Dell PowerEdge 2650 - Manual (Page 31)

To check a particular area of the system, choose Advanced Testing. When you select Advanced Testing, the main screen of the diagnostics appears. This
screen includes a listing of the various device groups in the system and the system's service tag.
To view data on test results, select Information and Results. Select Program Options to view the program options screen, which lets you set various test
parameters.
By selecting the Device Configuration option, you can see an overview of the devices in the system.
Selecting Exit to MS-DOS exits the diagnostics and returns you to the MS-DOS® operating system environment.
To select an option from the Diagnostics menu, highlight the option and press <Enter>, or press the key that corresponds to the highlighted letter in the
option you choose.
Using the System Diagnostics
When you select Advanced Testing from the Diagnostics menu, the main screen of the diagnostics appears.
Information on the main screen of the diagnostics is presented in the following areas:
l Two lines at the top of the main screen identify the diagnostics, the version number, and the system service tag.
l On the left side of the screen, Device Groups lists the diagnostic device groups in the order they will run if you select All under the Run Tests submenu.
Press the up- or down-arrow key to highlight a device group.
l On the right side of the screen, Devices for Highlighted Group lists the specific devices within a particular test group.
l Two lines at the bottom of the screen make up the menu area. The first line lists the menu options you can select; press the left- or right-arrow key to
highlight an option. The second line gives information about the highlighted option.
Using the Device Groups Menu
The Device Groups menu at the bottom of the screen provides options that enable you to select and run specific diagnostic tests from the diagnostics main
screen. Press the left- and 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 on the bottom line of the screen.
If you want more information about a device group or device, highlight the Help option and press <Enter>. After you read the information, press <Esc> to
return to the previous screen.
Device Groups Menu Options
Five options are listed at the bottom of the diagnostics main screen: Run Tests, Devices, Select, Config, and Help.
There are two ways to select a menu option:
l Look on the screen to see which letter in the option is capitalized, and type that letter (for example, type r to select the Run option).
l Move the highlight to the option you want to select by pressing the left- or right-arrow key, and then press <Enter>.
Whenever one of the options is selected, additional choices become available.
The following subsections explain the menu options as listed from left to right in the Device Groups menu.
Run Tests
Run Tests displays seven options:
l One — Runs all the devices within the highlighted device group.
l All — Runs all of the tests in all of the device group tests (device group tests are run in the same order that they are listed).
l Select — Runs only the selected device groups or the devices that you selected within the device groups.
l Options — Provides a set of global parameters that allow you control over how the device group tests or device tests are run and how results are
reported.
l Results — Displays the results of the tests.
l Errors — Displays errors detected during the tests.
l Help — Displays a series of help options, including Menu, Keys, Device Group, Device, Test, and Versions.
Devices
Most of the device groups consist of several devices. Use the Devices option to select individual devices within the device group(s).
When you select Devices, the following options are displayed: Run Tests, Tests, Select, Parameters, and Help. Table 4 -1 lists all of the possible values for
each option.