IBM 6.00E+04 Periodic Diagnostics, PCI RAID Physical Disk Identify, Process Supplemental Media

Periodic Diagnostics

This selection provides a tool for configuring periodic diagnostics and automatic error log analysis. You can select a hardware resource to be tested once a day, at a user-specified time.

Hardware errors logged against a resource can also be monitored by enabling automatic error log analysis. This allows error log analysis to be performed every time a hardware error is put into the error log. If a problem is detected, a message is posted to the system console and either sent to the Service Focal Point when there is an attached HMC, or a mail message to the users belonging to the system group containing information about the failure, such as the service request number.

The service aid provides the following functions:

vAdd or delete a resource to the periodic test list

vModify the time to test a resource

vDisplay the periodic test list

vModify the error notification mailing list

vDisable or enable automatic error log analysis

PCI RAID Physical Disk Identify

This selection identifies physical disks connected to a PCI SCSI-2 F/W RAID adapter.

You can run this task directly from the AIX command line. See the following command syntax: diag -c-dpci RAID adapter -T identify

Process Supplemental Media

Process Supplemental Media contains all the necessary diagnostic programs and files required to test a particular resource. The supplemental media is normally released and shipped with the resource as indicated on the diskette label. Diagnostic Supplemental Media must be used when the device support has not been incorporated into the latest diagnostic CD-ROM.

This task processes the Diagnostic Supplemental Media. Insert the supplemental media when you are prompted; then press Enter. After processing has completed, go to the Resource Selection list to find the resource to test.

Notes:

1.This task is supported in Standalone Diagnostics only.

2.Process and test one resource at a time. Run diagnostics after each supplemental media is processed. (For example; if you need to process two supplemental media, run diagnostics twice, once after each supplement media is processed.)

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