SysKonnect SK-9Exx/9Sxx Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapters
Diagnostics Program 33
Loopback Repeater Test
To perform the loopback repeater test, you will have to connect the adapter to another adapter in-
stalled in a second computer running in repeater mode (further known as the “repeater computer”).
The computer in which the adapter is installed, which is to be tested, is called “test computer”.
To carry out the test, proceed as follows:
1. Install an adapter in the “repeater computer”.
2. Boot the “repeater computer” to DOS.
Wait until the operating system is loaded and the DOS prompt is displayed.
3. Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
4. Go to the product directory.
5. Type sk98diag.
6. Press <Enter>.
7. From the main menu of the diagnostics program, select REPEATER MODE.
8. Select the port which is to be tested, e.g. A (for single link adapters, only A is available).
9. Press <Enter>.
The window “Repeater Mode Port A” is displayed.
10. Install an adapter in the “test computer”.
11. Connect the adapter in the “repeater computer” to the adapter in the “test computer”.
12. Boot the “test computer” to DOS.
Wait until the operating system is loaded and the DOS prompt is displayed.
13. Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
14. Go to the product directory.
15. Type sk98diag.
16. Press <Enter>.
17. From the main menu of the diagnostics program, select LOOPB. WRAP PLUG.
18. Press <Enter>.
The various components will now be tested; this may take a few minutes. If the test was suc-
cessful, the message “All tests passed successfully” is displayed.
When the test fails, the message “failed” is displayed. The further procedure is described in
section “Failure of a Test”.
19. Press any key to continue.
20. On the “test computer”, quit the diagnostics program with EXIT.
21. On the “repeater computer”, quit the diagnostics program with EXIT.