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Running the System Diagnostics
If you experience a problem with your system, run the diagnostics before
calling for technical assistance. The purpose of the diagnostics is to test your
system's hardware without requiring additional equipment or risking data
loss. If you are unable to fix the problem yourself, service and support
personnel can use diagnostics test results to help you solve the problem.
Using Dell™ Diagnostics
To assess a system problem, first use the Online Diagnostics. Dell Online
Diagnostics is a suite of diagnostic programs, or test modules, that include
diagnostic tests on chassis and storage components such as hard drives,
physical memory, communications and printer ports, NICs, CMOS, and
more. If you are unable to identify the problem using the Online Diagnostics,
then use the embedded system diagnostics.
The files required to run Online Diagnostics for systems running supported
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
and Linux operating systems are available at
support.dell.com and on the DVDs that came with your system. For
information about using diagnostics, see the Dell Online Diagnostics User's
Guide.
The embedded system diagnostics can be launched using Unified Server
Configurator (USC). For more information about using USC, see the Dell
Unified Server Configurator User’s Guide on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com/manuals.
Embedded System Diagnostics Features
The embedded system diagnostics provides a series of menus and options for
particular device groups or devices. The system diagnostics menus and
options allow you to:
• Run tests individually or collectively
• Control the sequence of tests
• Repeat tests
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