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Introduction to Diagnostic Tools
Standalone Package-Based Diagnostics
Offline Operating System-Based Diagnostics
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 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
Online OS diagnostics are similar to offline OS diagnostics in terms of support of resources. However, these diagnostics are run in customer sites and cannot alter data repositories. the diagnostics must be careful not to over utilize system resources (for example, these diagnostics must not consume too many CPU cycles or too much network bandwidth).
Note - Oracle does not expect customers to run online diagnostics because those diagnostics drain compute resources and have limited effectiveness due to their inability to lock resources.