Sun Microsystems V880 Server User Manual


 
Troubleshooting
166 Avaya CMS Sun Fire V880/V890 Installation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting May 2006
OpenBoot PROM firmware tests
The OpenBoot PROM (OBP) on-board firmware performs a routine set of firmware and
hardware tests.
Note:
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:
!
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.