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Mac Pr o Ap ple Ser v er Diagnostics User Guide F or V ersion 3X1 08.
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5 Chapter 1 : Overview and Requirements 7 Over view of Server Diagnostics Conguration s 9 Requirements 9 General Requirements 9 Storage Device Requirements 10 Local and Remote Requirement s 10 NetB.
4 Conten ts 30 Viewing Saved Log s 31 T aking Screenshots 31 Using Ser ver Diagnostics Mac OS X 32 C ustomizing Ser ver Diagnostics Mac OS X T est Settings 33 W orking with T est Groups 34 Viewing Log.
5 Apple Ser ver Diagnostics te sts your server for hardware issue s. Apple Server Diagnostics, also referred t o as Ser ver Diagnostics , runs a customizable set of tests to help y ou diagnose issues .
Y ou can run Apple Ser ver Diagnostics in Extensible F irmware Interface (EFI), which is referred t o as Ser ver Diagnostics EFI, or in Mac OS X Ser ver , which is ref erred to as Ser ver Diagnostics Mac OS X. By running Ser ver Diagnostics EFI, you can diagnose hardware issues that prev ent Mac OS X Ser ver from succe ssfully star ting up .
Chapter 1 Overview and Requirements 7 Over view of Ser ver Diagnostics C ongurations Y ou can install and run Ser ver Diagnostics in a variety of ways , so choose the method that best suits your needs .
Option Considera tions Start up the Ser ver Diagnostics EFI located on the Admin T ools disc Advan tages: Â Y ou can use Ser ver Diagnostics EFI. Â Y ou can use the same disc to test multiple servers. Disadvantages: Â Y ou need network access to the server .
Chapter 1 Overview and Requirements 9 Requirements Before you can run Server Diagnostics, you must meet general, storage device , and local and remote requiremen ts. General Requirements T o run Ser ver Diagnostics, you need the following: A Mac Pro with Mac OS X Server v1 0.
Local and Remote Requiremen ts T o run Ser ver Diagnostics locally on the server , you need to connect a keyboard, mouse, and display . T o run Ser ver Diagnostics remotely , you need the f ollowing: A Macintosh computer with Mac OS X v1 0.6 or la ter installed.
11 Before y ou can run Ser ver Diagnostics , you must set up your testing en vironmen t and install Ser ver Diagnostics. Make sure you meet Ser ver Diagnostics requir ements before a ttempting setup and installation. F or information, see “Requirements ” on page 9.
W ARNING: The follo wing instructions could erase all data on your storage device . Back up critical data before performing the following instructions. T o create and forma t empty storage device volume s: 1 Inser t the Mac OS X Server Install DVD . 2 Restart the ser ver and hold down the server ’ s Option key while it restarts.
Chapter 2 Setup and Installation 13 If you’ re installing Ser ver Diagnostics Mac OS X on a volume , select the volume and choose Mac OS Extended ( Journaled). 11 Click P artition. 12 Choose Disk Utility > Quit Disk Utilit y , and then choose Mac OS X Installer > Quit Mac OS X Installer .
5 If you want to c onnect a host computer directly to the ser ver and the host comput er doesn ’t pro vide DHCP ser vice on the port used to directly connect to the ser ver , do the following: a Open T extEdit (located in /Applications/). b In a new le, enter an IP addre ss that’ s not in use by the host c omputer .
Chapter 2 Setup and Installation 15 If you per f orm this task to install Ser ver Diagnostics Mac OS X on an internal volume on the ser v er , you need administr ator access to the server .
10 Open a Finder window and drag the AppleServerDiagnostics.app le from /Diagnostics/ on the Admin T ools disc to the /Applications/ f older on the ser ver .
Chapter 2 Setup and Installation 17 T o set up a NetBoot ser ver: 1 Open Ser ver A dmin (located in /Applications/Server/). 2 If the ser ver that will host NetBoot isn ’t listed, do the following: a Click the Add (+) button and choose A dd Ser ver .
Deleting the Ser ver Diagnostics NetBoot Image Y ou can ’t use System Image Utility to delete the Server Diagnostics NetBoot image. Instead , you must delete the Server Diagnostics NetBoot image in .
19 This chapter de scribes sever al methods that let you change the star tup disk to the v olume with Ser ver Diagnostics installed . Before you start up Ser ver Diagnostics , make sure everything is properly installed and congured . F or information, see Chapter 2 , “ Setup and Installation.
If you insert the Admin T ools CD in another computer and run Remote Install Mac OS X (located in /Applications/Utilities/ on the c omputer), you can hold down the Option key and choose the Administration T ools volume bef ore star ting up Mac OS X to run Ser ver Diagnostics EFI from the disc .
Chapter 3 Starting Up Ser ver Diagnostics 21 Y ou must be able to authenticat e as the root account to change the startup disk using the command-line interface. Note: The T erminal commands described in this task are case-sensitive , and must be entered as sho wn.
T o temporarily change the startup disk at startup: 1 Restart the ser ver . 2 While the server is restar ting , hold down the Option key until a list of v olumes appears. If you ’ re asked to authenticat e, enter the rmware password and click the C ontinue (right-arrow) button.
Chapter 3 Starting Up Ser ver Diagnostics 23 4 After selecting a language, choose Utilities > F irmware P asswor d Utility. 5 In Firmwar e P assword Utility , click Change. 6 Deselect “Require password to change rmware settings ,” and click OK, then authenticat e when asked.
24 Ser ver Diagnostics Mac OS X and Ser ver Diagnostics EFI ha ve di erent in ter faces and functionality . This chapter describe s how to use both sets of Ser v er Diagnostics. Before you can use Server Diagnostics, mak e sure y ou’v e properly star ted up the t ools.
Chapter 4 Using Server Diagnostics 25 The follo wing table describes the three modes: Mode Description Automatically en ters mode if Host The computer searche s for servers that are on the same subnet and start S erver Diagnostics in remote mode. When one is found , the host computer contr ols Ser ver Diagnostics on the client server .
T o remotely test a clien t ser v er: 1 On the host computer , open Ser ver Diagnostics Mac OS X (typically located in /Applications/). 2 Choose from the follo wing: If the host computer is a Mac Pro .
Chapter 4 Using Server Diagnostics 27 T esting the Local Ser ver U sing Ser ver Diagnostics EFI T o test the local ser ver , make sure none of the c omputers on the same subnet as the ser v er is running Ser ver Diagnostics Mac OS X in host mode.
Using Ser ver Diagnostics EFI In Ser ver Diagnostics EFI, the test controls and test selections are s plit across two panes. Regardless of which pane you’ re look ing at , you can do the follo wing:.
Chapter 4 Using Server Diagnostics 29 Customizing Server Diagnostics EFI T est Settings Y ou can customize Ser v er Diagnostics test settings by choosing which tests ar e run, whether to loop tests , and whether to stop or con tinue testing when an error occurs.
Clearing the T est Log The test log con tains all test messages tha t have occurred during the current Ser ver Diagnostics session. If you quit Ser ver Diagnostics , the log is cleared. T o clear the test log without quitting Ser ver Diagnostics , click Clear T est Data.
Chapter 4 Using Server Diagnostics 31 T aking Screenshots Y ou can take screenshots of Ser ver Diagnostics EFI, which are sa ved as BMP les in the root folder of the v olume with Ser ver Diagnostics EFI installed .
Customizing Server Diagnostics Mac OS X T est Settings Y ou can customize Ser v er Diagnostics test settings in several wa ys by choosing which tests are run, whether to loop tests, and whether to stop or continue testing when an error occurs.
Chapter 4 Using Server Diagnostics 33 W orking with T est Groups Y ou can create test gr oups based on your customized te st settings. These are similar to template s because they allow you t o reuse your test settings without ha ving to change each setting individually .
Viewing Logs Y ou can view the following types of logs in Ser ver Diagnostics Mac OS X: Log type Description T est All messages from te sts run in the current Server Diagnostics Mac OS X session. Hardware Info Listing and description of all installed hardware .
Chapter 4 Using Server Diagnostics 35 Setting Log Pr eference s Y ou can set up log preference s so the Ser ver Diagnostics test logs ar e saved to a le at a location you choose. Ser ver Diagnostics test logs are cr eated when you start a Ser ver Diagnostics session.
T o set log preference s: 1 In Ser ver Diagnostics Mac OS X, cho ose AppleServerDiagnostics > Pref erences . 2 T o automatically sav e test logs, selec t “ Auto-sa ve test log .” If you don ’t select this option, you can ’ t per form the steps that f ollow .
37 This ref erence de scribes the tests a v ailable in Ser ver Diagnostics and gives e stimate s for how long the t ests take to complete . The types of tests av ailable depend on if you ’ re using Server Diagnostics EFI or Ser ver Diagnostics Mac OS X, and on your server model and conguration.
38 Appendix Ser ver Diagnostics T est Reference Component t ested A vailable in Server Diagnostics EFI A vailable in Server Diagnostics Mac OS X Notes Hard drive %% Di erent t ests are available , depending on the tool and whether solid state drives are installed.
Appendix Server Diagnostics T est Ref erence 39 Te s t Estimated completion time Description Boot ROM Headers and Data Checksum 1 5 seconds V eries headers and data checksum for all rmware volume regions throughout the Boot ROM. V erify BOF Flash with CRC 1 second V eries that the low and high limits for testing sensors ar e correctly set.
40 Appendix Server Diagnostics T est Ref erence Hard Drive T ests When Ser ver Diagnostics EFI starts, it p erforms a hardware existence t est. Hard drive s found during this test can be t ested individually using hard drive te sts.
Appendix Server Diagnostics T est Ref erence 41 Te s t Estimated completion time Description Random 45 seconds Uses pseudo-random v alues. Block Checkerboard 3 2 1 5 seconds Alt ernates 3 2-bit words with all 1s and all 0s, and then with all 0s and all 1s.
42 Appendix Server Diagnostics T est Ref erence Te s t Estimated completion time Description MP Walking Bit Flip 7 minutes Alt ernates words with walking 1 and walking 0, and then alternates wor ds with walking 0 and walking 1 . Check Hardware Errors 2 seconds T ests specic registers for memory related errors.
Appendix Server Diagnostics T est Ref erence 43 P ow er Supply T ests Te s t Estimated completion time Description Good 1 second Checks if the power supply’ s good bit is set. If it’ s not set, this could indicate that the pow er supply isn ’t seated well or is bad , or that there ’ s no AC connected.
44 Appendix Ser ver Diagnostics T est Reference Ser ver Diagnostics Mac OS X T ests These tests ar e available if y our ser ver is running Server Diagnostics Mac OS X.
Appendix Server Diagnostics T est Ref erence 45 Bluetooth T ests Te s t Estimated completion time Description Bluetooth USB Interface 1 second V eries USB interface between host and Bluetooth. MAC Addr ess V erication 1 second V eries MAC address isn ’t all FFs or 00s.
46 Appendix Server Diagnostics T est Ref erence Hard Drive T ests When Ser ver Diagnostics Mac OS X starts, it performs a hardware existence te st. Hard drives and solid-stat e drives found during this test can be t ested individually using hard drive tests .
Appendix Server Diagnostics T est Ref erence 47 Sensor T ests When Ser ver Diagnostics Mac OS X starts, it performs a hardware existence te st. Sensors found during this test can be te sted individually using sensor tests.
USB T ests Connect USB devices befor e running USB tests. Te s t Estimated completion time Description Pre sence 1 second V eries that a USB device is connected. Video Contr oller T ests T o run these tests, a display that supports 1 024 by 768 or higher r esolution must be attached to graphics cards being te sted.
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