SunVTS 6.3 Release Notes |
The SunVTS 6.3 software is designed for the Solaris
10 11/06 operating system (OS) and is compatible with the Solaris 10 or later OS.
Note - All new features, tests, and test enhancements that are released in SunVTS 6.3 are documented in the SunVTS 6.3 Test Reference Manual, and SunVTS 6.3 User's Guide. These documents are included on the Solaris on Sun Hardware collection on the Solaris Documentation DVD, in the extra value (EV) directory. These documents are also available at: http://docs.sun.com |
For the latest version of this document (820-0084), go to: http://www.sun.com/documentation
Note - The Automatic Configuration feature in the SunVTS GUI that automatically assigns predetermined sets of test options is EOL. |
Note - The Netra-CT 820 DMC Test (dmctest) will be discontinued in a future release of SunVTS. |
Starting with the Solaris 10 OS, the SunVTS infrastructure and core diagnostics are available for x86 platforms. Starting with Solaris 10 3/05 HW1, SunVTS diagnostics for x86 platforms are supported in the AMD 64-bit environment for the SunVTS kernel (vtsk). All diagnostics are ported to 64-bit.
SunVTS is supported and tested on the following Sun x86 platforms:
Note - If you perform SunVTS on an unsupported platform, a warning message appears and SunVTS stops. |
You must install the x86 version of the SunVTS packages to perform SunVTS on x86 platforms. The software packages use the same names as in the SPARC® environment. The SunVTS packages delivered separately for both x86 and SPARC Solaris platforms are as follows:
The SunVTS components available for x86 Solaris platforms are as follows.
Use the following command to display SunVTS package information:
You can also use either of the following commands to display additional SunVTS package information:
Use either of the following commands to display SunVTS version information:
Use the same tool or utility for installation and removal of the SunVTS software. If you use pkgadd for installation, use pkgrm to uninstall; if you use Web Start for installation, use the Product Registry to uninstall.
qlctest opens an exclusive path to the adapter port. This causes other instances of qlctest to fail when run on any port on the same board as a port that is already being tested.
The SunVTS kernel (vtsk) could cause a core dump due to a SIGBUS call during a kernel routine, either when tests are forked or when tests exit. If this occurs, an error message similar to the following is displayed:
Workaround: Start tests with just "Start" instead of using session record mode ("Start with Record").
When too many instances of SunVTS functional tests are run in parallel on UltraSPARC® T1 CMT CPU-based (sun4v) entry-level servers with low memory configurations, SunVTS tests might fail due to lack of system resources. For example, you could see an error message similar to the following:
Workaround: Decrease the number of SunVTS test instances or perform SunVTS functional tests separately. In addition, you can increase the delay value for CPU tests or increase the test memory reserve space.
The usbtest keyboard test might indicate a successful keyboard probe when a keyboard is not present.
Installing SunVTS x86 packages on a SPARC server to serve x86 clients with SunVTS images is not supported. Installing SunVTS SPARC packages on an x64 or x86 server to serve SPARC clients is supported.
In rare cases, repeated reuse of DVD+RW optical media on Sun Ultra 45 workstations could cause failures when performing high stress DVD+RW SunVTS tests.
Workaround: Replace the DVD+RW media upon failure, or use other types of media such as CD-RW.
cddvdtest might fail when used for testing CD/DVD RW drives with Read/Write media.
Workaround: Either use a blank media for testing, or insert a CD-ROM media into the drive and restart SunVTS. The user interface then invokes the test with read only options.
netlbtest (eri) internal loopback test requires loopback cable to pass test.
Workaround: Use loopback cable to run test.
Sun Blade 100 and 150 systems with SunVTS can produce errors when the serial port controller (southbridge) is also handling other traffic as data access from and to the IDE hard disk. With SunVTS simultaneously running serialtest and disktest on Sun Blade 100 and 150 systems, you might see serialtest report failures.
Workaround: Do not perform serialtest and disktest simultaneously.
If processor sets are defined, you must first delete the processor sets before running SunVTS.
The Netra CT 820 server is not currently supported in Solaris 9 or Solaris 10 Operating Systems.
On Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z servers, it is possible for some sensor readings to reach the corresponding critical threshold without exceeding it. The bmcenvironment test flags a sensor reading as a failure both when the critical threshold is reached and exceeded. If a failure occurs due to a sensor reading reaching but not exceeding the critical threshold value, as shown in the log, the failure can be disregarded.
Performing qlctest with the default settings (Exclusive test mode and Online Selftest enabled) could fail with an error message similar to the following:
Workaround: Disable the Online Selftest.
SunVTS UI (user interface) might dump core due to SEGV on some x86 systems when used from a bootable CD.
env5test and i2ctest could fail due to a Solaris 10 OS PICL initialization issue. When PICL is stopped and started, the tests pass appropriately.
Workaround: Enter the following commands directly after the Solaris OS is booted:
pfbtest might fail when performed in the Gnome desktop environment on a Sun XVR-100 graphics accelerator if the test is performed in the default console window.
This failure does not occur in the Solaris 8 2/02 OS and the Solaris 8 HW 3/03 OS. If this failure occurs, an error message similar to the following is displayed:
Workaround: Most graphics tests fail when running under Gnome. Enter the xscreensaver-command -exit command before performing graphics test under the Gnome desktop environment to avoid these failures.
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