Dell PowerSwitch S4112F-ON Open Networking Hardware Diagnostic Guide April 201 - Page 79

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smbiostool --h (or) smbiostool -h Print the BIOS version:= smbiostool --biosversion (or) smbiostool -b Check whether the SPI flash was detected:= smbiostool --biosflashdetect (or) smbiostool -f Take a backup of the Current running BIOS:= smbiostool --biosread (or) smbiostool -r Update the bios:= smbiostool --biosupdate (or) smbiostool -u Dump the DMI table:= smbiostool --biosdumpall (or) smbiostool -d Check whether the SPI flash was detected:= smbiostool --biosdumpfields (or) smbiostool -S for biosdumpfiels:= -q Less verbose output -s Only display the value of the given DMI string -t TYPE Only display the entries of given type -u Do not decode the entries --dump-bin Dump the DMI data to a binary file --from-dump Read the DMI data from a binary file -V Display the version of dmidecode binary Output root@dell-diag-os:~# smbiostool --biosversion x.xx.x.x_MRC48 root@dell-diag-os:~# root@dell-diag-os:~# smbiostool --biosflashdetect dmidecode -s system-version flashrom -V -p internal > /tmp/flhdet.txtFound Flash chip!!! Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q128.V" (16384 kB, SPI) at physical address 0xff000000. --biosupporteddevices is a list of devices supported by flashrom for reprogramming --biosdumpall is the dump of the dmidecode data --biosdumpfields [SUBOPT] allows you to dump specified fields using the options The --bioserase and --bioswrite options have been rolled into a --biosupdate option. storagetool The storagetool tests mounted storage media. The tool searches for any device in /dev/hd*, sda, sdb, or sdc and tests using them. The tests are file-copy tests to the device in the mounted file system. The files are written, compared and removed, leaving the file system as it was before the test. You can run more tests using the bonnie++ tool and the tool reads SMART data from the device using the smart option. Tests The standard test creates a directory on the file system, opens a file for write, copies the file, compares the files, and reports errors. The test repeats 10 times. After the test completes successfully, storagetool removes all the test files. Dell EMC DAIG-OS tools 79

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smbiostool --h
(or)
smbiostool -h
Print the BIOS version:=
smbiostool --biosversion
(or)
smbiostool -b
Check whether the SPI flash was detected:=
smbiostool --biosflashdetect
(or)
smbiostool -f
Take a backup of the Current running BIOS:=
smbiostool --biosread <FILEPATH>
(or)
smbiostool -r
Update the bios:=
smbiostool --biosupdate <FILEPATH>
(or)
smbiostool -u <FILEPATH>
Dump the DMI table:=
smbiostool --biosdumpall
(or)
smbiostool -d
Check whether the SPI flash was detected:=
smbiostool --biosdumpfields <*options*>
(or)
smbiostool -S <*options*>
<*options*> for biosdumpfiels:=
-q
Less verbose output
-s
Only display the value of the given DMI string
-t
TYPE
Only display the entries of given type
-u
Do not decode the entries
--dump-bin <FILE>
Dump the DMI data to a binary file
--from-dump <FILE>
Read the DMI data from a binary file
-V
Display the version of dmidecode binary
Output
root@dell-diag-os:~# smbiostool --biosversion
x.xx.x.x_MRC48
root@dell-diag-os:~#
root@dell-diag-os:~# smbiostool
--biosflashdetect
dmidecode -s system-version flashrom -V -p internal > /tmp/flhdet.txtFound Flash chip!!!
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q128.V" (16384 kB, SPI) at physical address 0xff000000.
--biosupporteddevices is a list of devices supported by flashrom for reprogramming
--biosdumpall is the dump of the dmidecode data
--biosdumpfields [SUBOPT] allows you to dump specified fields using the options
The --bioserase and --bioswrite options have been rolled into a --biosupdate option.
storagetool
The
storagetool
tests mounted storage media.
The tool searches for any device in
/dev/hd*
,
sda
,
sdb
, or
sdc
and tests using them. The tests are
file-copy
tests to the device in the
mounted
file
system. The
files
are written, compared and removed, leaving the
file
system as it was before the test. You can run more tests
using the
bonnie++ tool
and the tool reads SMART data from the device using the
smart
option.
Tests
The standard test creates a
directory
on the
file
system, opens a
file
for write, copies the
file,
compares the
files,
and reports errors.
The test repeats 10 times. After the test completes successfully,
storagetool
removes all the test
files.
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