Exercising The System - Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V440 Diagnostics And Troubleshooting Manual

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Exercising the System

Sometimes a server exhibits a problem that cannot be isolated definitively to a
particular hardware or software component. In such cases, it may be useful to run a
diagnostic tool that stresses the system by continuously running a comprehensive
battery of tests. Sun provides two such tools that you can use with the Sun Fire V440
server:
SunVTS software
Hardware Diagnostic Suite
Hardware Diagnostic Suite is a product you can purchase as an enhancement to Sun
Management Center software. Instructions for using the Hardware Diagnostic Suite
can be found in the Sun Management Center Software User's Guide.
This chapter describes the tasks necessary to use SunVTS software to exercise your
Sun Fire V440 server.
Tasks covered in this chapter include:
"How to Exercise the System Using SunVTS Software" on page 96
"How to Check Whether SunVTS Software Is Installed" on page 100
If you want background information about the tools and when to use them, turn to
Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.
Note – The procedures in this chapter assume that you are familiar with the
OpenBoot firmware and that you know how to access the ok prompt. For
background information, see "About the ok Prompt" on page 171. For instructions,
see "How to Get to the ok Prompt" on page 176.
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