Server Hardware Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- About Your System
- Accessing System Features During Startup
- Front-Panel Features and Indicators
- LCD Panel Features (Optional)
- Hard-Drive Status Indicators
- Back-Panel Features and Indicators
- Guidelines for Connecting External Devices
- NIC Indicator Codes
- Power Indicator Codes
- Diagnostic Lights (Optional)
- LCD Status Messages (Optional)
- System Messages
- Warning Messages
- Diagnostics Messages
- Alert Messages
- Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Front Bezel (Optional)
- Opening and Closing the System
- Optical Drive (Optional)
- Hard Drives
- Removing a Drive Blank
- Installing a Drive Blank
- Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Removing a Cabled Hard Drive
- Installing a Cabled Hard Drive
- Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Bracket
- Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Bracket
- Expansion Card
- Expansion-Card Riser
- Internal USB Memory Key
- Cooling Shroud
- Integrated Storage Controller Card
- System Memory
- Cooling Fans
- iDRAC6 Express Card (Optional)
- iDRAC6 Enterprise Card (Optional)
- VFlash Media (Optional)
- Processor
- Power Supplies
- System Battery
- Control Panel Assembly
- SAS Backplane
- Power Distribution Board
- System Board
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Troubleshooting System Startup Failure
- Troubleshooting External Connections
- Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB Device
- Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supply
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting a Fan
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting an Expansion Card
- Troubleshooting the Processor
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Index

Running the System Diagnostics 163
Using the Custom Test Options
When you select Custom Test in the Main Menu window, the Customize
window allows you to select the device(s) to be tested, select specific options
for testing, and view the test results.
Selecting Devices for Testing
The left side of the Customize window lists devices that can be tested. Click
the (+) next to a device or module to view its components. Click (+) on any
component to view the tests that are available. Clicking a device, rather than
its components, selects all of the components of the device for testing.
NOTE: After you select all the devices and components that you want to test,
highlight All Devices and then click Run Tests.
Selecting Diagnostics Options
From the Diagnostics Options area, select the test(s) you want to run on a
device.
•
Non-Interactive Tests Only
—Runs only tests that require no user
intervention.
•
Quick Tests Only
—Runs only the quick tests on the device.
•
Show Ending Timestamp
—Time stamps the test log.
•
Test Iterations
—Selects the number of times the test is run.
•
Log Output File Pathname
—Enables you to specify the diskette drive or
USB memory key where the test log file is saved. You cannot save the file to
a hard drive.
Viewing Information and Results
The following tabs in the Customize window provide information about the
test and the test results:
•
Results
— Displays the test that ran and the result.
•
Errors
— Displays any errors that occurred during the test.
•
Help
— Displays information about the currently selected device,
component, or test.
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