[Info-vax] HSJ-50

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2011-05-02 10:17, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article<ipmjsm$3va$2 at iltempo.update.uu.se>,
> 	Johnny Billquist<bqt at softjar.se>  writes:
>> On 2011-05-02 06:34, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> Is there any way to test an HSJ-50 without having a complete system and
>>> disk array hooked up to it?  I am getting ready to start putting stuff
>>> on eBay and would like to know it works before I advertise it.  It
>>> worked when removed from service, but that was several years ago and
>>> I certainly don't want to sell something that is going to be DOA.
>>
>> Don't they have a console port, just like the HSJ-40? Connect a
>> terminal, and power the thing up?
>
> Yes, but I didn't know how extensive/effective the console interface
> was.   I used it to configure things but I neverhad a problem so I
> never had to try and troubleshoot from it.

Based on my experience of the HSJ-40, you have self tests that are run 
as a part of the booting. There is additional diagnostics that you can 
run after boot. Maybe you'll need a shelf with a disk for some 
diagnostics to check that the SCSI works, but just getting it to boot is 
pretty much enough testing that the actual HSJ works fine. What's left 
is testing CI and SCSI, both which requires external hardware to test. 
If you have that, then I believe there are tests that will check them too.
Start by typing "DIR" at the prompt, to check what programs are 
available in the HSJ.

	Johnny

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