Diagnostic Tests; Table 7-1 Diagnostic Tools Sorted By Tool Type - Sun Microsystems Ultra 25 Service Manual

Diagnostic Tools Sorted by Tool Type (Continued)
TABLE 7-1
Diagnostic Tool Type of Tool
Solaris 10 Operating Software
System
NVRAM Firmware
POST diagnostics Firmware
OpenBoot Firmware
Diagnostics
SunVTS Software
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Diagnostic Tests

The Predictive Self-Healing (predictive self-healing tools) is often your first and best
tool for diagnostics. Use
troubleshoot a component.
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What the Tool Does
Commands display system
information.
Contains properties and flags
to configure system and
diagnostic tests.
Tests workstation core
components such as CPU and
memory.
Tests system motherboard
and component interfaces.
Exercises and stresses
workstation components.
to determine which diagnostic program to use to
TABLE 7-2
How to Use the Tool
Commands iostat, prtdiag,
prtconf, netstat, ping, ps, and
prstat are run with superuser
privileges. See "Traditional Solaris
Troubleshooting Commands" on
page 9-6.
The setenv command typed at the ok
prompt or the eeprom command in a
terminal window can configure the
OpenBoot PROM for diagnostics and
automatic execution of scripts. See
"NVRAM" on page 10-1.
Checks low-level interaction between
CPU, caches, memory, JBus, and PCI
bridge. Output displayed through serial
port. See "Power-On Self-Test" on
page 11-1.
Component tests are selected from
menu. If component is PCI card with
IEEE 1275-compliant Fcode, internal self-
test is executed. See "OpenBoot
Diagnostics" on page 12-6.
Invoked from the Solaris Operating
System. Command-line or GUI user
interface. SunVTS must be installed on
the system under test. See "SunVTS" on
page 13-1.