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Chapter 6 Diagnostics, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting 167
About Diagnostic Levels
Four different levels of diagnostic testing are available for power-on self-test (POST)
and OpenBoot Diagnostics control. The level of testing performed is based on the
setting of the OpenBoot PROM configuration variable diag-level, as follows:
■ off — Either no testing or initialization only
■ min — Fast, minimum level of testing (the default setting)
■ max — Extensive and time-consuming testing
■ menus — POST runs to completion, and then brings up the following POST
menu, which you can use to run individual power-on self-tests
For instructions on how to set the level of diagnostic testing, see “How to Set the
Diagnostics Level” on page 186. Note that if the diag-level setting is menus,
OpenBoot Diagnostics uses the setting min or max, depending on the test performed.
You can also use RSC to temporarily set the boot mode for a reboot that occurs
within 10 minutes. Using RSC to set the boot mode is similar to using L1-N key
combinations on non-USB Sun keyboards (the Sun Fire 280R server uses a USB
keyboard). See the Sun Remote System Control (RSC) User’s Guide for information
about the bootmode and rscadm bootmode commands.
{0} 0 Return
{0} 1 Run all Tests in this Menu
{0} 2 Change Test Control Flags
{0} 3 * Reset Menu
{0} 4 * CPU Tests
{0} 5 * Ecache Tests
{0} 6 * Memory Tests
{0} 7 * Schizo Tests
{0} 8 * RIO Tests
{0} 9 * Estar Test (UP only)
{0} a * ECC Tests
{0} b * MP Tests
{0} c * BIST
{0} d * System Frequency and CPU Ratio
{0} e * I2C/Fan/Temperature/Smart card
{0} f * Run POST
{0} 10 * Return to OBP
{0}Selection: