Solarflare
Server
Adapter
User
Guide
Solarflare
Adapters
on
Windows
Issue
20
©
Solarflare
Communications
2017
178
Running
Driver
and
Adapter
Diagnostics
SAM’s
driver
diagnostics
enable
you
to
test
the
adapter
and
driver
are
functioning
correctly,
returning
a
simple
pass
or
fail
for
each
test
run.
Figure
28:
Adapter
and
Driver
Diagnostics
Window
1
Start
SAM
and
select
a
Solarflare
adapter
from
the
Network
Adapter
list.
2
From
the
Action
menu,
select
Adapter
Diagnostics
.
The
Diagnostics
for
<adapter
name>
window
is
displayed.
3
Select
the
test
you
want
to
run
(no
tests
are
selected
by
default).
See
for
a
description
of
the
tests
that
are
available.
4
To
stop
as
soon
as
a
failure
is
detected,
select
Stop
on
first
test
failure
.
5
To
run
all
the
tests
more
than
once,
change
the
value
in
the
Test
iterations
box.
6
Click
Start
to
begin
testing.
The
results
of
each
test
will
be
displayed
in
the
Diagnostics
window,
along
with
an
entry
in
the
Completion
Message
column
describing
the
reason
any
particular
test
has
failed.
NOTE:
The
adapter
will
stop
functioning
while
the
tests
are
being
run.
Solarflare
recommend
only
running
diagnostics
tests
when
disruption
to
network
services
can
be
tolerated.
NOTE:
You
can
click
Abort
to
abandon
running
tests
at
any
time.
This
may
take
a
while
to
complete,
dependent
on
the
test
being
run
at
the
time.