Users Guide

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Enables you to view the status of the diagnostic tests that are running. See
Running Diagnostic Tests.
• Diagnostic Test Results
Enables you to view the results of the diagnostic tests that have run.
See Running Diagnostic Tests.
•Help
Allows you to view the help information for the various devices and
diagnostic tests.
To view a description of a device or a diagnostic test, select the device or
the test and select
Help in the GUI or run the pediags --help
command.
•Quick Test
Enables you to perform a quick test. This feature is applicable on selected
tests and the option displays in the GUI only for those tests.
See Configuring the Test Execution Settings.
•
Saving System Configuration and Results
Enables you to save the system configuration and test results. See Using
Dell Online Diagnostics.
•Number of Passes
Enables you to run the selected tests for a specified number of iterations.
In both the GUI and the CLI modes, the minimum number of passes is 1.
In the GUI mode, the maximum number of passes is 20 and in the CLI
mode, it is 999.
•Run Time
Allows you to specify the duration (in minutes) for which a diagnostic test
should run.
NOTE: This feature is available only in the CLI version of Online Diagnostics.
NOTE: Tests stop executing after they complete 72 hours or 999 passes,
whichever occurs first.
• Auto Logging
Online Diagnostics saves the diagnostic test results in XML format, in an
auto-generated file (
result.xml ). The file is available in the