Reference Guide

Dell EMC embedded DIAG OS
This section describes how to access the Dell EMC embedded diagnostics in BIOS.
Topics:
• Dell embedded diagnostics
• PSU (Power Supply Units) diagnostics
• Fan diagnostics
• I2C diagnostics
• RTC/CMOS diagnostics
• PCI diagnostics
• DIMM diagnostics
• IPMI (BMC) diagnostics
• Storage diagnostics
• Critical Device diagnostics
• Temperature diagnostics
Dell embedded diagnostics
The embedded Dell embedded diagnostics are a new feature that can be used when the Dell embedded diagnostics OS partition
on the internal SSD has been deleted.
Entering Dell embedded diagnostics
NOTE: For a more exhaustive set of diagnostic routines please refer to the Dell EMC DIAG OS operating system.
The Dell embedded diagnostics tab is available from the BIOS setup menu.
To enter the BIOS setup, press the delete key during the BIOS boot up.
By default, to enter the BIOS setup, you have three seconds to press the delete key during the BIOS boot up. To increase
the time allowed, from the BIOS setup screen, select the Boot tab, then change the Setup Prompt Timeout number. The
maximum prompt timeout is 10 seconds.
Dell embedded diagnostics parameters
Tab to Test Option.
Tab to [No Action} and cycle to [Run Test} to start the test.
Once the tests are complete, the results are displayed in the Dell embedded diagnostics Test status.
To rerun the tests, cycle to Clear Status and then select [Run Test]
to re-start the test.
Alternatively, to re-run, Select No Action and then select [Run Test] to re-start the test.
Each component's detailed test result pages can be accessed by the goto links in the Dell embedded diagnostics top level menu.
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