Chapter 8 8-5
Diagnostics
g. mapper - identifies the configuration of HPPA systems. It displays path,
identification, and revision information of I/O components, configuration of
memory controllers, processors, co-processors, cache, and TLB, as well as processor
board component revisions and values of various HPPA system identifiers,
revisions, and capabilities.
For further information on the various ODE commands and a complete listing of the
command set, type help at the ODE> prompt or at the prompt of one of the test
modules.
HP-UX Support Media
The support media allows you to diagnose problems when the HP-UX operating system
cannot be booted from the system disk. For additional information on the use of the
support media, refer to the most current version of the Support Media User's Manual.
To use the support media, the system has to have a minimum hardware configuration,
as shown:
16 Mbytes of memory
Console
A removable media device
Using The Support Media
Offline utilities are available under the ISL environment. ISL based offline utilities are
implemented on the support media. Some utilities are also implemented on the boot
disk. When you are at the ISL> prompt, enter help to list the commands available.
The following offline diagnostics are available:
COPYUTIL Disk copy utility
CRAYON Graphics diagnostics
DISKEXPT Expert disk utility (destructive)
DISKUTIL Disk utility (non-destructive)
IOTEST I/O module selftest diagnostic
MAPPER Configuration mapping module
MEMTEST Memory test
PDIAG PA7200 processor diagnostic
PERFVER Peripheral selftest diagnostic
SS_CONFIG Stable storage configuration
U2TEST I/O Adapter Chip I/O adapter test module
UPDATE PDC update utility