4.
Identify the device types in your new system installation so that you know which components to
verify by entering the following command:
sldiag device types
Your storage system displays some or all of the following devices:
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ata is an Advanced Technology Attachment device.
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bootmedia is the system booting device.
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cna is a Converged Network Adapter not connected to a network or storage device.
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env is motherboard environments.
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fcache is the Flash Cache adapter, also known as the Performance Acceleration Module 2.
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fcal is a Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop device not connected to a storage device or Fibre
Channel network.
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fcvi is the Fiber Channel Virtual Interface not connected to a Fibre Channel network.
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interconnect or nvram-ib is the high-availability interface.
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mem is system memory.
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nic is a Network Interface Card not connected to a network.
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nvram is nonvolatile RAM.
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nvmem is a hybrid of NVRAM and system memory.
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sas is a Serial Attached SCSI device not connected to a disk shelf.
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serviceproc is the Service Processor.
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storage is an ATA, FC-AL, or SAS interface that has an attached disk shelf.
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toe is a TCP Offload Engine, a type of NIC.
5.
Run all the default selected diagnostic tests on your storage system by entering the following
command:
sldiag device run
6.
View the status of the test by entering the following command:
sldiag device status
Your storage system provides the following output while the tests are still running:
There are still test(s) being processed.
After all the tests are complete, the following response appears by default:
*> <SLDIAG:_ALL_TESTS_COMPLETED>
7.
Verify that there are no hardware problems on your new storage system by entering the
following command:
sldiag device status -long -state failed
The following example shows how the full status of the failures is displayed in a test run without
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