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Solution Type Technical Instruction Sure Solution 1007568.1 : Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K/E20K/E25K: Testing a single slot 0 board with no slot 1 board in a domain
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Applies to:Sun Fire 12K ServerSun Fire E20K Server Sun Fire E25K Server Sun Fire 15K Server All Platforms GoalBefore putting a replacement or new System Board into a production environment, you should run high level hardware HPOST tests against that board and components to confirm its sanity.To reduce domain downtime while doing these hardware tests, a method for testing this new or replacement hardware is to configure the board in its own "test" domain for extended HPOST testing. The method below can be used to test a single Slot0 board (System Board) in a "test" domain without a Slot1 (IO or maxcpu) board in the configuration. After successful testing has completed, the new or replacement board can be dynamically reconfigured (DR'ed) into the production domain with confidence that it does not contain bad hardware. SolutionTesting a slot 0 board in a domain with no slot 1 board can be done. The following steps will guide you through doing this. The example uses the unused domain 'R' and tests system board SB15.Edit the postrc file for domain R ($SMSETC/config/R/.postrc) to contain the three postrc directives shown below. Make certain the file has world readable permissions (chmod 644) and remove this temporary postrc file when your work is completed. level 64 NOTES:
In order to perform the test: % addboard -d R -c assign SB15 How do you determine if the tested Systemboard is OK: checkout the listed status value codes at the very end of the POST run. You will see only 1 Systemboard, which is what you expect when testing a single board. Do not be fooled by the following side-effects of having no_obp_handoff in domain R's .postrc file:
Apr 30 08:34:54 2006 s4u-12ka-sc0 setkeyswitch[20826]-R(): [5304 78389629078374
Location Pwr Type of Board Board Status Test Status Domain Product Sun Fire 15K Server Sun Fire 12K Server Sun Fire E25K Server Sun Fire E20K Server Internal Section Additional References:
Keywords: HPOST, slot0, slot1, DR, diagnostic, post, test, 12k, 15k, 20k, 25k Previously Published As 47497 Attachments This solution has no attachment |
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