B-2 SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Installation Guide • December 2010
■Refer to the SPARCEnterprise M4000/M5000 Servers Service Manual for LED status.
B.2 Using the Diagnostic Commands
The following commands are detailed in this section.
■Section B.2.1, “Using the showhardconf Command” on page B-2
■Section B.2.2, “Using the showlogs Command” on page B-5
■Section B.2.3, “Using the showstatus Command” on page B-6
■Section B.2.4, “Using the fmdump Command” on page B-6
■Section B.2.5, “Using the fmadm faulty Command” on page B-7
■Section B.2.6, “Using the fmstat Command” on page B-8

B.2.1 Using the showhardconf Command

The showhardconf command displays information about each FRU. The following
information is displayed:
■Current configuration and status
■Number of installed FRUs
■Domain information
■IOBOX information
■Name properties of PCI cards
TABLEB-2 Typesof Troubleshooting Methods
TroubleshootingMethod Description
Check LEDs The system LEDs (on the operator panel) indicate any system or
hardwareerror detected during initial diagnosis or system
operation. Additional LEDs areprovided on the XSCF Unit, power
supplyunit, fan unit,and other units so that you can always locate
faulty components and identify specific errors.
Check log files Systemmessages are often displayed on the system console. These
messagescan alert you to systemproblems, such as a device that is
about to fail.
Check using the XSCF
Shell
Youcan use the XSCF Shell to find details of an error state, the
device status history,and other status information.