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182 Sun Fire V490 Server Administration Guide • August 2004
FIGURE 10-1 Choosing a Tool to Isolate Hardware Faults
4. Do you intend to run the tests remotely?
Both Sun Management Center and RSC software enable you to run tests from a
remote computer. In addition, RSC software provides a means of redirecting
system console output, allowing you remotely to view and run tests—like POST
diagnostics—that usually require physical proximity to the serial port on the
system’s back panel.
System
boots
?
Run POST
yes
no
POST
failure
?
yes
no
Replace part
Run OBDiag
OBDiag
failure
?
yes
yes
no
LED lit
Fault
?
Disk
failure
?
yes
no
Software
problem
no
disk problem
Software or
system exerciser
Consider running
Replace part
Check disks