Running diagnostic tests on a local system

The following procedure describes how to run diagnostic tests on a local system using the Preboot Dynamic System Analysis GUI, the Preboot Edition command-line interface, and Dynamic System Analysis on removable media.

About this task

Select a diagnostic option and complete the steps for that option.

Preboot Edition GUI:
1. Boot to the Dynamic System Analysis, either by booting to removable media or, for preinstalled Dynamic System Analysis, pressing F2 to interrupt the boot sequence.
2. Select Quit to DSA to exit the standalone memory diagnostic program.
  Note: After you exit the standalone memory diagnostic environment, you must restart the system before you can access this environment again.
3. Enter gui or select Click here to start diagnostics (GUI) to launch the Dynamic System Analysis graphical environment.
4. Click I Accept to accept the Preboot license.
5. Click Customized Inventory Collection and Diagnosis.
6. Select the desired Diagnostic items.
7. Click the cell in the Test Loop column to set loop counts for each individual test.
8. Click OK to start Diagnostics.
9. When the Diagnostics are finished, to display the Diagnostic details, click the button located under Diagnostic Tests in the navigation pane on the left.
Preboot Edition CLI:
1. Boot to the Dynamic System Analysis, either by booting to removable media or, for preinstalled Dynamic System Analysis, pressing F2 to interrupt the boot sequence.
2. Enter cmd or select Click here to start diagnostics (CLI) to launch the Dynamic System Analysis command environment.
3. From the menu to enter the interactive diagnostics environment, select Diagnostics. The options in this environment are:
  Execute Diagnostic Tests
  
  Executes the selected tests.
  
  Get Diagnostic Extended Results
  
  Displays the extended results of diagnostics tests that have already run.
4. When the tests are complete, enter :x to exit the menu.
5. Select the completed tests to view the results.
Dynamic System Analysis on removable media:
1. Insert the media into the system, and if necessary, mount the removable media.
2. From a command line, change to the directory for the removable media.
3. Enter the following command to collect system information:
```
ibm_utl_dsa_v.r.m_portable_plaform -diags
```
  where v.r.m is the version of Dynamic System Analysis, and platform is the supported Linux distribution.