Test Results; Hard File Smart Test - IBM IntelliStation M Pro 6233 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Test results

Diagnostics test results will produce the following error code format:
Function Code Failure Type
v Function Code:
v Failure Type:
v Device ID:
v Date:
v ChkDigits:
v Text:
Note: See "Diagnostic error codes" on page 86 for error code listings.

Hard file Smart test

Use the Hard File Smart Test when the system management tool has detected a
hard file SMART alert.
The Smart test does the following:
v Interrogates IDE devices for support of the SMART instruction set.
v Issues an ENABLE SMART command to make sure SMART functionality is
v Checks the SMART RETURN STATUS command to determine if any thresholds
If thresholds have been exceeded, an error message is shown, and the test fails. If
no SMART is supported by the drive, the test returns with "N/A".
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DeviceID
Represents the feature or function within the PC.
Represents the type of error encountered.
Contains the component's unit-ID which corresponds to either a fixed disk drive,
removable media drive, serial or parallel port, processor, specific SIMM or DIMM,
or a device on the PCI bus.
Contains the date on which the diagnostic test was run. The date is retrieved
from CMOS and displayed using the YYYYMMDD format.
Contains a 2-digit check-digit value to ensure the following:
– Diagnostics were run on the specified date.
– Diagnostics were run on the specified IBM computer.
– The diagnostic error code is recorded correctly.
Description of the error.
active.
have been exceeded.
Date ChkDigits Text