Diagnosticsoverview - Sun Microsystems SPARCstation 2 Service Manual

DiagnosticsOverview

This chapter describes the different types of diagnostic firmware and software
tools available to you and how they are related. The main categories of
diagnostics are:
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Boot PROM diagnostics
Power-On Self-Test (POST)
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On-Board Diagnostics
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Sundiag System Exerciser
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SunDiagnostic Executive
Besides these categories of diagnostics, this chapter briefly covers the Forth
Toolkit, which is an interactive command interpreter based on the Forth
programming language. For a more complete discussion of the Sun Forth
Toolkit, see the Open Boot PROM 2.0 Toolkit User's Guide.
The Forth Toolkit gives you access to an extensive set of functions for
performing the following:
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Hardware development
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Problem determination (fault isolation)
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Software development
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Debugging
All functions available through the Monitor > prompt, except entering the
Forth Toolkit, are also available through the Forth Toolkit.
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