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User Diagnostics for Linux NIC Driver Management Applications: QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide
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User Diagnostics for Linux NIC Driver Management Applications:
QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide
This section covers the following information for user diagnostics for Linux NIC driver management applications:

Running Linux User Diagnostics

Linux Diagnostic Test Descriptions
Linux Diagnostic Test Messages
NOTE: The current release does not support external and internal loopback tests. Support is expected in a future
release.
Running Linux User Diagnostics
Linux user diagnostics include
QConvergeConsole Diagnostics
NOTE: Information on installing and starting the GUI version of
QConvergeConsole User's Guide. All procedural information for that utility is covered in the online help system.
QConvergeConsole CLI-based diagnostics include the following commands:
To enable or disable the port beacon, issue the following command:
qaucli -pr nic -beacon [cna_port_inst] <on|off>
To run an internal loopback test, issue the following command:
qaucli -pr nic -intloopback <cna_port_inst> <tests_num> <on_error>
where tests_num is the number of tests (1–65535) and on_error is either 0=Ignore or 1=Abort
To perform a Flash test, issue the following command:
qaucli -pr nic testflash [cna_port_inst]
To perform a hardware test, issue the following command:
qaucli -pr nic -testhw [cna_port_inst]
To perform an interrupt test, issue the following command:
qaucli -pr nic -testinterrupt [cna_port_inst]
To perform a link test, issue the following command:
qaucli -pr nic -testlink [cna_port_inst]
To perform a register test, issue the following command:
qaucli -pr nic -testregister [cna_port_inst]
To display transceiver DMI data, issue the following command:
qaucli -pr nic -trans [cna_port_inst]
Ethtool Diagnostics
To perform an adapter self-test using ethtool-based diagnostics, issue the following command:
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QConvergeConsole diagnostics and ethtool diagnostics.
QLogic's QConvergeConsole utility is provided in the