SunDiag User's Guide: Addendum for SMCC Hardware

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SunDiag User’s Guide
Addendum for SMCC Hardware
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Contents
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.1 About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.2 What’s New in Version 4.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.3 Solaris Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.4 Displaying the POST Log File on Sun-4m Systems . . . . . 1-3
1.5 Overrun/Underrun Diskette Test Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.6 Runningcdtest with an Operating System CD-ROM . 1-6
2. CPU Test Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.1 Sun Multimedia Codec Test (audbri) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.1.1 audbri Test Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.1.2 audbri Option Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.1.3 audbri Command Line Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.1.4 audbri Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2.2 ISDN/DBRI Test (isdntest). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
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2.2.1 isdntest Test Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
2.2.2 isdntest Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
2.2.3 isdntest Command Line Syntax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2.2.4 isdntest Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2.2.5 isdntest Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
2.3 Graphics Tower (gttest). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
2.3.1 gttest Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
2.3.2 gttest Command Line Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
2.3.3 gttest Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
2.3.4 gttest Command Line Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
2.3.5 gttest Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
2.4 cgsix Frame Buffer, GX and GX+ Options Test (cg6test)2-33
2.4.1 cg6test Test Description.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
2.4.2 cg6test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
2.4.3 cg6test Command Line Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
2.4.4 cg6test Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
2.4.5 cg6test Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36
2.5 cgtwelve Frame Buffer, GS Test (cg12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
2.5.1 cg12 Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
2.5.2 cg12 Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
2.5.3 cg12 Command Line Syntax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43
2.5.4 cg12 Quick Test Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44
2.5.5 cg12 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44
2.6 Color Graphics Frame Buffer Test (cg14test) . . . . . . . . 2-46
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2.6.1 cg14test Test Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46
2.6.2 cg14test Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54
2.6.3 cg14test Command Line Syntax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
2.6.4 cg14test Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
2.6.5 cg14test Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
2.7 Pixel Processor Test (sxtest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-63
2.7.1 sxtest Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-63
2.7.2 sxtest Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-64
2.7.3 sxtest Module Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-65
2.7.4 sxtest Command Line Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-77
2.7.5 sxtest Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-78
2.7.6 sxtest .usertest Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-78
2.7.7 sxtest Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-78
2.8 S24 Frame Buffer Test (tcxtest). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-80
2.8.1 tcxtest Test Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-80
2.8.2 tcxtest Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-83
2.8.3 tcxtest Command Line Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-84
3. SBus Test Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1 SBus Printer Card Tests (lpvitest andbpptest). . . . . 3-2
3.1.1 Printer Test Hardware and Software Requirements 3-2
3.1.2 lpvitest Test Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.1.3 lpvitest Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.1.4 lpvitest Command Line Syntax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.1.5 lpvitest Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
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3.1.6 bpptest Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3.1.7 bpptest Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3.1.8 bpptest Command Line Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3.1.9 bpptest Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3.1.10 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3.2 SBus Expansion Subsystem (xbtest). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3.2.1 xbtest Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3.2.2 xbtest Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
3.2.3 xbtest Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
3.2.4 xbtest Command Line Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
3.2.5 xbtest Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
3.2.6 xbtest.usertest File Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
3.2.7 xbtest Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
3.3 HSI/S Boards Test (sunlink). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
3.3.1 sunlink Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
3.3.2 sunlink Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
3.3.3 sunlink Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
3.3.4 sunlink Command Line Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
3.3.5 sunlink Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
3.3.6 sunlink Loopback Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
3.4 Prestoserve Test (pstest). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
3.4.1 pstest Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
3.4.2 pstest Command Line Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
3.4.3 pstest Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
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3.5 Serial Parallel Controller Test (spiftest). . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
3.5.1 spiftest Hardware Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
3.5.2 spiftest Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
3.5.3 spiftest Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
3.5.4 spiftest Command Line Syntax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
3.5.5 spiftest Quick Test Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
3.5.6 spiftest Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
3.6 ZX Graphics Accelerator Test (leotest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
3.6.1 leotest Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
3.6.2 leotest Command Line Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
3.6.3 leotest Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
3.6.4 leotest Command Line Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
3.6.5 leotest Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
3.7 NeWSprinter Test (spdtest). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
3.7.1 spdtest Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
3.7.2 spdtest Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
3.7.3 spdtest Command Line Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
3.8 SunVideo Test (rtvctest). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
3.8.1 rtvctest Test Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
3.8.2 rtvctest Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
3.8.3 rtvctest Command Line Syntax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52
3.8.4 rtvctest Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52
3.8.5 rtvctest Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52
3.9 PCMCIA Modem Card Test (pcmciatest) . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57
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3.9.1 pcmciatest Test Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57
3.9.2 pcmciatest Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-58
3.9.3 pcmciatest Command Line Syntax. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59
3.10 Infrared Interface Test (irtest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59
3.10.1 irtest Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59
3.10.2 irtest Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-60
3.10.3 irtest Command Line Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-60
3.11 SPARCstorage Array Controller Test (plntest) . . . . . . . . . 3-61
3.11.1 plntest Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-61
3.11.2 plntest Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-62
3.11.3 plntest Command Arguments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-63
3.11.4 plntest Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65
3.11.5 plntest.usertest File Command Line. . . . . . . 3-65
3.11.6 plntest Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65
4. User Test Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.1 SunDials Test (sundials). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.1.1 sundials Test Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.1.2 sundials Command Line Syntax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.1.3 sundials Quick Test Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.1.4 sundials Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4.2 SunButtons Test (sunbuttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
4.2.1 sunbuttons Test Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
4.2.2 sunbuttons Command Line Syntax. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
4.2.3 sunbuttons Quick Test Description. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
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4.2.4 sunbuttons Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
A. Loopback Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A.1 96-Pin Loopback Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A.2 96-Pin Loopback Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
A.3 37-Pin RS-449 Loopback Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
A.4 37-Pin RS-449 Loopback Plug. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
A.5 9-pin Single-port Loopback Plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
A.6 9-pin Single-port Loopback Plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
A.7 9-Pin to 25-Pin Port-to-Port Loopback Cable . . . . . . . . . . A-8
A.8 9-Pin to 9-Pin Port-to-Port Loopback Cable . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
A.9 NT to TE Loopback Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
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