OpenBoot Configuration Variables Stored on a ROM Chip (Continued)
TABLE C-1
Variable
Possible Values
variable-name
security-password
variable-name
security-
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diag-script
all, normal, none
diag-level
none, min, max
diag-switch?
true, false
diag-trigger
none, error-reset,
power-on-reset,
user-reset, all-
resets
error-reset-
boot, sync, none
recovery
Default Value
Description
Firmware security password if
none
security-mode is not none (never
displayed) - do not set this directly.
Number of incorrect security password
none
attempts.
Specifies the set of tests that OpenBoot
normal
Diagnostics will run. Selecting all is
equivalent to running test-all from the
OpenBoot command line.
Defines how diagnostic tests are run.
min
If true:
false
• Run in diagnostic mode
• After a boot request, boot diag-file from
diag-device
If false:
• Run in nondiagnostic mode
• After a boot request, boot boot-file from
boot-device
Specifies the class of reset event that causes
power-on-
diagnostics to run automatically. Default
reset,
setting is power-on-reset error-reset.
error-
reset
–
• none
• error-reset
certain hardware error events such as RED
State Exception Reset, Watchdog Resets,
Software-Instruction Reset, or Hardware
Fatal Reset.
• power-on-reset
power cycling the system.
• user-reset
operating system panic or by user-initiated
commands from OpenBoot (reset-all or
boot) or from Solaris (reboot, shutdown,
or init).
• all-resets
Note: Both POST and OpenBoot Diagnostics
run at the specified reset event if the variable
diag-script is set to normal or all. If
diag-script is set to none, only POST runs.
Command to execute following a system reset
boot
generated by an error.
Appendix C
Diagnostic tests are not executed.
–
Reset that is caused by
–
Reset that is caused by
–
Reset that is initiated by an
–
Any kind of system reset.
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