Table 4–1 describes each option in the System Information menu.
Table 4–1 System Information Menu Options
Option |
Description |
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System Overview |
Includes basic information about your system, motherboard, BIOS, processor, memory cache, drives, video, modem, network, buses, and ports. |
Hardware ID Image |
Enables you to create a document showing information about your system, including comparisons between the updates and the newest versions of your system. XML is the format used to create and display this information, although you can also choose a text format (.txt) as well. |
System Management Information |
Provides information obtained from the system about the BIOS type, system, motherboard, enclosure, processors, memory modules, cache, slots, system event log, memory array, memory devices, memory device mapped addresses, and system boot. |
PCI Bus Information |
Includes details about specific devices from pci-config space within the system, similar to the System Management Information section. |
IDE Bus Information |
Shows the master-slave devices on the primary and secondary IDE controllers. |
PCMCIA/CardBus Info |
Not relevant to the Sun Ultra 27 workstation. |
Interrupt Vectors |
Details device interrupt vector information. |
IRQ Information |
Shows hardware interrupt assignments. |
Device Drivers |
Shows device drivers loaded under Open DOS. |
APM Information |
Tests the Advanced Power Management (APM) capabilities of the system. You can choose to change the power state, view the power status, indicate CPU usage, get a PM event, or change the interface mode. |
I/O Port Browser |
Shows the I/O port assignment for the hardware devices on the system. |
Memory Browser |
Enables you to view the mapped memory for the entire system. |
Sector Browser |
Reads sector information from the hard disks and DVD disks sector by sector. |
CPU Frequency Monitor |
Tests the processor speed. |
CMOS RAM Utilities |
Shows the CMOS settings of the system. |
SCSI Utilities |
Not applicable to the Sun Ultra 27 workstation. |
Text File Editor |
Opens a text editor. |
Start-Up Options |
Enables you to set up options for diagnostics testing. |