IBM B50 manual Tasks, Aids, Introducing, Service

Chapter 9. Introducing	Tasks	and Service	Aids
The AIX Diagnostic	Package	contains	programs that are called Tasks. Tasks can be

thought of as "performing a specific function on a resource"; for example, running

diagnostics, or performing a service		aid	on a	resource. This		chapter		describes
Tasks	available in AIX Diagnostics Version 4.2			and later.
Note:	Many of these programs work on	all	system	model architectures. Some
	programs are only accessible from Online Diagnostics in Service or
	Concurrent mode, others may be accessible only from Standalone
	Diagnostics. While still other programs may			only be supported on a particular
	system architecture, such as	CHRP	(Common	Hardware	Reference		Platform).
To perform one of these tasks, use		the	Task	Selection	option	from	the	FUNCTION
SELECTION menu.

Once a task is selected, a resource menu may be presented showing all resource supported by the task.

A

fast

path

method

is

also

available

to

performdiag

taskcommandby

using

the

and the-Tflag. This means

the

user

does

not

have to go through

most of

the

introductory

menus just

to

get to a particular task. Instead, the user is prese

with

a

list

of

resources

available

to

support

the

specified task. The

current f

tasks

are:

Ÿ

Certify

–

certifies

media

Ÿ

Chkspares

– checks for

the availability of spare sectors

Ÿ

Download

–

downloads

microcode

to

an

adapter

or

device

Ÿ

Disp_mcode

–

displays

current

level

of

microcode

Ÿ

Format –

formats

media

Ÿ

Identify

–

identifies

the PCI RAID physical disks

To

run

these

tasks

directly

from

the

command

line,

specify the resource and oth

task unique flags. Use the descriptions in this chapter to

understand

which flag

needed

for

a

given

task.

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