Hardware Owner's Manual

326 Running System Diagnostics
• Temporarily suspend testing if an error is detected or terminate testing
when a user-defined error limit is reached
• View help messages that briefly describe each test and its parameters
• View status messages that inform you if tests are completed successfully
• View error messages that inform you of problems encountered during
testing
When to Use the System Diagnostics
If a major component or device in the blade does not operate properly,
component failure may be indicated. As long as the processor and the blade's
input/output devices (monitor, keyboard, and diskette drive) are functioning,
you can use the system diagnostics to help identify the problem.
Running the System Diagnostics
The system diagnostics can be run from either Unified Server Configurator
GUI or a USB flash drive.
NOTE: Use the system diagnostics to test only your blade. Use only the program
that came with your blade (or an updated version of that program).
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics
The embedded system diagnostics program is run from the Unified Server
Configurator screen.
CAUTION: Use the embedded system diagnostics to test only your system. Using
this program with other systems may cause invalid results or error messages.
1 In the left pane of Unified Server Configurator screen, click Hardware
Diagnostics .
2 In the right pane, click Run Hardware Diagnostics . When the diagnostics
utility launches, follow the on-screen instructions.
3 To exit the utility, reboot the system and press <F10> to re-enter USC or
USC-LCE.
The results of the diagnostics tests are displayed on the screen when the tests
are complete. To resolve the problems found in the test results, search the
resolutions from support.dell.com.