Running ODE

You can run ODE in one of the following ways:

Using the HP 9000 Offline Diagnostics Environment CD
Using the Boot Logical Interchange Format (LIF) volume from the system disk

HP recommends that you run the offline diagnostics tools using the HP 9000 Offline ODE CD for the following reasons:

You can access the complete set of offline diagnostics tools.
You can run ODE from the CD when the system is not booted to the operating system.
You do not need a system disk to run ODE.
You can run ODE on both HP 3000 (MPE/iX) systems and HP 9000 System (HP-UX).
You can use the command-line interface or the menu-driven interface to run the tools on 32-bit systems.

If you do not have the HP 9000 Offline Diagnostics Environment CD, you can run the offline diagnostics tools from the system disk. Before doing so, consider the following:

The system disk contains only a subset of the most commonly used offline diagnostics tools:
- For 32-bit systems:
  MAPPER
  IOTEST
  PERFVER
- For 64-bit systems:
  MAPPER2
  IOTEST2
  PERFVER2
You cannot use the menu-driven interface.

Running ODE from the CD

To run ODE, the system must be at the Boot Console Handler (BCH). When the system is configured to boot to the operating system automatically, it waits 10 seconds for user intervention. You can press any key to stop the autoboot process and go to the main menu prompt.

The following steps describe how to run ODE from the CD:

Insert the HP 9000 Offline Diagnostics Environment CD in the CD drive.
Restart the computer to boot to the PDC (Processor Dependent Code ) prompt.
NOTE: The appearance of PDC prompts may differ from one computer to another.

At the PDC prompt, enter the search command for a list of bootable devices. For example:

Main Menu: < Enter command or menu > search

IODC
Path#  Device Path (dec)  Device Path (mnem)  Device Type        Rev
-----  -----------------  ------------------  -----------        ----
P0      0/0/1/1.2          intscsib.2        Random access media   1
P1      0/0/2/0.2          intscsia.2        Random access media   1

Select the CD-ROM device and boot from that device:
Main Menu: < Enter command or menu > boot P1
When prompted, answer y (yes) to interact with the Initial Program Loader (IPL):
Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)? y
This will return the ISL> prompt.
At the ISL prompt, enter the ode command to run the ODE program:
ISL> ode
This will return the ODE> prompt.

At the ODE prompt, enter the ls command to obtain a list of the offline diagnostics tools:

ODE> ls 
Modules on this boot media are:

filename    type    size     created   description
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAPPER2     TM      146      05/07/12  64 bit version of the system mapping
IOTEST2     TM      882      05/07/12  64 bit version that runs ROM-based self
PERFVER2    TM      126      05/07/12  64 bit version that runs ROM-based self

To select and run the ODE tools, enter the run command and the name of the module you want to run. For example:
ODE> run mapper2




	IMPORTANT: You must restart the system after running any ODE module before booting to the operating system or running any non-ODE utility.

Running from the System Disk

To run the offline diagnostics tools from the system disk, you must install the LIF-LOAD to the boot area of the system disk from the HP 9000 Offline Diagnostics Environment CD.

LIF is a subset of the offline diagnostics tools for HP 9000 systems. After LIF is installed, you can boot the system disk to the ISL prompt, run the ODE program, and then launch the offline diagnostics tools from the ODE prompt.

The following sections tell you how to determine whether LIF-LOAD is installed on the system disk, how to install LIF-LOAD on a HP 9000 system, and how to boot from the LIF volume.




	NOTE: Prior to September 2005 the LIF volume was a part of the Support Plus Media. Since then, it is available only on the HP 9000 Offline Diagnostics Environment CD.

Determining Whether LIF-LOAD Is Installed

Complete the following procedure to check if LIF-LOAD is installed on the system disk:

Restart the computer to boot to the PDC prompt.
NOTE: PDC prompts may differ from one system to another.
At the PDC prompt, boot from the primary boot path:
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > boot primary
When prompted, answer yes to interact with the IPL:
Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)? y
This will return the ISL> prompt.
Enter the ls command at the ISL prompt:
ISL> ls

If ls returns ODE in its display list, LIF-LOAD is installed on the system. If it is not installed, see “Installing LIF-LOAD.”

Installing LIF-LOAD

Complete the following procedure for installing the LIF-LOAD product to the boot area of the system disk:

Boot the system to HP-UX.
Log in as root.
Load the HP 9000 Offline Diagnostics Environment CD to the CD drive.
Make a directory from root (/) as a mount point. For example:
# mkdir /Offline_CD

Enter the ioscan -fnCdisk command to find the block special device file for the CD drive. In the following example the block special device file for the CD is /dev/dsk/c0t0d0:

# ioscan -fnCdisk

   Class     I  H/W Path       Driver S/W State   H/W Type     Description
   
   disk      0  10/0/14/0.0.0  sdisk CLAIMED     DEVICE       TEAC    CD-532E-B
                              /dev/dsk/c0t0d0   /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0
   disk      1  10/0/15/1.4.0  sdisk CLAIMED     DEVICE       SEAGATE ST39204LC
                              /dev/dsk/c3t4d0   /dev/rdsk/c3t4d0

Mount the CD using the CD block special device file and the directory you created in step 4. For example:
# mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0 /Offline_CD
Run the following script from the CD mount directory:
# /Offline_CD/DOCS/install_lifload.ksh

Running the ODE Tools

The following steps describe the procedure to run ODE from the system disk:

Boot the system from the PDC prompt.
Enter the following command:
>> boot primary
When prompted, answer y (yes) to interact with the IPL:
Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)? y
At the ISL prompt, enter the ode command to run the ODE program:
ISL> ode
Enter the ls command at the ODE prompt to obtain a list of the offline diagnostics tools:
ODE> ls
The screen displays a list of the tools.
To select and run the tools, enter the run command and the name of the module you want to run. For example:
ODE> run mapper2

Running ODE

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Installing LIF-LOAD

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