Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V480, Administration Manual

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Chapter 6 Diagnostic Tools 99
Stage Three: The Operating Environment
If a system passes OpenBoot Diagnostics tests, it normally attempts to boot its
multiuser operating environment. For most Sun systems, this means the Solaris
operating environment. Once the server is running in multiuser mode, you have
recourse to software-based diagnostic tools, like SunVTS and Sun Management
Center. These tools can help you with more advanced monitoring, exercising, and
fault isolating capabilities.
Note –
If you set the
auto-boot
OpenBoot configuration variable to
false
, the
operating system does not boot following completion of the firmware-based tests.
In addition to the formal tools that run on top of Solaris operating environment
software, there are other resources that you can use when assessing or monitoring
the condition of a Sun Fire V480 server. These include:
■
Error and system message log files
■
Solaris system information commands
Error and System Message Log Files
Error and other system messages are saved in the file
/var/adm/messages
.
Messages are logged to this file from many sources, including the operating system,
the environmental control subsystem, and various software applications.
For information about
/var/adm/messages
and other sources of system
information, refer to your Solaris system administration documentation.
Solaris System Information Commands
Some Solaris commands display data that you can use when assessing the condition
of a Sun Fire V480 server. These include the:
■
prtconf
command
■
prtdiag
command
■
prtfru
command
■
psrinfo
command
■
showrev
command
This section describes the information these commands give you. For instructions on
using these commands, turn to “How to Use Solaris System Information
Commands” on page 203, or look up the appropriate man page.