• The Enter key is used to select a menu item.
• The Esc key is used to back up to the previous menu.
• For online help, select F1.
Running tests
There are four ways to run the diagnostic tests.
• Using the cursor movement keys, highlight Run Normal Test or Run Quick Test from the Diagnostics
menu and then press Enter. This automatically runs a pre-dened group of tests from each test category.
Run Normal Test runs a more extensive set of tests than Run Quick Test does and takes longer to
complete.
• Press F5 to automatically run all selected tests in all categories.
• From within a test category, press Ctrl+Enter to automatically run only the selected tests in that category.
• Using the cursor movement keys, highlight a single test within a test category, and then press Enter.
This runs only that test.
Press Esc at any time to stop the testing process.
Test results (N/A, PASSED, FAILED, ABORTED) are displayed in the eld beside the test description and in
the test log. See “Viewing the test log” on page 15
.
To select one or more tests, do the following:
1. Open the corresponding test category.
2. Using the cursor movement keys, highlight the desired test.
3. Press the space bar. A selected test is marked by >>. Pressing the space bar again de-selects a test
and removes the >>.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 above to select all desired tests.
Test results
Diagnostics test results produce the following error code format:
Function Code
Failure Type DeviceID Date
ChkDigits
Text
• Function Code:Represents the feature or function within the server.
• Failure Type:Represents the type of error encountered.
• DeviceID:Contains the component's unit-ID that corresponds to a xed disk drive, removable media
drive, serial or parallel port, processor, specic RIMM, or a device on the PCI bus.
• Date:Contains the date when the diagnostic test was run. The date is retrieved from CMOS and displayed
using the YYYYMMDD format.
• ChkDigits:Contains a 2-digit check-digit value to ensure the following:
– Diagnostics were run on the specied date.
– Diagnostics were run on the specied server.
– The diagnostic error code is recorded correctly.
• Text:Description of the error.
Note: See Chapter 4 “Diagnostics” on page 13
for error code listings.
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