1IPMCTL-START-DIAGNOSTIC(1) ipmctl IPMCTL-START-DIAGNOSTIC(1)
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6 ipmctl-start-diagnostic - Starts a diagnostic test
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9 ipmctl start [OPTIONS] -diagnostic [TARGETS]
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12 Starts a diagnostic test.
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15 -h, -help
16 Displays help for the command.
17 -ddrt
19 Used to specify DDRT as the desired transport protocol for the
20 current invocation of ipmctl.
21 -smbus
23 Used to specify SMBUS as the desired transport protocol for the
24 current invocation of ipmctl.
25 Note
27 The -ddrt and -smbus options are mutually exclusive and may not be
28 used together.
29 -lpmb
31 Used to specify large transport payload size for the current
32 invocation of ipmctl.
33 -spmb
35 Used to specify small transport payload size for the current
36 invocation of ipmctl.
37 Note
39 The -lpmb and -spmb options are mutually exclusive and may not be
40 used together.
41 -o (text|nvmxml), -output (text|nvmxml)
43 Changes the output format. One of: "text" (default) or "nvmxml".
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46 -diagnostic [Quick|Config|Security|FW]
47 Start a specific test by supplying its name. All tests are run by
48 default. One of:
49 · "Quick" - This test verifies that the PMem module host mailbox
51 is accessible and that basic health indicators can be read and
52 are currently reporting acceptable values.
53 · "Config" - This test verifies that the BIOS platform
55 configuration matches the installed hardware and the platform
56 configuration conform to best known practices.
57 · "Security" - This test verifies that all PMem modules have a
59 consistent security state. It is a best practice to enable
60 security on all PMem modules rather than just some.
61 · "FW" - This test verifies that all PMem modules of a given
63 model have consistent FW installed and other FW modifiable
64 attributes are set in accordance with best practices.
65 Note that the test does not have a means of verifying that the
66 installed FW is the optimal version for a given PMem module
67 model just that it has been consistently applied across the
68 system.
69 -dimm [DimmIDS]
71 Starts a diagnostic test on specific PMem modules by optionally
72 supplying one or more comma separated PMem module identifiers. The
73 default is to start the specified tests on all manageable PMem
74 modules. Only valid for the Quick diagnostic test.
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77 Starts all diagnostics.
78 ipmctl start -diagnostic
80 Starts the quick check diagnostic on PMem module 0x0001.
82 ipmctl start -diagnostic Quick -dimm 0x0001
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86 If a PMem module is unmanageable, then Quick test will report the
87 reason, while Config, Security and FW tests will skip unmanageable PMem
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91 Each diagnostic generates one or more log messages. A successful test
92 generates a single log message per PMem module indicating that no
93 errors were found. A failed test might generate multiple log messages
94 each highlighting a specific error with all the relevant details. Each
95 log contains the following information.
96 Test
98 The test name along with overall execution result. One of:
99 · "Quick"
101 · "Config"
103 · "Security"
105 · "FW"
107 State
109 The collective result state for each test. One of:
110 · "Ok"
112 · "Warning"
114 · "Failed"
116 · "Aborted"
118 Message
120 The message indicates the status of the test. One of:
121 · "Ok"
123 · "Failed"
125 SubTestName
127 The subtest name for given Test.
128 ┌──────────┬────────────────────────────┐
130 │ │ │
131 │Test Name │ Valid SubTest Names │
132 ├──────────┼────────────────────────────┤
133 │ │ │
134 │Quick │ │
135 │ │ · Manageability │
136 │ │ │
137 │ │ · Boot status │
138 │ │ │
139 │ │ · Health │
140 ├──────────┼────────────────────────────┤
141 │ │ │
142 │Config │ │
143 │ │ · PMem module │
144 │ │ specs │
145 │ │ │
146 │ │ · Duplicate PMem │
147 │ │ module │
148 │ │ │
149 │ │ · System │
150 │ │ Capability │
151 │ │ │
152 │ │ · Namespace LSA │
153 │ │ │
154 │ │ · PCD │
155 ├──────────┼────────────────────────────┤
156 │ │ │
157 │Security │ │
158 │ │ · Encryption │
159 │ │ status │
160 │ │ │
161 │ │ · Inconsistency │
162 ├──────────┼────────────────────────────┤
163 │ │ │
164 │FW │ │
165 │ │ · FW Consistency │
166 │ │ │
167 │ │ · Viral Policy │
168 │ │ │
169 │ │ · Threshold check │
170 │ │ │
171 │ │ · System Time │
172 └──────────┴────────────────────────────┘
173 State
175 The severity of the error for each sub-test displayed with
176 SubTestName. One of:
177 · "Ok"
179 · "Warning"
181 · "Failed"
183 · "Aborted"
185 Unresolved directive in ipmctl-start-diagnostic.txt -
187 include::ipmctl-diagnostic-events.txt[leveloffset=+1]
188ipmctl 2020-12-03 IPMCTL-START-DIAGNOSTIC(1)