Testing System Boards; Testing A Cpu/Memory Board; Requirements - Sun Microsystems Sun Fire 6800 Administration Manual

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C H A P T E R

Testing System Boards

This chapter describes how to test
A CPU/Memory board with the system controller testboard command
An I/O assembly in a spare domain with POST
The CPU/Memory board and I/O assembly are the only boards with directed tests.

Testing a CPU/Memory Board

Use the testboard system controller command to test the CPU/Memory board
name you specify on the command line. This command is available in both the
platform and domain shells.

Requirements

Domain cannot be active
Board power must be on
Repeater boards used to run the domain must also be powered on. See "Repeater
Boards" on page 18 for the Repeater boards needed to run the domain.
Board must not be part of an active domain. The board should be in the Assigned
state (if running from a domain shell). Use showboards to display the board
state.
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