Technical data

Chapter 3
Diagnostics
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NOTE The -o and -rv options turn on verbose mode which can generate large amounts of data very
quickly and fill up the available disk space.
Please note the following regarding the use of the BDP CLI:
• Output file names cannot be MTA framework keywords.
• Output file names should be a fully qualified pathname. If a fully qualified pathname is not specified,
output files will be created in the test directory /opt/intel/bdp/common/iMTA-1.5.
• When looping with output redirected to the files, the resulting files can grow excessively large, especially
when verbose mode is enabled. This can lead to problems with the RAM file system (/dev/ram0), which
has limited free space for creating new files.
• The configurations present in the .pkg file are supplied as examples only. Any differences in Server Blade
hardware configuration when compared to the configuration when the .pkg file was generated will cause
tests to fail. For example, if a .pkg file was generated for a blade with 1 GB of memory installed and the
user’s blade now has 2 GB installed, some memory tests will fail because of the mismatch in the amount
of memory present
BDP CLI Examples
Run default (core) test modules in the default configuration redirecting output to a file and halting on error:
# bdp -o /root/alltests.log --he
Run default (core) test modules in the default configuration 15 times, redirecting all output to a file:
# bdp -o /root/alltests.log -n 15
Customizing BDP
The default BDP configuration is named core. Users may modify this configuration and create additional
configurations as needed. Each configuration is assigned a numeric equivalent value. This name to number
mapping is stored in the /opt/intel/bdp/MPCBLXXXX/Configuration/bdp_MPCBLXXXX.ini file, where
MPCBLXXXX is the Server Blade model number. The dual Xeon Server Blade model number is MPCBL0030.
To add a new configuration mapping to the system, add an entry with a unique number to the
MPCBLXXXX.ini file. The maximum configuration number is 254. For example, to add the new configuration
“preferred” to the system, add following line to the MPCBLXXXX.ini file:
-n <repeat number> Specifies the number of times the test will be repeated. If 0 run
forever. The default is 1.
-o <filename> Redirect all output to the specified file.
-rv <filename> Redirect verbose output to the specified files.
-re <filename> Redirect error messages to the specified file.
-v Display BDP and MTA version number.
-help or -? Show a brief help message.
Table 3-5 BDP Command Options (Continued)
Option Description