Owner's Manual

Using Dell Online Diagnostics 31
Use pediags <DEVICECLASS> --show device details to
view additional device information, if available.
The
details=true option works only with --show device . For
example, to see additional device information for the SCSI devices, enter
pediags Scsidevdiag --show device details=true .
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pediags <DEVICECLASS> --run [<Index Options>]
[<Test Settings>] [fmt=lst|tbl|xml]
Runs tests on the device class you select. You can specify index options,
test settings, and choose the format in which you want the results
displayed. The parameters should follow the particular order in which they
are listed and format options are always the last parameter.
In the
< Test Settings > parameter, you can specify quicktest as true or
false. You can also specify the number of iterations or passes for the
selected test. Passes specifies the number of passes to execute.
For example, the command
pediags network --run test-
index=1,2,3 quicktest=true passes=6 fmt=tbl
, runs six
iterations of the tests whose index numbers are 1, 2, and 3 on the network
device class. The results are displayed in a table format.
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pediags <DEVICECLASS> --run time= x (where x is the
number of minutes you want the test to run.)
This command allows you to run a diagnostic test for a specified duration.
For example,
pediags scsidevdiag --run device-index=1
test-index=1 time=30
runs the diagnostic test whose index is 1 on
the SCSI device whose
device-index is 1 for 30 minutes. Tests stop
executing after they complete 72 hours or 999 passes, whichever occurs first.
NOTE: Runtime of the passes parameter is limited to 3 days (72 hours).
The minimum number of iterations supported is 1 and the maximum is 999.
NOTE: Always specify the time parameter in minutes and enter the time
parameter after the --run parameter.
Aborting Online Diagnostics in CLI Mode Using <Ctrl><C>
Using <Ctrl><C> to abort with the --show command does not cause the
action to abort. When running tests, you may use <Ctrl><C> at any point
of time during the execution sequence to stop the test. No output may be