IBM RS/6000 44P manual Local Area Network Analyzer, Log Repair Action, Periodic Diagnostics

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 are available:

vConnectivity testing between these two network stations. Data is transferred between the two stations, requiring the user to input the Web addresses of both stations.

vMonitoring ring (Token-Ring only). The ring is monitored for a specified period of time. Soft and hard errors are analyzed.

Log Repair Action

The Log Repair Action task logs a repair action in the AIX Error Log. A Repair Action Log indicates that a FRU has been replaced, and error log analysis should not be done for any errors logged before the repair action. The Log Repair Action task lists all resources. Replaced resources can be selected from the list, and when commit (F7 Key) is selected, a repair action is logged for each selected resource.

Periodic Diagnostics

This selection provides a tool for configuring periodic diagnostics and automatic error log analysis. You can select a hardware resource to be tested once a day, at a user-specified time. If the resource cannot be tested because it is busy, error log analysis is performed. Hardware errors logged against a resource can also be monitored by 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 detected, a message is posted to the system console and a mail message sent to the users belonging to the system group with information about the failure such as service request number.

The service aid provides the following functions:

vAdd or delete a resource to the periodic test list

vModify the time to test a resource

vDisplay the periodic test list

vModify the error notification mailing list

vDisable or enable Automatic Error Log Analysis

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