Sun Microsystems 220R manual Software Commands, Solaris prtdiag Command

Software Commands

The system software provides Solaris operating environment commands, and OpenBoot PROM (OBP) commands that you can use to diagnose problems. For more information about Solaris commands, see the appropriate man pages. For additional information about OBP commands, see the OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference Manual. (An online version of the manual is included with the Solaris System Administrator AnswerBook that ships with Solaris software.)

Solaris prtdiag Command

The prtdiag command is a UNIX shell command used to display system configuration and diagnostic information. You can use the prtdiag command to display:

■System configuration, including information about clock frequencies, CPUs, memory, and I/O card types

■Diagnostic information

■Failed field-replaceable units (FRUs)

To run prtdiag, type:

%/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin/prtdiag

To isolate an intermittent failure, it may be helpful to maintain a prtdiag history log. Use prtdiag with the -l(log) option to send output to a log file in /var/adm.

Note –Refer to the prtdiag man page for additional information.

An example of prtdiag output follows. The exact format of prtdiag output depends on which version of the Solaris operating environment is running on your system.

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