Dell PowerEdge SC1420 - Manual (Page 25)

From the Utility Partition
1. As the system boots, press during POST.
2. From the utility partition main menu under Run System Utilities, select Run System Diagnostics.
From the Diagnostics Diskettes
1. Create a set of diagnostics diskettes from the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant for PowerEdge SC Products CD. See "Using the Dell OpenManage Server
Assistant CD" in your User's Guide for information on creating the diskettes.
2. Insert the first diagnostics diskette.
3. Reboot the system.
If the system fails to boot, see Getting Help."
When you start the system diagnostics, a message is displayed stating that the diagnostics are initializing. Next, the Diagnostics menu appears. The menu
allows you to run all or specific diagnostics tests or to exit the system diagnostics.
System Diagnostics Testing Options
To select an option from the Diagnostics menu, highlight the option and press , or press the key that corresponds to the highlighted letter in the
option.
Table 4 -1 provides a brief explanation of testing options.
Table 4-1. System Diagnostics Testing Options
Using the Advanced Testing Options
When you select Advanced Testing from the Diagnostics menu, the main screen of the diagnostics appears and displays the following information:
l Two lines at the top of the screen identify the diagnostics utility, the version number, and the system's service tag number.
l The left side of the screen under Device Groups lists the diagnostic device groups in the order that they are tested if you select All under the Run
Tests submenu. Press the up- or down-arrow keys to highlight a particular device group. Press the left- or right-arrow keys to select the options on the
menu. As you move from one menu option to another, a brief explanation of the highlighted option appears at the bottom of the screen.
l The right side of the screen under Devices for Highlighted Group lists the specific devices within a particular test group.
NOTICE: Use the system diagnostics to test only your system. Using this program with other systems may cause invalid results or error messages. In
addition, use only the program that came with your system (or an updated version of that program).
NOTE: Before you read the rest of this section, start the system diagnostics so that you can see the utility on your screen.
Testing Option Function
Quick Tests Performs a quick check of the system. Select Test All Devices and then select Quick Tests. This option runs device tests that do not
require user interaction. Use this option to quickly identify the source of your problem.
Test One Device Tests a particular device.
Extended Tests Performs a more thorough check of the system. Select Test All Devices and then select Extended Tests.
Advanced Testing Checks a particular area of the system.
Information and
Results
Displays test results.
Program Options Sets various test parameters.
Device
Configuration
Displays an overview of the devices in the system.
Exit to MS-DOS Exits the diagnostics and returns to the System Utilities menu.