Perform the following steps:
- Compare the input and the output. For example, if a device model
number is wrong in an IOS report, compare it to the model number specified
on the in the IODF.
- Compare the output received to examples of the output shown in
the user's guide for the request.
- Check the call, command, macro, or statement used to request the
output. Make sure that all fields contain desired values.
- Match your findings to the following:
- For missing data set output, check the macro, command, or statement
used to request the output. Make sure that the missing output was
supposed to be received.
- For an incorrect or incomplete message, match the message received
to the message in the book with its explanation.
- For incorrect return and reason codes, match the codes to the
expected codes. Make sure that the code received and the code in
the book are the same type: both hexadecimal or both decimal.