Owner's Manual

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Introduction
Dell Online Diagnostics, a stand-alone suite of diagnostic programs or test
modules, allows you to run diagnostic tests on Dell systems in a production
environment, and helps you ensure maximum uptime of your Dell systems.
Online Diagnostics allows you to run diagnostic tests on chassis and storage
components such as hard drives, physical memory, and network interface
cards (NICs.) You can use the graphical user interface (GUI) or the
command line interface (CLI) to run diagnostic tests on the hardware
that Online Diagnostics discovers on your system.
What’s New in this Release
This release of Online Diagnostics supports the following:
• Dell PowerEdge C1100, PowerEdge C1100 MLK, PowerEdge C2100,
PowerEdge C6100, PowerEdge C6100 MLK, PowerEdge R715, PowerEdge
M710HD, and PowerEdge M610x
• Dell PowerVault NX300 Network-Attached Storage
• New Network Interface Cards for Blade Servers
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
• VMware ESX 4.0 Update 1
• Fibre Channel Controllers
Supported Operating Systems
For supported operating systems, see the Readme of Online Diagnostics. To
access the ReadMe, on the Dell support website at support.dell.com/
manuals, click Software Systems Management Dell Online Diagnostics.