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Oracle x86 Server Diagnostics Guide
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Document Information

Preface

Related Documentation

About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)

Typographic Conventions

Documentation Comments

Change History

Diagnostics Guide

Introduction to Diagnostic Tools

About 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 U-Boot Test Output

Sample SP Environmental Variables Showing U-Boot Test Status

Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility

Pc-Check Diagnostics Overview

Accessing Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility

System Information Menu

Advanced Diagnostics Tests

Immediate Burn-In Testing

Deferred Burn-In Testing

Create Diagnostic Partition

Show Results Summary

Print Results Report

About Pc-Check

Exit to DOS

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 Set Up the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD Image on the PXE Server

How to Access the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD From the Target Server

Index

How to Set Up the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD Image on the PXE 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:

  1. Log in to the PXE server as root (superuser).
  2. Determine the directory where the Red Hat image is installed on the PXE server.

    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.


  3. Make a directory for the server Tools and Drivers CD/DVD contents. Type:

    # mkdir /tftpboot/linux-install/suppl_ven

  4. Insert the server Tools and Drivers CD/DVD into the PXE server, and copy the boot.img file located in the root directory of the CD/DVD to the new server supplemental directory created in Step 3. Type:

    # cp /mnt/cdrom/boot.img /tftpboot/linux-install/suppl_ven

  5. Download the MEMDISK kernel.
    1. Go to the latest SYSLINUX project web site at:

      http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/

    2. Save the latest syslinux- version. zip file to your root directory

      where, version is the latest SYSLINUX project version.


      Note - Version 3.09 was the version at the time of this writing.


  6. Unzip the zip file. Type, for example:

    # unzip syslinux-3.09.zip

  7. Change to the memdisk directory. Type, for example:

    # cd /syslinux-3.09/memdisk

  8. Copy the MEMDISK kernel to the new server Tools and Drivers Directory created in Step 3. Type, for example:

    # cp /syslinux-3.09/memdisk/memdisk /tftpboot/linux-install/suppl_ven

  9. Edit the Boot Message Screen, as follows.
    1. Open the boot.msg file in a text editor. Type:

      # vi /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/boot.msg

    2. Type the following line after 0 -Local Machine

      suppl_tau - server Tools & Drivers DVD

    3. Save and close the boot.msg file.
  10. Edit the default PXE Configuration file as follows.
    1. Open the default file in a text editor. Type:

      # vi /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/default

    2. Type the following lines after the label0 section:

      label suppl_venkernel suppl_tau/memdiskappend initrd=suppl_tau/boot.img

    3. Save and close the default file.
  11. Test the installation on the test machine.