TABLE 6-10OpenBoot Diagnostics Menu Tests (Continued)

Test Name

 

What It Does

 

FRU(s) Tested

 

 

 

 

 

ide@6

 

Tests the on-board IDE controller and IDE bus subsystem

PCI riser board,

 

 

 

that controls the DVD drive

DVD drive

network@1

 

Tests the on-board Ethernet logic, running internal loopback

Centerplane

 

 

 

tests. Can also run external loopback tests, but only if you

 

 

 

 

install a loopback connector (not provided)

 

network@2

 

Same as above, for the other on-board Ethernet controller

Centerplane

pmc@1,300700

 

Tests the registers of the power management controller

PCI riser board

rsc-

 

Tests SC hardware, including the SC serial and Ethernet

SC card

control@1,3062f8

 

ports

 

 

rtc@1,300070

 

Tests the registers of the real-time clock and then tests the

PCI riser board

 

 

 

interrupt rates

 

 

serial@1,400000

 

Tests all possible baud rates supported by the ttya serial

Centerplane,

 

 

 

line. Performs an internal and external loopback test on each

PCI riser board

 

 

 

line at each speed

 

 

usb@1,3

 

Tests the writable registers of the USB open host controller

Centerplane

 

 

 

TABLE 6-11describes the commands you can type from the obdiag> prompt.

 

TABLE 6-11OpenBoot Diagnostics Test Menu Commands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

exit

 

 

Exits OpenBoot Diagnostics tests and returns to the ok prompt

 

help

 

 

Displays a brief description of each OpenBoot Diagnostics

 

 

 

 

command and OpenBoot configuration variable

 

setenv variable value

Sets the value for an OpenBoot configuration variable (also

 

 

 

 

available from the ok prompt)

 

 

test-all

Tests all devices displayed in the OpenBoot Diagnostics test

 

 

 

 

menu (also available from the ok prompt)

 

 

test

#

 

Tests only the device identified by the given menu entry

 

 

 

 

number. (A similar function is available from the ok prompt.

 

 

 

 

See “From the ok Prompt: The test and test-all

 

 

 

 

Commands” on page 87.)

 

 

test

#,#

Tests only the devices identified by the given menu entry

 

 

 

 

numbers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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