Openboot prom firmware tests, Using the openboot prom tests – Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V880 User Manual

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Troubleshooting

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Avaya CMS Sun Fire V880/V890 Installation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting

May 2006

OpenBoot PROM firmware tests

The OpenBoot PROM (OBP) on-board firmware performs a routine set of firmware and
hardware tests.

Note:

Note:

Different versions of Solaris have different versions of the OpenBoot commands.
Not all commands are available with every version.

This section includes the following topics:

Using the OpenBoot PROM tests

on page 166

Test descriptions

on page 167

Probing disk drives

on page 168

Probing all SCSI media devices

on page 169

Using the OpenBoot PROM tests

To use the OpenBoot PROM tests:

1. From the root login, turn off CMS.

2. Enter:

/usr/sbin/shutdown -y -i0 -g0
The system shuts down.

3. At the ok prompt, enter the following commands:

setenv auto-boot? false

reset-all
The system resets and displays the ok prompt.

4. Enter any of the commands that are shown in

Test descriptions

on page 167.

5. When you finish testing, enter the following commands:

CAUTION:

!

CAUTION:

If you fail to enter these commands, any reboots that you do in the future will stop
at the boot prompt instead of proceeding through the normal boot-up process.

setenv auto-boot? true

boot
The system reboots.

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