Diagnostic Test Descriptions - Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters User Manual

Enables/disables the Wake on LAN (WOL) property.
setwol setwol e = Enable WOL
setwol d = Disable WOL
Enables/disables Preboot Exchange Environment (PXE) and sets PXE speed
setpxe e = Enable PXE
setpxe d = Disable PXE
setpxe s 0 = Auto (Default)
setpxe
setpxe s 1 = 10 Mbps speed, half-duplex operation
setpxe s 2 = 10 Mbps speed, full-duplex operation
setpxe s 3 = 100 Mbps speed, half-duplex operation
setpxe s 4 = 100 Mbps speed, full-duplex operation
Enables/disables Alert Standard Format (ASF)
setasf
Do not use. Alert Standard Format (ASF) is not for system platforms.
Enables/disables Multi Boot Agent (MBA) and selects the MBA protocol
setmba d = Disable MBA
setmba e 0 = Enable Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) MBA (default)
setmba e 1 = Enable Remote Program Load (RPL) MBA
setmba e 2 = Enable Boot Protocol (BootP) MBA
setmba
setmba s 0 = Auto speed and duplex (default)
setmba s 1 = 10 Mbps speed, half-duplex operation
setmba s 2 = 10 Mbps speed, full-duplex operation
setmba s 3 = 100 Mbps speed, half-duplex operation
setmba s 4 = 100 Mbps speed, full-duplex operation
setmba s 6 = 1000 Mbps full-duplex (fiber)
Enables/disables Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
setipmi setipmi e = Enable IPMI
setipmi d = Disable IPMI
Runs the specified diagnostic tests
Specify which individual test(s) within a group or which group(s) of tests to run by including the test designation
or group designation in the command string, as shown in the examples below:
nictest nictest abcd = Run all tests
nictest b = Run all tests in group B
nictest a3b1 = Run tests A3 and B1 only
nictest a124b2 = Run tests A1, A2, A4, and B2
exit Changes from the Broadcom CLI mode to the MS-DOS command prompt mode
Selects the device (adapter)
device <n> = Device number in hexadecimal notation (default = 00000000)
device
device r = Remove all current Broadcom adapters and rescan available adapters
device s = Silent mode (adapters are not displayed)
version
Displays the version of the adapter software
help Displays this list of commands
Resets the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet chip
reset c = Simulate a cold reset
reset
reset w = Wait for firmware signature
reset t = Display the time from reset to firmware invert signature
cls Clears the screen
Loads Alert Standard Format (ASF) into NVRAM
asfprg
Do not use. Alert Standard Format (ASF) is not for system platforms.

Diagnostic Test Descriptions

The diagnostic tests are divided into 4 groups: Register Tests (Group A), Memory Tests (Group B), Miscellaneous Tests (Group
C), and Driver Associated Tests (Group D). The diagnostic tests are listed and described in
Table 3: Diagnostic Tests
Test
Number Name
Group A: Register Tests
Indirect
A1
Register
Description
This test uses an indirect addressing method to write an increment of data to the MAC hash register
table and read back data for verification. The memory read/write is done 100 times while
Table 3.