Standalone Diagnostic Operation
Standalone Diagnostics provide a method to test the system when the Online
Diagnostics are not installed and a method of testing the disk drives that cannot be
tested by the Online Diagnostics.
No Error Log Analysis is done by the Standalone Diagnostics.
The CD-ROM drive and the SCSI controller that controls it cannot be tested by the
Standalone Diagnostics.
Running the Standalone Diagnostics
To run Standalone Diagnostics in service mode, take the following steps:
1. Verify with the system administrator and system users that the system unit may be
shut down, then stop all programs including the AIX operating system. (Refer to the
AIX operating system documentation shutdown command information.)
2. Remove all tapes, diskettes, and CD-ROMs.
3. Insert the Diagnostic CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
4. Turn off the system unit.
5. Turn the power on.
a. After the Keyboard indicator appears, press 5 on the keyboard to indicate that
b. Enter any requested passwords.
c. Follow any instructions to select a console.
6. After the diagnostic controller loads, DIAGNOSTIC OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
appear on the console display.
7. Follow the displayed instructions to checkout the desired resources.
8. When testing is complete; use the 3 key to return to the DIAGNOSTIC OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS.
118
S80 and S85 User's Guide
diagnostics are to be loaded.