Openboot Prom Firmware Tests; Using The Openboot Prom Tests - Avaya Sun Fire V880 Installation & Maintenance

Troubleshooting

OpenBoot PROM firmware tests

The OpenBoot PROM (OBP) on-board firmware performs a routine set of firmware and
hardware tests.
Note:
Different versions of Solaris have different versions of the OpenBoot commands.
Note:
Not all commands are available with every version.
This section includes the following topics:

Using the OpenBoot PROM tests

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Test descriptions
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Probing disk drives
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Probing all SCSI media devices
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Using the OpenBoot PROM tests
To use the OpenBoot PROM tests:
1. From the root login, turn off CMS.
2. Enter:
/usr/sbin/shutdown -y -i0 -g0
The system shuts down.
3. At the ok prompt, enter the following commands:
setenv auto-boot? false
reset-all
The system resets and displays the ok prompt.
4. Enter any of the commands that are shown in
5. When you finish testing, enter the following commands:
!
CAUTION:
If you fail to enter these commands, any reboots that you do in the future will stop
CAUTION:
at the boot prompt instead of proceeding through the normal boot-up process.
setenv auto-boot? true
boot
The system reboots.
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May 2006