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Standalone Diagnostic Operation
Use standalone diagnostics to test the system when the online diagnostics are not installed and as a
method of testing the disk drives that cannot be tested by the online diagnostics.
Note: No error log analysis is done by the standalone diagnostics. The CD-ROM drive and the SCSI
controller that controls it cannot be tested by the standalone diagnostics. Standalone diagnostics:
v Are resident on CD-ROM or a Network Installation Management (NIM) server
v Provide a method to test the system when the online diagnostics are not installed or cannot be
loaded from the disk drive
v Allow testing of the disk drives and other resources that cannot be tested by the online
diagnostics
v Do not have access to the AIX configuration data
v Do not have access to the AIX error log
v Do not allow for running of error log analysis
Considerations for Running Standalone Diagnostics from CD-ROM
Consider the following when you run standalone diagnostics:
v The diagnostic CD must remain in the CD-ROM drive for the entire time that diagnostics are running.
v The diagnostic CD cannot be ejected from the CD-ROM drive after the diagnostics have loaded. The
CD can only be ejected after the system has been turned off and then turned on (standalone mode) or
after the diagnostics program has terminated (online concurrent mode).
v The CD-ROM drive from which diagnostics were loaded cannot be tested.
v The SCSI adapter (or circuitry) controlling the CD-ROM drive from which diagnostics were loaded
cannot be tested.
Loading the Standalone Diagnostics from CD-ROM Using an HMC
To run standalone diagnostics in service mode from CD-ROM, do the following:
1. Stop all programs including the AIX operating system (get help if needed).
2. Remove all tapes, diskettes, and CD-ROMs.
3. Power off the pSeries 650 (refer to Full System Management Tasks in the IBM Hardware Management
Console for pSeries Installation and Operations Guide, order number SA38-0590.
4. Right-click the mouse and select Open Terminal Window.
5. From the service processor menu on the VTERM, select option 2, System Power Control Menu.
6. Select option 6. Verify that the state changes to currently disabled. Disabling fast system boot
automatically enables slow boot.
7. Select option 98 to exit the system power control menu.
8. Use the HMC to power on the managed server in a full system partition. Select the Power on
Diagnostic Default Boot List (refer to Full System Management Tasks in the IBM Hardware
Management Console for pSeries Installation and Operations Guide, order number SA38-0590).
9. Insert the CD-ROM into the system's CD-ROM drive (not into the HMC's CD-ROM drive).
Running the Standalone Diagnostics with CD-ROM with No HMC Attached
To load standalone diagnostics from the default boot list, perform the following procedure:
1. Verify with the system administrator and users that all programs may be stopped, then do so.
2. Turn off the system.
Note: If AIX is running, type the shutdown command. If Linux is running, type the shutdown now -h
command.
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