IBM RS/6000 manual Running Standalone Diagnostics, Running Online Diagnostics, Defi, Resetting

Undefined

Terminal

Types

If

an

undefined

terminal

type

from

the DEFINE

TERMINAL option

menu

is

entere

the

menu prompts

the user to enter a valid terminal type,

and

the

menu

i

played until either a valid type is entered

or

the

user

exits the

DEFI

option.

Resetting

the

Terminal:

If the user enters a terminal type that is valid

(according to the DEFINE TERMINAL

option

menu)

but

is

not

the

correct

type

ASCII terminal being used, you may have difficulty reading

the

screen,

u

function

keys or

the

Enter key. These

difficulties

can

be

bypassed

by

to reset the terminal. The screen display that

results

from

resetting

the

varies

with

the

mode

in

which

the

system

is

running:

Ÿ Online Normal or Maintenance Mode - The command prompt appears.

Ÿ Standalone Mode or Online			Service	Mode -The terminal type is reset to "d
the	Diagnostic	Operating	Instruction panel is displayed, and the user
to	go through	the DEFINE	TERMINAL	process again.

Running Standalone Diagnostics

Consider the following when you run Standalone Diagnostics:

ŸThe diagnostic disc must remain in the CD-ROM drive for the entire time diagnostics are executing.

ŸThe diagnostic CD-ROM cannot be ejected from the CD-ROM drive once the

diagnostics have loaded. The disc can only be ejected after the sys been turned off and then turned on (standalone mode) or after the di program has terminated (Online concurrent mode).

Ÿ The CD-ROM drive from which diagnostics were loaded cannot be tested.

ŸThe SCSI adapter (or circuitry) controlling the CD-ROM drive from which nostics were loaded cannot be tested.

Running Online Diagnostics

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

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

been installed, all three modes of operation are available.

ŸThe diagnostics cannot be loaded on a system (client) from a server i system is not set up to boot from a server over a network. When the

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