Test And Test-All Commands; Openboot Diagnostics Error Messages - Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V445 Server Administration Manual

By default, test-args is set to contain an empty string. You can modify test-
args using one or more of the reserved keywords shown in
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Keyword
bist
debug
iopath
loopback
media
restore
silent
subtests
verbose
callers= N
errors= N
If you want to make multiple customizations to the OpenBoot Diagnostics testing,
you can set test-args to a comma-separated list of keywords, as in this example:
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ok setenv test-args debug,loopback,media

test and test-all Commands

You can also run OpenBoot Diagnostics tests directly from the ok prompt. To do this,
type the test command, followed by the full hardware path of the device (or set of
devices) to be tested. For example:
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ok test /pci@x,y/SUNW,qlc@2
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Keywords for the test-args OpenBoot Configuration Variable
What It Does
Invokes built-in self-test (BIST) on external and peripheral devices
Displays all debug messages
Verifies bus/interconnect integrity
Exercises external loopback path for the device
Verifies external and peripheral device media accessibility
Attempts to restore original state of the device if the previous
execution of the test failed
Displays only errors rather than the status of each test
Displays main test and each subtest that is called
Displays detailed messages of status of all tests
Displays backtrace of N callers when an error occurs
• callers=0 - displays backtrace of all callers before the error
Continues executing the test until N errors are encountered
• errors=0 - displays all error reports without terminating testing
.
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