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106 Sun Fire V490 Server Administration Guide • August 2004
Exercising the System Using SunVTS Software
SunVTS software validation test suite performs system and subsystem stress testing.
You can view and control a SunVTS session over a network. Using a remote
machine, you can view the progress of a testing session, change testing options, and
control all testing features of another machine on the network.
You can run SunVTS software in five different test modes:
■ Connection mode – SunVTS software verifies the presence of device controllers on
all subsystems. This typically takes no more than a few minutes and is a good
way to “sanity check” system connections.
■ Functional mode – SunVTS software exercises only the specific subsystems you
choose. This is the default mode. In Functional mode, selected tests are run in
parallel. This mode uses system resources heavily, so you should not run any
other applications at the same time.
■ Auto Config mode – SunVTS software automatically detects all subsystems and
exercises them in one of two ways:
■
Confidence testing –SunVTS software performs one pass of tests on all
subsystems, and then stops. For typical system configurations, this requires
one or two hours.
■
Comprehensive testing – SunVTS software exhaustively and repeatedly tests all
subsystems for up to 24 hours.
TABLE 6-9 FRU Coverage of System Exercising Tools
SunVTS Hardware Diagnostic Suite
CPU/Memory Boards ✔ ✔
IDPROM ✔
DIMMs ✔ ✔
DVD Drive ✔ ✔
FC-AL Disk Drive ✔ ✔
Centerplane ✔ ✔
SC Card ✔
PCI Riser ✔ ✔
FC-AL Disk Backplane ✔