Viewing The Post Menus; Initializing Post - Sun Microsystems Sun Blade 150 Service Manual

3.4

Viewing the POST Menus

To use the POST menus:
1. At the system prompt, type:
ok% setenv diag-switch? true
ok% setenv diag-level = menus
3.5

Initializing POST

POST can be initialized in two ways:
maximum POST reporting, or max
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minimum POST reporting, or min
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Note – The default POST setting is max.
To run POST you must:
Set diag-switch? to true.
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Set the diag-level to either max or min.
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Power-cycle the system.
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To set the diag-switch? to true and power-cycle the system:
1. At the system prompt, type:
ok% setenv diag-switch? true
ok% setenv diag-level = min
Note – Type either min or max, depending on the functions you need to test.
2. Power-cycle the system by pressing and releasing the power switch on the front
panel.
3. Observe the terminal monitor to verify that POST is executing.
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