Hardware testing from the CLI
You can use the Global test hardware command to test the hardware.
To use the test hardware command, you must establish an SSH connection and
enter the following commands.
# configure terminal
(config)# test hardwareDepending on the state of the hardware, the command produces output that shows the status of each component.
successwarningfailure
The output of the test hardware command is part of any generated error report.
The components are in the following categories.
- Backtrace availability
- Interface diagnostics
- Fan diagnostics
- RAID volume diagnostics
- Sensors diagnostics
- CPU/memory diagnostics
Sample
success statements are as follows.[success] Status of voltage reading 'Voltage PU +12' : ok.[success] CPUs OK[success] Memory all present[success] Statistics for interface 'eth10' show no errors[success] fan 1 operating within expected range
Sample
warning statements are as follows.[warning] No RAID Battery Backup Unit found.[warning] Physical link on interface 'eth10' is down.[warning] eth10 has invalid MAC (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff)
Sample
failure statements are as follows.[failure] Memory in error DIMM_H1, 0x001F[failure] fan 2 operating outside expected range (rpm too low)