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Docking Station - Running SCSI Diagnostics on Docking Stations
Applicable to: World-Wide
Dock I SCSI Diagnostics
1. Insert the Dock I Option Diskette into drive A.
2. Turn on all attached devices, then turn the computer on.
3. In the main menu, select Diagnostics. Then select Test SCSI Subsystems. You will see a screen like this:
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SELECT SCSI ADAPTER Adapter # Location BIOS Ver. |
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Adapter #0 CA00 1.00 |
Note that in on the screen the Dock I SCSI controller is referred to as adapter. Press Enter. Note: If you have not attached a SCSI device to the Dock I SCSI controller, the diagnostic utility reports an error that no SCSI host adapters were not found.
4. The cursor highlights the first option device, which is the device with the lowest SCSI ID. Select the device you want to test by highlighting the device and pressing Enter.
5. The SCSI Fixed/Removal Drive Menu appears. This menu lists 7 possible test options. If your installation has no hard disk drives, only Test Options 0,1,2,3, and 4 appear on this menu. The individual tests are described briefly below.
(0) Adapter Diagnostics: Three pass/fail tests are run on the SCSI controller to check ROM, RAM, and the SCSI data bus.
(1) Device Diagnostics: This function issues the Device Diagnostics command to the selected device. If the device is a removable media type, it prompts for media to be inserted. If the command completes successfully, the selected device is installed an functioning properly.
(2) Test Unit Ready: This command is issued to each device to check that the device is on-line and ready to accept command requests.
(3) Get Device Status: If either the Test Unit Ready, Read, or Read/Write test resulted in an error condition, you should run Get Device Status to isolate the specific problem causing the error condition.
(4) Read Test: This test issues Read commands from the beginning to the end of the entire drive to verify that the drive processes them properly.
(5) Read/Write Test: This test issues Write commands, then Reads them back and compares the two to verify that they are handled properly by the drive. This test will destroy any data you may have on the drive.
(6) Low-Level Format Drive: This function will perform a low-level format of your drive, destroying any data that it may have on it. It is not necessary to run unless your SCSI device was used previously in another configuration. new drives do not require Low-Level Format Drive.
SelectaDock I, II, III and Dock II SCSI Diagnostics
1. Insert the Option Diskette for the docking station into drive A.
2. Turn on all attached devices, then turn the computer on.
3. At the Main Menu, there will be two options listed:
1. Test Expansion Unit
2. Test SCSI Subsystem
Select option number 2.
4. The next screen is titled SCSI Subsystem Diagnostics Utility v. 1.1 that has two menu choices to select from. The choices are:
1. Run the tests one time
2. Run the tests continuously
Select option number 1.
5. At the SCSI Devices Test Menu, there will be a list of 10 menu items. It will look similar to this:
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1. All |
(SCSI ID 0) |
Select the device you want to test and press Enter. If you are testing a CD-ROM drive, it will prompt you to insert a CD. Make sure the CD is a data CD and not a music CD.
6. When the test is completed it will tell you whether it fails or not. You can press the F3 key to exit out and restart the computer.
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Docking/Port Replicators, SCSI | |
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Date Created |
20-11-97 | |
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Last Updated |
25-01-99 | |
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Revision Date |
24-01-2000 | |
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IBM ThinkPad | |
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Product Family |
ThinkPad Docking Stations | |
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Machine Type |
3545, 3546, 3547 | |
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Various | |
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