IBM 5000 manual Tests, Running Diagnostic Test

Diagnostic Test Programs

Navigating Through the

Diagnostic

Tests

Error

messages

in the

Test

Log

are stored by diagnostic test session.

test session is defined as running one,

all, or

a

selection

of

tests,

times. You

can

use the

following

keys

to

maneuver

within

the

test

progr

Enter

Selects

an

item.

Down

Arrow

(

↓)

Moves

the

cursor

down.

Up Arrow (↑)

Moves

the

cursor

up.

Left Arrow (←)

Toggles test selection between Yes and No.

Right

Arrow

( →)

Toggles

test

selection

between

Yes

and

No.

Page

Down

(PgDn)

Moves

to

the

next diagnostic

test

session in

the

log

(

Page

Up

(PgUp)

Moves

to

the

previous

diagnostic

test

session

in

the

lo

any).

F1

Displays

the

appropriate

Help

information. Use

the

Up

(↑) or Down Arrow↓)

key( to scroll through the information.

Pressing

F1

from

within

a

Help

screen

provides a

help

from which you can select different categories. Pressi

exits Help and returns to where you left off.

Esc

Returns

to

the

previous

menu.

Running Diagnostic Test

Programs

When

you

start

the diagnostic test programs from

the

Diagnostic

Utilit

can select

the

tests,

the

way

the

tests run,

and

the

number

of time

Notes:

1. To

run the diagnostic test programs, you must start the server wit

level

password.

That

is,

if

you enter the power-on

password,

and

an

administrator p

set,

you

cannot run

the test

programs. You can

only

view the

error

in

the

test

log.

If

an

administrator

password

is

set,

you

must

enter

the

administrat

to

run

the diagnostic

test programs.

2. If

the

server

stops

during

testing

and

you

cannot

continue,

restar

and try running the tests again. If the problem persists, have the

serviced.

3. If

the

diagnostic

tests

do

not

find

a

problem,

see

“Troubleshootin

page 143

and

look for the problem symptom.

4. You

might have to install a wrap connector on

your

active

parallel,

Ethernet

port

to

obtain

accurate

test

results

for

these

ports. If

a

wrap

connector,

contact

your IBM

reseller

or

IBM

marketing

repres

5. You

might need a scratch diskette to obtain accurate test results

the

diskette

drive.

6.The keyboard and mouse tests assume that a keyboard and mouse ar attached to the server.

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