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Chapter 9. Introduction	to Tasks and	Service Aids
The AIX Diagnostic	Package contains	programs that are called Tasks.

thought of as "performing a specific function on a resource"; for

diagnostics, or performing a service

aid

on

a

resource. This

chapt

Tasks

available in AIX

Diagnostics Version

4.2

and later.

Note:

Many

of

these

programs

work

on

all

system

model

architectures.

programs are only accessible from Online Diagnostics in Service

Concurrent mode, others may be accessible only from Standalone

Diagnostics. While still other programs may

only

be

supported

o

system

architecture, such

as

CHRP

(Common

Hardware

Reference

or

RSPC

(PowerPC

Reference

Platform).

Model

140

and

Model

240

us

RSPC

architecture.

Model

150

uses

CHRP

architecture.

To perform one of these tasks, use the Task Selection option from t SELECTION menu.

Once a task is selected, a resource menu may be presented showi supported by the task.

A fast path method is also available to performdiag a taskcommandby using t and the-Tflag. This means the user does not have to go through mos

introductory

menus just

to

get to a particular task. Instead, the

with

a

list

of

resources

available

to

support

the

specified

task.

tasks

are:

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

To

run

these

tasks

directly from

the

command line,

specify

the

res

task unique flags. Use the descriptions in this chapter to

unders

needed

for

a

given

task.

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