IBM H80 Series manual Running Online Diagnostics, Type to the Diagnostics, Ascii

Identifying the		Terminal		Type to the Diagnostics
Note:	This	is	a	different task	than	selecting	a console display.
When	you run diagnostics, you must identify						which type of terminal you are using. If
the	terminal type is not known when the FUNCTION SELECTION menu is displayed,
the	diagnostics do not allow you to continue						until a terminal is selected from the
DEFINE	TERMINAL		option menu. Select lft		for	graphical displays.

Undefined

Terminal

Types

If

you

specify

an

undefined terminal type from the

DEFINE

TERMINAL

option

menu,

the

menu

prompts

the

user to enter a valid terminal

type. The menu redisplays until

either a valid type is entered

or

you

exit

the DEFINE

TERMINAL

option.

Resetting

the

Terminal:

If you enter a terminal type that is valid

(according to

the DEFINE TERMINAL option menu) but

is

not

the correct

type

for

the

ASCII

terminal

being

used,

you may be unable to read the

screen, use the function keys, or

use

the

Enter

key.

These difficulties can be bypassed

by pressing Ctrl-C to reset the

terminal. The screen

display which results from this reset

depends

on

the

mode

in

which

the

system

is

being

run:

Ÿ

Online

Normal

or

Maintenance

Mode

-

The

command

prompt

appears.

Ÿ

Standalone

Mode

or

Online

Service

Mode

-

The

terminal

dumbtype, is reset to

the Diagnostic Operating Instruction panel displays,

and

you are

required to

go

through the

DEFINE

TERMINAL

process

again.

Running Online Diagnostics

Consider the following when you run the Online Diagnostics from a server or a disk:

ŸThe diagnostics cannot be loaded and run from a disk until the AIX operating system has been installed and configured. After the AIX operating system has

been installed, all three modes of diagnostics are available.

ŸThe diagnostics cannot be loaded on a system (client) from a server if that

system		is	not set up	to	boot	from a	server over a network. When the system is
set	up	to	boot from	a	server,	the	diagnostics are run in the same manner as they
are	from		disk.

ŸIf the diagnostics are loaded from disk or a server, you must shut down the AIX

operating	system before turning	off	the system unit to prevent possible damage
to disk	data. This is done in	one	of two ways:

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