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Using the selftest diagnostics, Using the, Selftest – Sun Microsystems Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter 805-1759-10 User Manual

Page 29: Appendix a, “using the selftest diagnostics

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A P P E N D I X

A

Using the

selftest

Diagnostics

The following tests are available to help identify problems when the system
containing the Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter does not boot.

The FCode

selftest

is added to the device tree during the probing phase of the

OpenBoot PROM start-up sequence. You can invoke the FCode

selftest

diagnostics by using the OpenBoot user interface

test

or

test-all

commands. If

you encounter an error while running the diagnostics, appropriate messages will be
displayed. Refer to the OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference Manual for more information
on the

test

and

test-all

commands.

selftest

exercises most functionality of the adapter sub-section by sub-section and

checks for the following conditions:

Isolates faulty FRUs

Checks, with a high confidence, that no hardware fault exists on
No Trouble Found (NTF)

Checks connectivity during adapter card installation

Verifies that all components are functional