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Hardware Diagnostic Tests
This chapter describes how to run diagnostic tests on the Topspin 270 system hardware.
“About Diagnostic Tests” on page 89
“Displaying Hardware Errors” on page 99

About Diagnostic Tests

Hardware diagnostic tests can be performed through the CLI or the Element Manager GUI. Refer to the
Element Manager User Guide for instruction on running tests in with the Java GUI. A Power-On Self
Test (POST) is run automatically on various components at power-on.
The following examples refer to running tests and displaying test with the CLI. For complete diagnostic
command information, refer to the Command Line Reference Guide.

LED Tests

LED tests allow you to blink a particular LED to more easily identify a specific component in a rack.

Self Tests

The Topspin 270 provides the following diagnostic tests:
•Card Test page90
Chassis Test page92
•Fan Test page94
Interface Test
Power Supply page 96
• Rack-Locator