IBM H80 Series manual Introducing Tasks and Service Aids

Chapter 6. Introducing Tasks and Service Aids

The AIX Diagnostic Package contains programs thatTasks.areTaskscalledcan 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, while others might be accessible only from Standalone Diagnostics. 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.

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

A fast

path

method

is

also

available to performdiag a

taskcommandby

using

the

and

the-T

flag. By

using

the

fast

path,

the

user

can

bypass

most

of

the

introdu

menus to access a particular task. The user is presented with a

list

of

resour

available

to

support the specified task. The fast path tasks are as follows:

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

Ÿ

IdentifyRemove

–

Identifies

and

removes

devices

(Hot Plug)

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 flags needed for a given task.

Chapter 6. Introducing Tasks and Service109 Aids