SERVICE MEMORANDUM
FOR USE WITH: Diagnostics Version 5.3.0.30
DATE: May 05, 2005
EC HISTORY:
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INTRODUCTION
The information in this memo updates and supplements the
instructions and descriptions printed in the service manuals.
It contains service hints and errata information about the
maintenance package.
This memo covers Diagnostics version 5.3.0.30 and its supporting
documentation.
The information in this memo is divided into several sections.
The sections are:
- Service Manual's Errata Information
This section contains errata information for the service guides.
- Service Hints for Problems
This section contains hints and actions that may be useful in
diagnosing problems.
- Diagnostic Information
This section contains information about the Diagnostic programs
that are not included in the service manuals.
- Installation Information
This section contains installation information that
is not included in the service manuals.
- Engineering Change (EC) Information
This section contains information about Diagnostic ECs.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Service Manual's Errata Information.............................3
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Service Hints For Problems......................................3
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Diagnostic Information..........................................3
Running Online Diagnostics on Version 5.3.0.30................3
Firmware needed to Run 5.3.0.0 & above Standalone Diagnostics.4
Enhancements Supported by Diagnostics Version 5.3.0.30........5
Installation Information........................................7
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Engineering Change (EC) Information.............................7
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SERVICE MANUAL'S ERRATA INFORMATION
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SERVICE HINTS FOR PROBLEMS
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DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION
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Running Online Diagnostics on Version 5.3.0.30
To run Online Diagnostics, the bos.diag package
must have been previously installed. The
packages for the devices that you wish to test should
also have been installed.
If a device does not show up in the test list or you think
that a device's Diagnostic package may not have been loaded,
you can check by using the lscfg command. At an AIX prompt,
type lscfg. If the device which you were wanting to test
has a '+' or '-' preceding its name, the package was loaded.
If the device has a '*' in front of its name, it means that
the device is not testable by diagnostics.
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Firmware needed to Run 5.3.0.0 & above Standalone Diagnostics
If the system was release prior to 2004, then update the
system firmware to the most recent available level in order
to boot 5.3.0.0 & above levels of standalone diagnostics.
Systems listed should be updated with the firmware
image listed prior to booting standalone diagnostics versions
5.3.0.0. and above (higher firmware levels are acceptable).
This is not a complete list. Alternatively, standalone
diagnostics version 5.2.0.30 or 5.2.0.35 will run on supported
systems at a firmware level lower than this minimum firmware
level listed.
System Image Type
-------- ----------- ------------
7028-6C4 3R040521.img
7028-6E4
7044-170 SPH04177.img combined image
7044-270
7043-150 TCP04180.img combined image
7028-6C1 CLT04176.img
7028-6E1
7026-B80 cb04175.img combined image
7025-F50 WIL04176.IMG System Firmware
wc010611.img service processor
7026-H50 WIL04176.IMG System Firmware
9076-5X0 ag030603.img service processor
7026-H70 st04176.img combined image
7026-6H0 CM_MM_040623.img combined image
7026-6M1
7026-6H1
7025-6F0 CL040623.img combined image
7025-6F1
9076-260 fw04179.img combined image
7043-260
9076-N80 nk040630.img combined image
9076-N81
These images (or newer versions for a given machine/model type)
are available at:
http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/mdownload
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Enhancements Supported by Diagnostics Version 5.3.0.30
- Diagnostics supports new format physical location codes
up to a maximum length of 79 characters. These location
codes can be identified by the presence of a unit
identifier that is composed of the machine type, model and
serial number. For example, a system with machine type
9117, model 250, and serial number 10-ABCDE will have
location codes that begin with the string
"U9117.250.10ABCDE". In addition, some of the physical
location code standard prefixes are different for the new
format physical location codes than for the "shorter format"
physical location codes.
Systems introduced in August 2004 and later will use this new
format physical location code. Systems introduced prior to
August 2004 will use the existing "shorter format" physical
location codes. See the "Diagnostic Numbers and Location
Codes" chapter in the service documentation for more
information. The new format physical location codes are
shown in diagnostics level 5.2.0.30 and higher.
For these new format physical location codes, most
diagnostic menus will have a slightly different format. The
biggest difference is the resource selection menu. It will
show the unit identifier only once for each unit or
enclosure, with each of the resources in that unit or
enclosure listed immediately following the unit identifier.
- Automatic Error Log Analysis and Notification service aid.
This service aid contains functions taken from the Periodic
Diagnostics service aid. These functions include the
ability to configure an error notification mailing list and
to disable or enable automatic error log analysis. Systems
or partitions containing only virtual or shared processors
will not display the Periodic Diagnostics service aid.
- Update and Manage System Flash Task. This task validates
a new system firmware flash image and uses it to update the
system temporary flash image. This task can also be used to
validate a new system firmware flash image without
performing an update, commit the temporary flash image, and
reject the temporary flash image. For systems that support
the Update and Manage System Flash Task, this task appears
in place of the Update System and Service Processor Flash
Task. On Power 5 systems with an HMC, this task may not
appear on the task list; on these systems use the HMC to
update system flash.
- Diagnostics support for IDE DVD-RAM. The IDE
DVD-RAM Diagnostics service aid includes format, certify
media, display microcode and download microcode.
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- Support for loading microcode and supplemental media from
optical media.
- Running standalone diagnostics from CDROM media now
permits removal of the diagnostics CDROM media from the
optical media drive while running standalone diagnostics
on systems or partitions with 256MB of memory or greater.
This permits the use of the same optical media drive for
loading both standalone diagnostics and microcode.
- Support for self-configuring ATAPI optical devices.
- The Configure Reboot Policy Task was updated to support
the platform-auto-power-restart parameter for POWER 5 systems.
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INSTALLATION INFORMATION
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None.
ENGINEERING CHANGE (EC) INFORMATION
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None.