Index

Index

A

agents, Sun Management Center, 1

auto-boot? variable, 1

B

BIST, See built-in self-test

BMC Patrol, See third-party monitoring tools

built-in self-test

test-args variable and, 1

C

central processing unit, See CPU

clock speed (CPU), 1

CPU, displaying information about, 1

D

device paths, hardware, 1, 2

device tree

defined, 1

Solaris, displaying, 1

diag-level, 1

diag-level variable, 1, 2

diagnostic tests

bypassing, 1

diagnostic tools

summary of (table), 1

diagnostics

OpenBoot Diagnostics, 1

POST, 1

probe-ide, 1

probe-scsi, probe-scsi-all, 1

SunVTS, 1

watch-net and watch-net-all, 1

diag-script variable, 1

diag-switch?, 1

diag-switch? variable, 1

E

electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions, 1

error messages

OpenBoot Diagnostics, interpreting, 1

exercising the system

with SunVTS, 1

F

FRU

hardware revision level, 1

hierarchical list of, 1

manufacturer, 1

part number, 1

FRU data

contents of IDPROM, 1

H

hard drive

installing, 1

removing, 1

hardware device paths, 1, 2

Hardware Diagnostic Suite, 1

hardware revision, displaying with showrev, 1

host adapter (probe-scsi), 1

HP Openview, See third-party monitoring tools

I

IDE bus, 1

input-device variable, 1

installation

hard drives, 1

Integrated Drive Electronics, See IDE bus

intermittent problem, 1

interpreting error messages

OpenBoot Diagnostics tests, 1

L

log files, 1, 2

logical unit number (probe-scsi), 1

logical view (Sun Management Center), 1

loop ID (probe-scsi), 1

M

message, POST, 1

moving the system, precautions, 1

O

obdiag-trigger variable, 1

OpenBoot commands

probe-ide, 1

probe-scsi and probe-scsi-all, 1

show-devs, 1

OpenBoot configuration variables

purpose of, 1

table of, 1

OpenBoot Diagnostics, 1

OpenBoot Diagnostics tests

error messages, interpreting, 1

hardware device paths in, 1

running from the ok prompt, 1

test command, 1

test-all command, 1

OpenBoot PROM parameters

diag-level, 1

diag-switch?, 1

output message

watch-net diagnostic, 1

watch-net-all diagnostic, 1

output-device variable, 1

overtemperature condition

determining with prtdiag, 1

P

patches, installed

determining with showrev, 1

physical view (Sun Management Center), 1

POST messages, 1

post-trigger variable, 1

probe-ide command (OpenBoot), 1

probe-scsi and probe-scsi-all commands (OpenBoot), 1

processor speed, displaying, 1

prtconf command (Solaris), 1

prtdiag command (Solaris), 1

prtfru command (Solaris), 1

psrinfo command (Solaris), 1

R

removal

DVD drive, 1

hard drives, 1, 2, 3

reset events, kinds of, 1

revision, hardware and software

displaying with showrev, 1

S

show-devs command (OpenBoot), 1

showrev command (Solaris), 1

software revision, displaying with showrev, 1

Solaris commands

prtconf, 1

prtdiag, 1

prtfru, 1

psrinfo, 1

showrev, 1

See also stress testing,exercising the system, 41

Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism, 1

Sun Management Center, tracking systems informally with, 1

SunVTS, exercising the system with, 1

system configuration card, 1

system memory

determining amount of, 1

T

test command (OpenBoot Diagnostics tests), 1

test-all command (OpenBoot Diagnostics tests), 1

test-args variable, 1

keywords for (table), 1

third-party monitoring tools, 1

Tivoli Enterprise Console, See third-party monitoring tools

tree, device, 1

U

Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices

running OpenBoot Diagnostics self-tests on, 1

W

watch-net diagnostic

output message, 1

watch-net-all diagnostic

output message, 1

World Wide Name (probe-scsi), 1

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