Chapter 4 - PowerPack: PowerControl Software
Processor Card Test
This test verifies the operation of your processor card. A full
processor card test can take up to 10 minutes, depending on
the speed of your processors. You can also perform individual
processor card tests. Their purposes are as follows:
• Divide Test
Detects defective processors
• Task Speed Test
Determines that all processors
are operating at full speed
• Scheduling Test
Ensures all processors are
available for multiprocessing
• MP Test
Verifies operation of the multi
processing system software
• Faulty Task Test
Confirms that defective software
can be handled correctly
• Toss Test
Stress testing on the multi-
processing system software
The full processor test will show a window similar to the
following:
Full processor test window
Chapter 4 - PowerPack: PowerControl Software
PowerControl Menus
Window
This menu allows you to go directly to the performance win-
dows as well as display the PowerControl Report that lists
your system information in a window that can be saved in a
text file.
Internet
This menu allows you to go directly to specific web pages on
XLR8’s World Wide Web site without having to worry about
URLs. When you make a selection from this menu, it causes
your web browser to go to a specific page on XLR8's web site.
The browser that is used is specified by a ‘÷’ in the Default
Internet Browser menu – a hierarchical menu at the bottom
of the Internet menu.
Launch
The top three items in the Launch menu correspond to the
three tests available in the Tests window. Note however that
each processor test may be run independently of the full
suite of processor tests.
