about shutting down the
operating system.
BladeCenter media tray.
v The blade server firmware is at the latest version.
v SOL is enabled for the blade server.
v The CD or DVD drive is selected as the first boot device for the blade server.
Note: It can take from 3 to 5 minute to load the stand-alone diagnostics from
the CD. Please be patient.
The screen will display "Please define the System Console."
The Diagnostic Operating Instructions screen will display.
The Function Selection screen will display. See "Using the diagnostics program"
on page 192 for more information about running the diagnostics program.
Note: If the Define Terminal screen is displayed, type the terminal type and
press Enter. The use of "vs100" as the terminal type is recommended; however,
the function keys (F#) may not work. In this case, press Esc and the number in
the screen menus. For example, instead of F3 you can press Esc and 3.
screen is displayed; then press F3 again to exit the diagnostic program.
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