About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)
Introduction to Diagnostic Tools
Diagnostic Tools for Oracle Servers
Using the Diagnostic Tools to Troubleshoot a Server
U-Boot Diagnostic Startup Tests
U-Boot Diagnostic Startup Tests Overview
Running the U-Boot Diagnostic Tests
Sample SP Environmental Variables Showing U-Boot Test Status
Accessing Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility
Accessing the Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility on the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD
How to Access and Run Pc-Check From the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD
How to Access and Run Pc-Check From a USB Device
How to Access the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD From the Target Server
If you have a server that does not have a CD/DVD drive, you can run the Pc-Check diagnostics utility from a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) server.
Before You Begin
You need:
Red Hat KickStart server with a CD/DVD drive
You need the following to set up the PXE server.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 manual at:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin-guide/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 manual at:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/
Server Tools and Drivers CD/DVD
MEMDISK kernel from the SYSLINUX project. Access this kernel at:
The default directory for the PXE image is usually /tftpboot/linux-install. This procedure assumes that the PXE files have been installed in this directory.
Note - If your PXE files are not installed in the /tftpboot/linux-install directory, modify the procedure as necessary.
# mkdir /tftpboot/linux-install/suppl_ven
# cp /mnt/cdrom/boot.img /tftpboot/linux-install/suppl_ven
where, version is the latest SYSLINUX project version.
Note - Version 3.09 was the version at the time of this writing.
# unzip syslinux-3.09.zip
# cd /syslinux-3.09/memdisk
# cp /syslinux-3.09/memdisk/memdisk /tftpboot/linux-install/suppl_ven
# vi /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/boot.msg
suppl_tau - server Tools & Drivers DVD
# vi /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/default
label suppl_venkernel suppl_tau/memdiskappend initrd=suppl_tau/boot.img