Platform Confidence Test; Installing The Platform Confidence Test - Intel SR4850HW4 - Server Platform - 0 MB RAM Product Manual

Platform Confidence Test

The Platform Confidence Test (PCT) diagnostic utility is included on the Intel® Server Platforms
SR4850HW4 and SR6850HW4 Deployment Toolkit CD. The PCT checks the hardware
configuration for incorrect assembly issues. Results are shown for field replaceable units (FRUs),
such as the installed processor modules, the server board, disks, and memory. The Platform
Confidence Test probes for the hardware present at the start of each test and reports the identified
components. In this way, the Platform Confidence Test will indirectly identify many assembly and
cabling errors (cables broken or improperly seated, etc.) when installed components are not
reported.

Installing the Platform Confidence Test

Use the following steps to install the Platform Confidence test on your Intel
SR4850HW4 and SR4850HW4/M:
1. Insert the Intel® Server Platforms SR4850HW4 and SR6850HW4 Deployment Toolkit CD into
a Windows* based system.
2. Allow the autorun feature launch the graphical user interface. If auto run does not launch the
GUI, launch it manually by double clicking on your CD-ROM drive.
3. Select the Utilities page.
4. Drop down the menu and choose "Platform Confidence Test".
5. Click the "Create Diskette" icon.
6. When prompted, choose to save the file to a temporary folder on your hard drive.
7. Locate and run the ****PCT file you just saved on your hard drive, where ****PCT.exe is the
code for a particular board program obtained from the CD. Running this program extracts the
files for the Platform Confidence Test and a file called MKBOOT.BAT onto the floppy drive.
8. Reboot the server to the Intel® Server Platforms SR4850HW4 and SR6850HW4 Deployment
Toolkit CD.
9. Insert the floppy with the Platform Confidence Test files into the floppy drive.
10. Select "Quit" and then "Quit Now" to exit to DOS
11. At the DOS prompt, change to the floppy disk and execute the MKBOOT.BAT file. This
makes your floppy disk bootable and copies the DOS components needed to create a
RAMDRIVE onto which the Platform Confidence Test will be extracted.
12. Reboot your system to the floppy.
13. You will be asked to agree to a licensing agreement before the files expand. The agreement is
in the file LEGAL.TXT.
14. A RAMDRIVE will be created and the diagnostic tests are copied onto it.
15. When the copy process is complete, you will be presented with a menu of three test options.
These menu options are discussed in greater detail below.
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