Using the NIM diag operation

Use the diag operation to prepare resources for a client to be network-booted into diagnostics mode.

Note: The following operation is not allowed when resources with architectures different from the client are allocated to the client.
The command line syntax for the diag operation is as follows:
nim -o diag -a Attribute=Value ... TargetName |TargetNames

The target of a diag operation can be any standalone NIM client or group of standalone NIM clients.

The following are required attributes that can be specified for the diag operation:

Item Description
-a spot=Value Specifies the SPOT resource to be used to provide network boot and diagnostics support.
The following are optional attributes that can be specified for the diag operation:
Item Description
-a group=Value Specifies the name of a resource group to use for the operation. A resource group can be specified as an alternative to specifying multiple resources as separate attributes.
-a verbose=Value Displays information for debugging. Valid values are 1-5. Use verbose=5 to show maximum detail. The default is to show no debugging output.