Sun Microsystems V890 OpenBoot Prom firmware tests, Using the OpenBoot Prom tests, System reboots

Troubleshooting

OpenBoot PROM firmware tests

The OpenBoot PROM (OBP) on-board firmware performs a routine set of firmware and hardware tests.

Note:

Different versions of Solaris have different versions of the OpenBoot commands. Not all commands are available with every version.

This section includes the following topics:

●Using the OpenBoot PROM tests on page 166

●Test descriptions on page 167

●Probing disk drives on page 168

●Probing all SCSI media devices on page 169

Using the OpenBoot PROM tests

To use the OpenBoot PROM tests:

1.From the root login, turn off CMS.

2.Enter:

/usr/sbin/shutdown -y -i0 -g0

The system shuts down.

3.At the ok prompt, enter the following commands: setenv auto-boot? false

reset-all

The system resets and displays the ok prompt.

4.Enter any of the commands that are shown in Test descriptions on page 167.

5.When you finish testing, enter the following commands:

!CAUTION:

If you fail to enter these commands, any reboots that you do in the future will stop at the boot prompt instead of proceeding through the normal boot-up process.

setenv auto-boot? true

boot

The system reboots.

166 Avaya CMS Sun Fire V880/V890 Installation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting May 2006