Chapter | 6. Using | the | Online | and Standalone | Diagnostics |
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The diagnostics consist of Standalone Diagnostics and Online Diagnostics. |
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Standalone | Diagnostics | are | packaged | on | removable | media. They must be booted | or | ||||||||||||
mounted | before | they | can | be | run. If | booted, | they have no access to | the | AIX | ||||||||||
or the | AIX | Configuration | Data. However, | if | mounted, | they have access to the AI | |||||||||||||
Error | Log | and | the | AIX | Configuration | Data. | Online | Diagnostics, when installed, | reside | ||||||||||
with | AIX | in | the | file | system. | They | can | be | booted | in single user mode | (referre | ||||||||
service mode), run in maintenance mode (referred to as maintenance mode), or run concurrently (referred to as concurrent mode) with other applications. They have access to the AIX Error Log and the AIX Configuration Data.
Standalone and Online Diagnostics Operating Considerations
Note: When possible, run Online Diagnostics in Service Mode. Online Diagnostics perform additional functions, compared to Standalone Diagnostics.
The following items identify some things to consider before using the diagnostics.
1. Online | Diagnostic | support | is | optionally installed | with | the | AIX operating | system | |||||||
and therefore may not be installed on some systems. When diagnostics are | |||||||||||||||
installed, | the | device | support for some devices may | not get installed. If this | |||||||||||
case, | that device does not appear in the diagnostic test list when running d | ||||||||||||||
based | diagnostics. |
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2. Support | for some | TTY | terminals is | optionally | installed. | If | you | attach a | TTY | ||||||
terminal | to | a | system | to run diagnostics be aware that | it | may | not work | properl | |||||||
since the | AIX | support | for | the | terminal may | not | be | installed. |
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Selecting a Console Display
When you run Standalone Diagnostics and under some conditions Online
Diagnostics, you need to select the console display. The diagnostics display instructions on any graphics display and the terminal attached to the Serial 1 po
Identifying the Terminal Type to Diagnostics
Note: This is not the same as selecting a console display.
When | you | run diagnostics, | the | diagnostics | must | know | what 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 select | ||||||
from | the | DEFINE TERMINAL | option menu. Selectlft for graphical displays. |
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