Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series, Configuration Manual

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How to Configure Online Diagnostics
Starting Online Diagnostic Tests
After you configure diagnostic tests to run on the switch, use the diagnostic start privileged EXEC command
to begin diagnostic testing.
After starting the tests, you cannot stop the testing process.
Use this privileged EXEC command to manually start online diagnostic testing.
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
diagnostic start switch number test
{ name | test-id | test-id-range |
all
|
basic
|
non-disruptive
}
DETAILED STEPS
Purpose Command or Action
Starts the diagnostic tests. diagnostic start switch number test { name
| test-id | test-id-range | all | basic |
non-disruptive }
Step 1
The switch number keyword is supported only on stacking switches. The range
is from 1 to 8.
Example:
Switch# diagnostic start switch 2 test
You can specify the tests by using one of these options:
•
name
—
Enters the name of the test.
basic
•
test-id
—
Enters the ID number of the test.
• test-id-range — Enters the range of test IDs by using integers separated
by a comma and a hyphen.
•
all
— Starts all of the tests.
•
basic
—
Starts the basic test suite.
• non-disruptive — Starts the non-disruptive test suite.
Configuring Online Diagnostics
You must configure the failure threshold and the interval between tests before enabling diagnostic monitoring.
Scheduling Online Diagnostics
You can schedule online diagnostics to run at a designated time of day or on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis
for a switch. Use the
no form of this command to remove the scheduling.
Consolidated Platform Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15.2(4)E (Catalyst 2960-X Switches)
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How to Configure Online Diagnostics