Supporting diagnostics

Learn more about procedures that can aid you in analyzing problems.

Occasionally your problem analysis will lead you to more extensive procedures that can help analyze a problem.

• Running the online and eServer stand-alone diagnostics
  Use these tools to diagnose hardware problems on your AIX^® or Linux^® systems or partitions.
• Performing a slow boot
  Learn how to perform a slow boot using the HMC, control panel, or ASMI menus depending on your configuration.
• Performing dumps
  Learn more about the different types of dumps that can be performed and how to manage them, including copying, reporting, and deleting them.
• Determining the primary or alternate console
  Use this procedure to determine the primary or alternate console.
• Correcting the managed system operating state
  Use this procedure to correct the managed system state.
• Resetting the service processor
  Use this procedure to reset the service processor.
• Resetting the managed system connection from the HMC
  Use this procedure to reset the managed system connection from the HMC.
• Checking for a duplicate IP address
  Use this procedure to check for a duplicate IP address.