EMC DS-16B manual Diagnostic Tests

Front Panel Diagnostics

Diagnostic Tests

The following tests are available from the switch’s front panel and via Telnet. For details on how to use the switch’s front panel buttons and how to access the Test Menu from the front panel, refer to the section Managing Through Front Panel Buttons on page 3-3.

Accessing the switch via Telnet provides a more detailed response indicating the switch’s condition and allows the use of some commands which do not have an equivalent front panel command.

Test Menu	Pressing <Enter> while the Test Menu is displayed on the switch’s
	front panel, allows you to select the following operations:
	•	Switch Offline
	•	Switch Online
	•	Ram Test
	•	Port Register Test
	•	Central Memory Test
	•	CMI Conn Test
	•	CAM Test
	•	Port Loopback Test
	•	Cross Port Test
	•	Spin Silk Test
	• SRAM Data Retention Test
	• CMEM Data Retention Test
	•	Display Test
	•	Push Button Test

See Appendix C, Error Messages for the actual error message descriptions.

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