Sun Microsystems Blade X6450, Service Manual

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Chapter 4 Performing Diagnostic Tests 4-5
4.3 Advanced Diagnostics
Advanced Diagnostics are used to test an individual device on the system. Most of
the selections on this menu display information about the corresponding devices,
and then offer a menu of testing options. For example, to test CPU 0, you can select
Advanced Diagnostics, and then select Processor, and then select CPU0.
Note – If you do not know which device to test, see Section 4.5, “Burn-In Testing” on
page 4-8 .
TABLE 4-2
gives the name and a brief description of the selections in the Advanced
Diagnostics Tests menu.
Note – Some of the tests in
TABLE 4-2
might be irrelevant for certain systems. Ignore
any that are not relevant to your hardware configuration.
TABLE 4-2
Advanced Diagnostics Test Menu Options
Option Description
Processor Displays information about the processors and includes
a Processor Tests menu.
Memory Displays information about the memory, and includes
tests for the different types of system memory.
Motherboard Displays information about the motherboard, and
includes a Motherboard Tests menu.
Floppy Disks Not relevant.
Hard Disks Displays information about the hard disk and includes
a Hard Disk Tests menu.
Refer to Section 4.4, “Hard Disk Testing” on page 4-6 ,
for detailed information about scripts and about testing
hard disks.
CD-ROM/DVD Displays a CD-ROM/DVD menu to test DVD devices
on the system.
ATAPI Devices Displays information about devices attached to the IDE
controllers on the system other than a DVD or hard
disks (for example, zip drives).
ATA Includes an ATA test menu. Select the parallel ATA
driver to test.