IBM RS/6000 7043 43P manual Generic Microcode Download, Periodic Diagnostics, Lan

Generic Microcode Download

This service aid provides a means of executing a "generic" script from The intended purpose for this "generic" script is to load microcode to

resource.

This script is responsible for executing

whatever

program

is

re

order

to

download the microcode

onto the

adapter

or

device.

This

service aid

is

supported

in

both concurrent

and

standalone modes

fro

LAN,

or

loadable

media.

On entry,

the service aid displays information about what it does. It t

Genucode

diskette to be inserted into the diskette drive. The diskette

format. The service aid then

restoresgenucodethe

scriptto the/tmpfiledirectory.

Then

the

script

is

executed.

The

script must at

that

point

then

pull

off

needed files from the diskette. The script should then exec whatever pr

necessary in			order		to	perform its		function. On completion, a status		code
and the user is returned to the genucodeservice scriptaid.Theshould have a # !
/usr/bin/ksh		line		at	the	beginning	of	the file. Return status	of 0	should
the	program	was		successful, else			a	non-zero status should be	returned.
Local	Area Network		Analyzer

This selection is used to exercise the LAN communications adapters (Token-R Ethernet, and (FDDI) Fiber Distributed Data Interface). The following serv available:

Ÿ

Connectivity testing

between

two network stations. Data is

transferred

b

the

two

stations.

This

requires the user

to input

the

Internet

Addres

stations.

Ÿ

Monitoring

ring (Token-Ring only). The ring is

monitored

for

a

period

of

t

Soft

and

hard errors

are

analyzed.

Periodic Diagnostics

This selection provides a tool for configuring periodic diagnostics and aut log analysis. A hardware resource can be chosen to be tested once a d

specified time.		If the resource cannot	be	tested	because	it	is	busy
is performed. Hardware errors logged against				a resource can also be moni
enabling Automatic Error Log Analysis. This allows				error log analysis to be p
every time a hardware error is put into			the error		log. If	a	problem
message is posted to the system console and				a mail message sent to the
belonging to the system group with information				about the failure			such	as
Request	Number.
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