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Server Platform Utilities
Platform Confidence Test
The Platform Confidence Test (PCT) diagnostic utility was sent to you on the Intel
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 PCT on your Intel® Server Platforms SR6850HW4 and
SR6850HW4/M:
1. Insert the Intel
Windows* based system.
2. Allow the autorun feature to launch the graphical user interface. If autorun does not launch the
GUI, launch it manually by double clicking on your CD-ROM drive.
3. From the "Utilities" menu and choose "BYO Platform Confidence Test".
4. Click the "Create Diskette" icon.
5. When prompted, choose to save the file to a temporary folder on your hard drive.
6. Locate and run the PCT file you just saved on your hard drive, where xxxxPCT.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 a removable drive.
7. Reboot the server to the Intel
Toolkit CD.
8. Ensure the removable drive with the Platform Confidence Test files is connected.
9. Select "Quit" and then "Quit Now" to exit to DOS
10. At the DOS prompt, change to the removable drive and execute the MKBOOT.BAT file. This
makes your removable drive bootable and copies the DOS components needed to create a
RAMDRIVE onto which the Platform Confidence Test will be extracted.
11. Reboot your system to the removable DOS drive.
12. You will be asked to agree to a licensing agreement before the files expand. The agreement is
in the file LEGAL.TXT.
13. A RAMDRIVE will be created and the diagnostic tests are copied onto it.
14. 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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