Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X2100 M2, Service Manual

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3-12 Sun Fire X2100 M2 Server Service Manual • December 2006
3.6.2 Adding a Diagnostic Partition to the First
Bootable Disk
Pc-Check can view only the first or second hard disk on the system from the boot
loader. The software automatically installs the diagnostic partition on the first
bootable disk.
To add the diagnostic partition on the first bootable disk:
1. Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the DVD tray.
2. Reboot the server.
3. At the Tools and Drivers CD main menu, type
1
to run Hardware Diagnostics.
4. From the main menu, choose Create Diagnostic Partition.
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If the first bootable disk is clear of partitions, the Sun Microsystems Partitioning
Utility window appears. It states: “Your primary hard disk is not partitioned.
Would you like to partition it now?”
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Select Yes and press Enter.
A window appears, stating, “Partitioning complete. Your machine will now be
restarted.”
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If the first bootable disk is not clear of partitions, a window appears stating that
the software is unable to create a hardware diagnostic partition because there are
already partitions on the disk.
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If this happens, go to Section 3.6.1, “Removing Existing Partitions From a
Hard Disk” on page 3-11 to remove the partitions from the disk .
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Repeat Step 1 through Step 4 of this procedure .
5. Press Enter to reboot your server.
3.6.3 Creating a Log File on the Diagnostic Partition
All the scripts that are loadable with the hardware diagnostics software are
predefined, with logging to the diagnostic partition enabled. The names of log files
correspond to the name of the script. For example, a script named
noinput.tst
creates a log file named
noinput.jrl
.
The following procedure shows an example of how to create and access a log file on
the diagnostic partition for the
noinput.tst
script.
1. Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the DVD tray.
2. Reboot the server.