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Diagnostics

Use this information to review the diagnostic tools that are available to help you solve problems that might occur in the blade server.

Review the diagnostic tools that are available to help you solve problems that might occur in the blade server.

Note
The blade server uses shared resources that are installed in the BladeCenter unit. Problems with these shared resources might appear to be in the blade server (see Solving shared BladeCenter resource problems for information about isolating problems with these resources).

If you cannot locate and correct a problem by using the information, see Hardware service and support for more information.

  • Diagnostic tools
    Use this information to find available diagnostic tools to help you diagnose and solve hardware problems.
  • POST
    Use this information for more about POST self-test errors for the blade server.
  • Light path diagnostics
    Use this information as an overview of light path diagnostics.
  • Dynamic system analysis diagnostic programs and messages
    Use this information to learn more about using the dynamic system analysis (DSA) diagnostic programs and messages to resolve blade server errors.
  • BMC self tests
    Use this information to resolve BMC self-test errors by referencing the error codes and following the suggested corrective actions.
  • Broadcom Ethernet device tests
    Use this information to resolve Broadcom Ethernet device errors.
  • CPU stress tests
    Use this information to view CPU stress test error codes and resolve CPU stress test errors.
  • Memory self tests
    Use this information to diagnose and resolve memory-self test errors.
  • Optical drive self tests
    Use this information to diagnose and resolve optical drive self-test errors.
  • Storage drive self tests
    Use this information to diagnose and resolve storage drive self test problems for the blade server.
  • Tape alert flags
    Use this information to diagnose and resolve tape alert flags for the blade server.