Probe Command Warnings; Avaya Cms Sun Fire V880/V890 Installation, Maintenance, And Troubleshooting May - Avaya Sun Fire V880 Installation & Maintenance

Troubleshooting

Probe command warnings

Symptom: When running any of the probe commands, the following message is displayed:
This command may hang the system if a Stop-A or halt command has been executed. Please
type reset-all to reset the system before executing this command. Do you wish to
continue [Y/N].
!
CAUTION:
Do not continue. Answer n. Do not answer y.
CAUTION:
Solution: To recover from this condition:
1. Enter: n
This stops the probe command.
2. Enter the following commands:
setenv auto-boot? false
reset-all
3. It is now safe to run any of the probe commands and perform any other boot PROM-level
diagnostics.
4. After you finish probing the system devices, 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 -r
The system reboots.
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Avaya CMS Sun Fire V880/V890 Installation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting May 2006