IBM RS/6000 7025 manual Hints Service Aid, Flash Service Aid, Dos

Ÿ Display or copy a tape drive's log sense information.

The service aid will provides

options to

display

the

log

sense

information to

screen,

to

copy it

to

a

DOS

formatted

diskette

or

to copy it to a file.

name "LOGSENSE.DAT" is used when the log sense data is

written

on

the

diskette.

The

service aid

prompts for a file name

when

the

log sense data

chosen

to

be

copied

to

a

file.

Service	Hints	Service Aid
This service aid reads and displays				the information in the			CEREADME	file	from	the
diagnostics		source (diskettes,	disk,	or CD-ROM). This file contains information that
is not in the publications for this				version of the diagnostics. It also contains
information about using this particular				version	of	diagnostics.
Use	the	Enter key to page forward		through	the	information	or the	-	(dash)	and
keys	to page backward through		the file.

Update	System	or Service	Processor	Flash	Service Aid
Note:	This	service	aid is	only	supported for Online Diagnostics

This service aid allows you to update the system or service processor flash.

Additional

update

and

recovery

instructions

may

be

provided;

also you need to kno

the fully qualified path and file name of

the

flash

update

image

file. If

the

update

image file

is

on

a

diskette,

you

need

the

AIX

DOS

utilities

package

to

the

diskette. You

can dosdiruse

thecommand

to

find

out

the

name

of

the

update

image

file. This

service

aiddosreaduses commandthe

to

put

the

file/varinto

the

file

system.

Refer

to

the update instructions, or to

the System Management Services “Config” on

page 3-5

or “Display

Configuration”

on page 3-26

or

Service

Processor

menus

on

page

4-7,

to determine the level of

the

system unit or service processor

flash.

this service aid to update the system or service

processor

flash

will

not

save

current

contents

of

the

flash.

The

flash

image

file

will

be

/varcopiedfile insystthem. If

there

is

not

enough

space

in

/varthe file system for the flash

update

image

file,

an

error

is

reporte

this occurs, exit the service aid, increase/var filethesystemsize andof

theretry

the

service aid. After the file is copied,

a warning screen will ask for confirmatio

continue the flash update. Continuing the flash update

will

eventually

cause the

system

to

reboot and

return

to the

AIX

login

prompt. After the

system

unit

rebo

Chapter 7. Using the Service7-23Aids