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Hard drive tests, Memory tests – Apple MAC PRO for 3X108 User Manual

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Appendix

Server Diagnostics Test Reference

Hard Drive Tests

When Server Diagnostics EFI starts, it performs a hardware existence test. Hard drives
found during this test can be tested individually using hard drive tests.

Test

Estimated completion time

Description

Full Read

3 hours for a 1 TB drive

Performs a DMA full-read scan
at 1250 RPM. This checks the
entire hard drive for slow-read
failures.
This test is available for hard
drives, but not solid-state drives.

Abbreviated Read

2 minutes

Performs a DMA scan at 1250
RPM. This checks the first 10 GB
of the hard drive for slow-read
failures.
This test is available for hard
drives, but not solid-state drives.

Check SMART Status

1 second

Check the SMART status of
a hard drive.
This test is available for hard
drives, but not solid-state drives.

Memory Tests

Simple Memory Tests

In Server Diagnostics EFI, memory tests (simple, multicore, and extended) are grouped
under Memory tests.

Note: The time required to complete memory tests correlates to the amount of
memory being tested. These estimates are based on testing 8 GB of memory.

Test

Estimated completion time

Description

Address as Data

15 seconds

Tests memory using the
memory address as data.

Patterns

40 seconds

Tests memory using different
data patterns.

Marching Ones and Zeros

30 seconds

Tests memory by walking 1s and
0s up and down memory.

Knaizuk Hartmann

20 seconds

Tests memory using this
algorithm.

MOD3

1 minute

Tests memory using this
algorithm.

March U

3 minutes

Tests memory using Van de
Goor’s March U algorithm.