Generic

Microcode Download

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This

service

aid

provides a

means

of

executing a

"generic"

script

from a

diske

The intended purpose for this "generic" script is

to load microcode to a suppor

resource. This script is responsible for executing

whatever

program

is

required

order

to

download

the microcode onto

the

adapter

or

device.

 

 

 

This

service

aid

is supported in both concurrent

and

standalone modes

from

disk,

LAN,

or

loadable

media.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On entry, the service aid displays information about

what it does. It then asks

Genucode diskette to be inserted into the diskette

drive. The diskette must be

format. The service aid then

restoresgenucodethe scriptto the/tmpfiledirectory.

 

 

 

Then

the

script

is

executed.

The

script

must at

that point

then pull

off

any ot

needed files from the diskette. The script should then exec whatever program is

necessary in order

to

perform its

function. On completion, a status

code

is

retu

and the user is returned to the genucodeservice scriptaid.Theshould have a # !

 

 

/usr/bin/ksh

line

at

the

beginning

of

the file. Return status

of 0

should

be

ret

the program

was

successful, else

a

non-zero status should be

returned.

 

 

Local Area Network Analyzer

This selection is used to exercise the LAN communications adapters (Token-Ring, Ethernet, and (FDDI) Fiber Distributed Data Interface). The following services ar available:

Ÿ

Connectivity testing

between

two network stations. Data is

transferred

between

 

the

two

stations.

This

requires the user

to input

the

Internet

Addresses of

 

stations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ÿ

Monitoring

ring (Token-Ring only). The ring is

monitored

for

a

period

of

time.

 

Soft

and

hard errors

are

analyzed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Periodic Diagnostics

This

selection

provides

a

tool

for

configuring

periodic

diagnostics

and

automatic

log analysis. A hardware resource can be chosen to be tested once

a

day,

at

specified

time.

If the

resource

cannot

be

tested

because

it

is

busy,

error

is

performed. Hardware

errors

logged

against

a resource can also be

monitored b

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 dete

message

is

posted to

the

system

console

and

a mail message sent to

the

user(s)

belonging

to

the

system

group

with

information

about the

failure such

as

the

Ser

Request

Number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter

9. Introducing

Tasks

and

Service9-25

Aids

 

 

 

 

 

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IBM B50 manual Local Area Network Analyzer, Periodic Diagnostics