Sunvts manual

A quick reference card for the SunVTS diagnostic software. Platform Notes: Sun Enterprise , , , and Systems. Sun Enterprise Xspecific OpenBoot? Also contains board hot-plug procedures, and miscellaneous related information. New OpenBoot commands, configuration variables, and disk drive hot-plug procedures.

Also provides procedures for mapping between logical and physical device names for internal storage devices. Information on how to configure the Sun GigabitEthernet driver software. Describes how to configure the SunATM driver software. Information about how to use Dynamic Reconfiguration software features on these Sun Enterprise servers.

Describes how to configure the Sun Quad FastEthernet driver software. Describes how to configure the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet driver software. Describes how to configure the eri FastEthernet driver software.

Describes how to configure the dmfe FastEthernet driver software. Contains configutation information for Dynamic Configuration on the Sun Enterprise system. Contains information about how to use Dynamic Configuration software features on the Sun Fire V system.

Sun Enterprise SSP 3. Contains information about how to use Dynamic Configuration software features on the Sun Enterprise system. Man pages for Sun Enterprise Dynamic Reconfiguration. Installation and release note information for Capacity on Demand on the Sun Enterprise server. Sun Enterprise Capacity on Demand 1. System administrator information for Capacity on Demand on the Sun Enterprise server. Man pages for Capacity on Demand on the Sun Enterprise server. SunVTS, Sun Validation Test Suite, tests and validates Sun hardware by verifying the configuration and functionality of hardware controllers, devices, and platforms.

The added emphasis on failed FRU field replaceable unit identification, and data safe, low impact testing, makes it appropriate for use online and offline in ant environments. SunVTS supports a flexible interface that allows a user to remotely schedule and monitor anything from a single test on a single piece of hardware to multiple instances of multiple tests in order to fully stress the system. Online Mode — More thorough check still non-intrusive so can run on production environments without affecting existing applications.

Each test uses both block and page mode fistfuls. The test is repeated once for each 3DRAM. The Arbitration subtest continuously renders an object into the accelerator port while performing reads and writes through the direct port.

For single-buffered configurations, a picture is rendered into the RGB planes while another process does DFB reads and writes in the X plane. For doubled buffered configuration, a picture is rendered into all 32 planes of the B buffer while the other does bit DFB reads and writes in the A plane.

This subtest simulates conditions in the real world, where rendering processes and windows operations run concurrently. The Stereo test displays an object in stereo mode with different images for the right and left eye. The user can verify proper operation by looking at the screen with stereo glasses and following the displayed instructions.

If the monitor type is not x at 76MHz, this test prints a warning message and does not run. To prevent this message from being displayed or written to the SunVTS information log, disable the stereo test in the test option menu. Only Sony P4 and N2 monitors support stereo resolutions.

This test temporarily switches the monitor into stereo mode, renders a stereo image, performs a signature analysis on the stereo image using the RAMDAC signature capture register , and after displaying the image for five seconds, restores the monitor to its previous resolution. Note -- If vertical lines are displayed on the console when running SunVTS, this could be caused by the ffbtest stereo test.

There is a time-critical period in the FFB hardware when trying to change the screen resolution from standard to stereo and back to standard. When the system is heavily loaded or running all of the SunVTS tests, the FFB device driver may get interrupted while changing screen resolution. This problem could also cause a system hang condition. To avoid this type of display problem, disable the ffbtest stereo test when other SunVTS tests are enabled.

This test is disabled by default because it is only needed when a stereo monitor and stereo glasses are present. Due to the nature of graphic tests, reading from or writing to the frame buffer during graphic tests will disturb user operation. This test is only available in offline Functional test and Stress mode.

Stress mode exercises the frame buffer as much as possible. The Random test generator, constructed as part of the verification effort, is used. Starting from a known seed, random primitives with random attributes are generated.

The primitives are checked to ensure that they were rendered in the same way as on a known good system. The test is repeated ten times, with each random picture overlaying the previous one.

Select from the subtests below. You can run multiple subtests by adding the subtest numbers. Note that you do not need the leading zeros. More than one test can be selected by ORing subtest numbers. A hex number must be preceded by 0x , decimal numbers are also acceptable.

Specifies the number of times to repeat each subtest.