Starting stand-alone diagnostics from a CD

Perform these procedures to start the stand-alone diagnostics from a CD. These procedures can be used if the blade server is running a Linux operating system or if an AIX® operating system cannot start the concurrent diagnostics program.

1. Verify with the system administrator and systems users that the blade server may be shut down. Stop all programs; then, shut down the operating system and shut down the blade server. Refer to the documentation that comes with your operating system documentation for information about shutting down the operating system.
2. Press the CD button on the front of the blade server to give it ownership of the BladeCenter® media tray.
3. Using the management module Web interface, make sure that:
   • The blade server firmware is at the latest version.
   • SOL is enabled for the blade server.
   • The CD or DVD drive is selected as the first boot device for the blade server.
4. Insert the stand-alone diagnostics CD into the CD or DVD drive.
5. Turn on the blade server and establish an SOL session.
   Note: It can take from 3 to 5 minute to load the stand-alone diagnostics from the CD. Please be patient.

   The screen will display "Please define the System Console."

6. Type 1 and press Enter to continue.

   The Diagnostic Operating Instructions screen will display.

7. Press Enter to continue.

   The Function Selection screen will display. See Using the diagnostics program for more information about running the diagnostics program.

   Note: If the Define Terminal screen is displayed, type the terminal type and press Enter. The use of "vs100" as the terminal type is recommended; however, the function keys (F#) may not work. In this case, press Esc and the number in the screen menus. For example, instead of F3 you can press Esc and 3.
8. When testing is complete, press F3 until the Diagnostic Operating Instructions screen is displayed; then press F3 again to exit the diagnostic program.
9. Remove the CD from the CD or DVD drive.