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Document Information

Preface

Related Documentation

About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)

Typographic Conventions

Documentation Comments

Change History

Diagnostics Guide

Introduction to Diagnostic Tools

About Diagnostic Tools

Diagnostic Tools for Oracle Servers

Using the Diagnostic Tools to Troubleshoot a Server

U-Boot Diagnostic Startup Tests

U-Boot Diagnostic Startup Tests Overview

System Diagnostic Test Options at Startup

U-Boot Diagnostic Test Modes-Normal, Quick, and Extended

Reporting Diagnostic Failures at System Startup

Running the U-Boot Diagnostic Tests

Sample U-Boot Test Output

Sample SP Environmental Variables Showing U-Boot Test Status

Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility

Pc-Check Diagnostics Overview

Accessing Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility

System Information Menu

Advanced Diagnostics Tests

Immediate Burn-In Testing

Deferred Burn-In Testing

Create Diagnostic Partition

Show Results Summary

Print Results Report

About Pc-Check

Exit to DOS

Accessing the Pc-Check Diagnostics Utility on the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD

How to Access and Run Pc-Check From the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD

How to Access and Run Pc-Check From a USB Device

How to Set Up the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD Image on the PXE Server

How to Access the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD From the Target Server

Index

U-Boot Diagnostic Test Modes–Normal, Quick, and Extended

U-Boot offers three diagnostic modes of operation: -Normal, -Quick, and -Extended. -Normal mode diagnostic tests are run by default each time the server starts up. Other modes of operations (-Quick or -Extended) must be selected to run at startup.

For details about which U-Boot diagnostic tests are run for each mode, see the following table. For details about how to select one of the three U-Boot modes to run at system startup, see How to Select a U-Boot Diagnostic Mode to Run at Startup.

Note - If any of the U-Boot diagnostic tests fail during startup, the server SP will not start. See Reporting Diagnostic Failures at System Startup for additional details.

U-Boot Component Test
Normal
Quick
Extended
Purpose
Memory Data Bus Test
X
X
X
Checks for opens/shorts on SP Memory’s data bus.
Memory Address Bus Test
X
X
X
Checks for opens/shorts on SP Memory’s address bus.
Memory Data Integrity Test
X
Checks for data integrity on the SP Memory.
Flash Test
X
Checks access to Flash.
WatchDog Test
X
Checks the WatchDog functionality on the SP.
I2C Probe Tests
X
X
Checks the connectivity to I2C devices on standby power.
Ethernet Test
X
X
X
Verifies ability to read from specified Ethernet port.
Ethernet Link Test
X
X
X
Verifies link on specified PHY.
Ethernet Internal Loopback Test
X
X
Verifies Ethernet functionality by sending and receiving packets.
Real Time Clock Test
X
X
Checks functionality of the real-time clock on the SP.
USB 1.1 Test
X
Checks USB 1.1 functionality.
USB 1.1 BIST
Runs internal USB 1.1 built-in self-test (BIST).
USB 2.0 Test
X
Checks USB 2.0 functionality.
BIOS Flash ID Test
X
X
Verifies ability to read from the BIOS flash.
Serial Presence Detect (SPD) Access Test
X
Verifies DIMM SPD access along with checksum and prints SPD information.
Power CPLD Test
X
X
X
Verifies the correct power revision of the complex programmable logic device (CPLD). 1

1For rackmount servers, the I2C tests check the connectivity to all I2C devices installed in the chassis. For Oracle's Sun Blade 6000 or 6048 Chassis Modular Systems, the I2C tests check only the connectivity to I2C devices installed on an individual server module.

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