IBM SG24-4763-00 manual Servers with RAID Adapters, Advanced Diagnostic Menu

This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.

After a few seconds, a panel similar to the one in Figure 25 on page 35 appears.

￿				￿
		Advanced Diagnostic Menu
	Select One:
1.		Run System Checkout	￿1￿
2.		Format the hard disk	￿2￿

	Enter	F1=Help	F3=Exit
￿				￿

Figure 25. Advanced Diagnostic Menu

The following choices are available:

￿1￿ Run System Checkout

This option allows you to test individual components in the system either one time or continuously. You can then view any errors that were logged in the process.

￿2￿ Low-Level Format Program

On non-disk array models, you have the option of formatting your hard disk during the advanced diagnostic testing. The advanced diagnostic format program is a low-level format program. It will completely reformat the disk, which includes removing the system partition.

Depending on the hard disk capacity, the low-level format program could take up to two hours.

Use the low-level format program in the following cases:

•

•

•

•

When you are installing software that requires a low-level format When you get re-occurring messages from the diagnostic test directing you to run the low-level format program on the hard disk

As a last resort before replacing a failing hard disk drive If you want to erase the system partition

Servers with RAID Adapters

For non-disk array models, you must run the low-level format program from the diskette.

For disk-array models, you must use the programs provided on the RAID utility diskette to format the hard disk drives.

Chapter 2. H a r d w a r e Configuration 35