Also, see:

“About Isolating Failures Using OpenBoot Diagnostics” on page 166

What to Do

1.Press the Break key on your alphanumeric terminal’s keyboard, or enter the Stop-asequence on a Sun keyboard.

The ok prompt is displayed.

2.Reset the system by typing the reset-allcommand:

ok reset-all

3.Set the diag-level configuration variable.

Two different levels are available for testing. To achieve the maximum coverage set diag-levelto max. See “How to Set the Diagnostics Level” on page 186.

4.Display the menu of diagnostic tests by typing the obdiag command:

ok obdiag

The OpenBoot Diagnostics menu appears. This menu displays a numbered list of all available tests.

5.At the obdiag> prompt, type the command you want to run.

For more information about what each available command does, see “About OpenBoot Diagnostics Tests” on page 168 or use the help command.

Note Use of the OpenBoot PROM configuration variable test-argscan affect the behavior of OpenBoot Diagnostics. The test-argsvariable is empty by default. Use the help command for more information on test-args.

If any problems are found by the test, OpenBoot Diagnostics displays an error report on the console. The first line of the error report describes the possible problem. The optional summary line displays the associated memory address and values.

What Next

Replace any field-replacable unit (FRU) that the OpenBoot Diagnostics test determines is defective.

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