Sun Microsystems 280R manual About Diagnostic Levels, Bist

About Diagnostic Levels

Four different levels of diagnostic testing are available for power-on self-test (POST) and OpenBoot Diagnostics control. The level of testing performed is based on the setting of the OpenBoot PROM configuration variable diag-level, as follows:

■off — Either no testing or initialization only

■min — Fast, minimum level of testing (the default setting)

■max — Extensive and time-consuming testing

■menus — POST runs to completion, and then brings up the following POST menu, which you can use to run individual power-on self-tests

{0}	0	Return
{0}	1	Run all Tests in this Menu
{0}	2	Change Test Control Flags
{0}	3	* Reset Menu
{0}	4	* CPU Tests
{0}	5	* Ecache Tests
{0}	6	* Memory Tests
{0}	7	* Schizo Tests
{0}	8	* RIO Tests
{0}	9	* Estar Test (UP only)
{0}	a	* ECC Tests
{0}	b	* MP Tests
{0}	c	* BIST
{0}	d	* System Frequency and CPU Ratio
{0}	e	* I2C/Fan/Temperature/Smart card
{0}	f	* Run POST
{0}	10	* Return to OBP

{0}Selection:

For instructions on how to set the level of diagnostic testing, see “How to Set the Diagnostics Level” on page 186. Note that if the diag-levelsetting is menus, OpenBoot Diagnostics uses the setting min or max, depending on the test performed.

You can also use RSC to temporarily set the boot mode for a reboot that occurs within 10 minutes. Using RSC to set the boot mode is similar to using L1-N key combinations on non-USB Sun keyboards (the Sun Fire 280R server uses a USB keyboard). See the Sun Remote System Control (RSC) User’s Guide for information about the bootmode and rscadm bootmode commands.

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