Release Notes for PA Systems September 2008 Release

The message "Test section completed successfully" means that the test section code is complete and has been
tested.
The message "Test section not yet implemented" means that the test section is either not code complete or not
completely tested.
TIMIDIAG
If the system console path is set to the TIMI serial port, execution of TIMIDIAG SECTION 004 (Timi UART
test internal and external loopback) will crash the system.
If the system is booted from either of the Backplane Networking, Backplane ROM or PCMCIA boot devices,
execution of TIMIDIAG will crash the system.
TMMGR
The TMMGR prompt is currently only supported when ODE is booted from the HP9000 Offline Diagnostics
CD-ROM. If ODE is booted from tape, diagnostics can be run from the ODE prompt rather than from the
TMMGR prompt.
Known Problems for 64-bit Tools
Following are the known problems for 64-bit tools:
DISKEXPT2, DISKUTIL2
The READLOG tool on a Quantum FIREBALL1050S disk will return a Device wants to Transfer More
Data than Allocated.
error message. This is a bug in the disk driver firmware.
ASTRODIAG2
Return values for each test section are inconsistent. They can cause the diag to return TM_STATUS_FAILED
under the wrong circumstances.
Important: PCI-TO-PCI devices are not supported on Shared Slots.
Interrupt tests (Section 6) are not executed.
PIO transactions (Section 8) are not executed.
CIODIAG
Important: There is no USB coverage implemented for this release and there are no plans to test the RS232 users port.
Only the UPS or Aux port in rp8400 is tested on an external loopback test.
IKEDIAG2
On rp5470 servers, section 3, subtest 1 & 2 are disabled.
ON rp5470 servers with 875MHz CPUs, Section 8: Subtest 004 DMA Ext. Interrupt Test fails.
IOTEST2
IOTEST2 runs very slowly on c8000 machines when USB devices are connected.
MAKODIAG
Section 81 fails after several loops when run with other ODE Tools.
Workaround: Enter resume at the command prompt to continue with the test.
Section 24 hangs on c8000 machines when run with other ODE tools in a loop when core I/O ethernet card is