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Local Area Network Analyzer
This selection is used to exercise the LAN communications adapters (Token-Ring,
Ethernet, and (FDDI) Fiber Distributed Data Interface). The following services are
available:
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Connectivity testing between two network stations. Data is transferred between the
two stations, requiring the user to provide the Internet addresses of both stations.
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Monitoring ring (Token-Ring only). The ring is monitored for a specified period of
time. Soft and hard errors are analyzed.
Log Repair Action
The Log Repair Action task logs a repair action in the AIX Error Log. A Repair Action
log indicates that a FRU has been replaced, and error log analysis should not be done
for any errors logged before the repair action. The Log Repair Action task lists all
resources. Replaced resources can be selected from the list, and when commit (F7
key) is selected, a repair action is logged for each selected resource.
Periodic Diagnostics
This selection provides a tool for configuring periodic diagnostics and automatic error
log analysis. You can select a hardware resource to be tested once a day, at a
user-specified time. If the resource cannot be tested because it is busy, error log
analysis is performed.
Hardware errors logged against a resource can also be monitored by enabling
Automatic Error Log Analysis. This allows error log analysis to be performed every time
a hardware error is put into the error log. If a problem is detected, a message is posted
to the system console and a mail message sent to the users belonging to the system
group, containing information about the failure, such as the service request number.
The service aid provides the following functions:
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Add or delete a resource to the periodic test list
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Modify the time to test a resource
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Display the periodic test list
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Modify the error notification mailing list
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Disable or Enable Automatic Error Log Analysis
PCI RAID Physical Disk Identify
This selection identifies physical disks connected to a PCI SCSI-2 F/W RAID adapter.
You can run this task directly from the AIX command line. See the following command
syntax:
diag -c -d
pci RAID adapter
-T identify
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