Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V480, Administration Manual

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Chapter 6 Diagnostic Tools 113
Exercising the System Using SunVTS Software
SunVTS is a software suite that performs system and subsystem stress testing. You
can view and control a SunVTS session over a network. Using a remote machine,
you can view the progress of a testing session, change testing options, and control all
testing features of another machine on the network.
You can run SunVTS software in three different test modes:
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Connection mode – SunVTS software verifies the presence of device controllers on
all subsystems. This typically takes no more than a few minutes and is a good
way to “sanity check” system connections.
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Functional mode – SunVTS software exercises only the specific subsystems you
choose. This is the default mode.
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Auto Config mode – SunVTS software automatically detects all subsystems and
exercises them in one of two ways:
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Confidence testing – SunVTS software performs one pass of tests on all
subsystems, and then stops. For typical system configurations, this requires
one or two hours.
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Comprehensive testing – SunVTS software exhaustively and repeatedly tests all
subsystems for up to 24 hours.
Since SunVTS software can run many tests in parallel and consume many system
resources, you should take care when using it on a production system. If you are
stress-testing a system using SunVTS software’s Comprehensive test mode, you
should not run anything else on that system at the same time.
The Sun Fire V480 server to be tested must be up and running if you want to use
SunVTS software, since it relies on the Solaris operating environment. Since SunVTS
software packages are optional, they may not be installed on your system. Turn to
“How to Check Whether SunVTS Software Is Installed” on page 210 for instructions.
RSC Card
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PCI Riser
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FC-AL Disk Backplane
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FRU Coverage of System Exercising Tools (Continued)
SunVTS Hardware Diagnostic Suite