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9-10 Sun Enterprise 6500/5500/4500 Systems Reference Manual • April 1998
The following OpenBoot commands may be useful for diagnosing problems:
9.3.4.1
show-devs
Command
Use the
show-devs
command to list the devices that are included in the system
configuration.
9.3.4.2
printenv
Command
Use the
printenv
command to display the system configuration variables stored in
the system NVRAM. The display includes the current values for these variables, as
well as the default values.
If the system cannot communicate with a 10BASE-T network, the Ethernet link test
setting for the port may be incompatible with the setting at the network hub. See
Section 9.4.1 “Failure of Network Communications,” for further details.
9.3.4.3
probe-scsi
Command
The
probe
-
scsi
command locates and tests SCSI devices attached to the system.
probe-scsi
is run from the OpenBoot prompt.
When it is not practical to halt the system, you can use SunVTS as an alternate
method of testing the SCSI interfaces.
9.3.4.4 Reference Documents for POST/OpenBoot
For more information, refer to:
■
OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference, part number 802-3242
■
Writing FCode 3.x Programs, part number 802-3230
9.3.5 Solstice SyMON
The Solstice™ SyMON™ program monitors system functioning and features a
graphical user interface (GUI) to continuously display system status. Solstice
SyMON is intended to complement system management tools such as SunVTS.
Solstice SyMON is accessible through an SNMP interface from network tools such as
Solstice™ SunNet Manager™.