Downloading The Diagnostics Program; Using The Diagnostic Diskette - IBM xSeries 200 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Important
When you finish running the diagnostics and utilities, remove the
CD from the CD-ROM drive and turn off the server. You must
restore the First Startup Device to the original setting. Use steps
2 through 8 of this procedure to do this.

Downloading the diagnostics program

Do the following to download the latest image of the IBM
Enhanced Diagnostics from the World Wide Web and
create a startable Enhanced Diagnostics diskette:
1. Go to the following World Wide Web site:
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/
2. Download the diagnostics file for your server to a hard
disk drive directory (not to a diskette).
3. Go to a DOS prompt and change to the directory
where the file was downloaded.
4. Insert a blank high-density diskette in diskette drive A.
5. Type in the following, and then press Enter: filename a:
where filename is the name of the file you downloaded
from the Web.
The downloaded file is self-extracting and will be copied to
the diskette. When the copy completes, you have a
startable IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette.

Using the diagnostic diskette

Do the following to start the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
using the diagnostics diskette, do the following:
1. Turn off your server and any peripheral devices.
2. Insert the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette into the
diskette drive.
3. Turn on all attached devices; then, turn on the server.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
5. Place the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD in the
CD-ROM drive. The diagnostics will load. Follow the
instructions on the screen to run the diagnostics.
When the tests have completed, you can view the Test Log
by selecting Utility from the top of the screen.
If the hardware checks out OK but the problem persists
during normal server operations, a software error might be
the cause. If you suspect a software problem, refer to the
information that comes with the software package.
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