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72 Sun Dual Gigabit Ethernet and Dual SCSI/P Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • January 2004
Refer to the SunVTS documentation (listed in
TABLE D-1
) for instructions on how to
run and monitor the
nettest
diagnostic. These SunVTS documents are available on
the Solaris on Sun Hardware Collection, which is provided on the Solaris Supplement
CD for the Solaris release on your system.
Using the SunVTS
netlbtest
You must have the Ethernet card and the device driver installed, a loopback
connector in place, and Intervention mode enabled before running
netlbtest
.
netlbtest
cannot run if the network interface is connected to a live network, and
requires that the Ethernet device be configured offline before running the test. Use
the
ifconfig(1M)
command to bring the Ethernet device down before running
netlbtest
.
▼
To Use the
netlbtest
1. Ensure that the SunVTS software and the
ce
driver are installed on your system.
2. Plug in a loopback cable.
3. Unplumb the interface from the system, using the
ifconfig
command :
Where instance is the instance numbr of the interface.
Refer to SunVTS documentation for instructions on how to run
netlbtest
.
TABLE D-1
SunVTS Documentation
Title Description
SunVTS User’s Guide Describes the SunVTS diagnostic environment
SunVTS Test Reference Manual Describes each SunVTS test (including the
nettest
)
and describes the various test options and
command-line arguments
SunVTS Quick Reference Provides an overview of the user interface
# ifconfig ce
instance
down
# ifconfig ce
instance
unplumb