Diagnostic Monitor user interface

About the Diagnostic Monitor

The Diagnostic Monitor is a menu-driven ASCII interface. It contains three sections:

Diagnostics
Commands
Options

Diagnostic Monitor menu

Typically, you test all components at once by selecting the all option from this menu. You can also run individual diagnostic tests by selecting the test grouping, such as the mem test, from this menu. You can also select individual commands from the Commands section, to perform specific tasks, such as setting options. The Diagnostic Monitor also enables you to control the way certain diagnostics work, such as whether a test stops when encountering an error.

The complete Diagnostic Monitor options are as follows:

Diagnostics
all	All system diagnostics
mb	Motherboard diagnostic
mem	Main memory diagnostic
nvram	NVRAM diagnostic
ether	Ethernet controller diagnostic
fddi	FDDI controller diagnostic
scsi	SCSI controller diagnostic
fcal	FCAL controller diagnostic
atm	ATM controller diagnostic
gbe	GbE controller diagnostic
ci	Cluster interconnect diagnostic
rmc	Remote management controller diagnostics
floppy	3-1/2" floppy drive diagnostic
dafs	Emulex VI(GbE) controller diagnostic
cf-card	CompactFlash card diagnostic
stress	System wide stress diagnostic

Commands
Config	(print a list of configured PCI devices)
Default	(restore all options to default settings)
Exit	(exit diagnostics and return to firmware OK prompt)
Help	(print this commands list)
Options	(print current option settings)
Run <diag...diag> (run selected diagnostics)

Options
Count <number>	(loop selected diagnostic<s> <number> of passes>
Loop <yes \| no>	(loop selected diagnostic(s)>
Status <yes \| no>	(print status messages)
Stop <yes \| no>	(stop-on-error / keep running)
Xtnd <yes \| no>	(extended tests / regular tests)
Mchk <auto \| off \| on \| halt> (machine check control)
CPU <0 \| 1>	(run diagnostic with CPU0 \| run diagnostic with CPU1)

Enter Diag, Command or Option:

For detailed information

The following sections describe the individual sections of the Diagnostic Monitor: