MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL FIELD INFORMATION BULLETIN
SERVICE GROUP(S): MICRO,MINI,LARGE MFG: BASIC FOUR
NACS TYPE(S): N087 MFG. MODEL(S): GPx40 & GPx70
Diagnostics
CATEGORY: DIAGNOSTICS DESC: Information
*** TABLE OF CONTENTS AS OF 07/08/92 ***
FIB 00001.GPx 70 Diagnostic Information...............................04/17/92
FIB 00002.New GPx40 DEMON Release Level 1009 [ WPSF 741 ]............10/18/91
FIB 00003.WARNING DON'T Use DEMON 1009 on 1.6GB Disk..................05/28/92
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FIB 00001 MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 04/17/92
*** GPx 70 Diagnostic Information ***
GPx 70 diagnostic tapes are NOT sent with OS upgrades unless specifically
ordered. Diagnostic tapes can be ordered using:
W514785-103 - Diagnostic Software
907851-003 - 1/4" Tape Media
Manual - M0232A - GPx 70 Diagnostic Manual should also be ordered if missing
or below revision A.
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There have been instances when DEMON Diagnostics were to be run, using the
'I. VME 16way Interaction Test', and could not due to the level being below
FCS release. This is, with the assumption that ALL GPx70 systems are at the
1.1A*24 level or above; which all should be by now.
The FCS release level of DEMON is 1.1A*09 or later. There are two (2)
ways to determine the level of DEMON.
1) Load DEMON and check the 'Demon Level' at the DEMON display, after
the Autoconfiguration task. The Demon Level should display 1.1A*09
or later. You will also notice that in the Unit Test Selection
option 'I' will have the VME 16way Interaction Test. Earlier levels
will not have this option at selection 'I'.
This method will require the users to be off the system and a
standalone DEMON load will be required, either from Disk or Tape.
This will also let you check the tape version against the disk
version. There may be a case where they do have the correct level
on tape (update) but was not installed on disk.
See EXAMPLES.
2) To check the disk version while in multi user level, the Creation
Date can be checked; see EXAMPLES.
At line 1, the Creation Date will be displayed. If the Creation
Date is 02/05/91 or later, then correct level of DEMON is installed
on disk. If the date is eariler, then the Diagnostic tape should
be checked by loading DEMON. There is the possibility that the
updated version has not been installed on disk.
EXAMPLES:
o To check CREATION DATE:
# pg /usr/mbf/etc/level/DEMON
o To load DEMON from disk, all users will need to be logged off the
the system and a 'shutdown' will need to be invoked. Now the
standalone DEMON diagnostics can be loaded from either disk or tape.
- To load DEMON from DISK:
First check the 'diagPath' in the 'bs' (boot SSM) display as follows:
--> (or --->) pr bs <cr>
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The diagPath should display:
DiagPath = wd(0,0)stand/dmn/exec
To load DEMON:
--> (or --->) bs wd(0,0)stand/dmn/exec <cr>
o - To load from TAPE:
Insert the Diagnostic tape, insure that you also have available the
'Key' for it's use. At level two:
--> bs tm(48,6) <cr>
ORIGINATOR: D. Luque/N. Jones
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FIB 00002 10/18/91
*** New GPx40 DEMON Release Level 1009 ***
GPx Series 40 Diagnostics Dan Arteritano
New Release of DEMON
Type: Informational
Purpose: To announce a new release of DEMON diagnostics.
The Release level of Diagnostics has increased from 1008 to 1009.
Reason being, DEMON would hang on systems with 24MB of main memory.
The new Release level for DEMON is 1.1B*9.02, which will be shipped
with all existing and new orders for diagnostics.
To order the new level of diagnostics use part number W514751-204,
media will also have to ordered. The media part number for the 1/4"
cartridge tape is 907851-003. It will NOT be necessary to order this
level unless a system is being upgraded to 24MB and is already on 1.1B
Operating System.
ORIGINATOR: Dan Arteritano
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FIB 00003 MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 05/28/92
*** WARNING DON'T Use DEMON 1009 on 1.6GB Disk ***
SJ: 1.6GB 5 1/4" disk on GPx 640
PURPOSE: Notify field that using DEMON version 1009 (OS level 1.1B) and below
on 1.6GB drives will cause the drive to go into an illegal state, and corrupt
the data on the disk.
CAUSE: This is caused when running the default disk tests in sequence and can
be avoided by not running test 2 (seek test).
SYMPTOM: The sympton of a drive in this illegal state would show up as media
errors (03/11, 03/14) on the first few tracks (blocks 0-2,000). To put the
drive back into normal mode, run DIVE (formatter) and restore the customer's
data.
FIXED: In the DEMON diagnostic released with 1.1C.
ORIGINATOR: Maggie Skomra
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