Starting Standalone Diagnostics From A Cd - IBM BladeCenter JS21 Types 8844 Service Manual

2. Type diag and press Enter at the operating system prompt to start the
3. When testing is complete, press F3 until the Diagnostic Operating Instructions

Starting standalone diagnostics from a CD

Perform the following steps to start the standalone 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.
The latest version of the standalone diagnostics can be downloaded from the World
Wide Web at http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/diags/home.html.
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 Standalone 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.
diagnostics program, and display the Function Selection menu (see "Using the
diagnostics program" on page 111 for more information about running the
diagnostics program).
screen is displayed; then press F3 again to exit the diagnostic program.
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 standalone 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 111 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 the Esc key and
the 3 key.
screen is displayed; then press F3 again to exit the diagnostic program.
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