3.3.2
Running the showfaults Command
The ALOM CMT showfaults command displays the following kinds of faults:
Environmental faults – Temperature or voltage problems that might be caused by
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faulty FRUs (power supplies, fans, or blower), or by room temperature or blocked
air flow to the server.
POST detected faults – Faults on devices detected by the power-on self-test
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diagnostics.
PSH detected faults – Faults detected by the Solaris Predictive Self-healing (PSH)
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technology
Use the showfaults command for the following reasons:
To see if any faults have been passed to, or detected by ALOM CMT.
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To obtain the fault message ID (SUNW-MSG-ID) for PSH detected faults.
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To verify that the replacement of a FRU has cleared the fault and not generated
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any additional faults.
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At the
The following showfaults command examples show the different kinds of output
from the showfaults command:
Example of the showfaults command when no faults are present:
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sc> showfaults
Last POST run: THU MAR 09 16:52:44 2006
POST status: Passed all devices
No failures found in System
Example of the showfaults command displaying an environmental fault:
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sc> showfaults -v
Last POST run: TUE FEB 07 18:51:02 2006
POST status: Passed all devices
ID FRU
0 IOBD
low warning threshold.
> prompt, type the showfaults command.
sc
Fault
VOLTAGE_SENSOR at IOBD/V_+1V has exceeded
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