C H A P T E R 31 |
Intelligent Fibre Channel Processor Test (ifptest) |
ifptest tests the functionality of the PCI FC-AL card when there are no devices attached to the loop. The driver checks for devices on the fibre loop. If devices are detected the driver blocks any diagnostic commands.
Note - When devices are attached to the loop, do not run ifptest. Instead, run disktest tests on the individual devices. This will test the whole subsystem including the FC-AL controller. |
ifptest uses the "mailbox" interface to the card. This interface allows certain firmware operations to be performed that normally would not be available to the application layer.
Four subtests are run in online and functional modes:
Loads a series of registers into the input mailboxes on the card and then reads the output mailboxes and compares results. This verifies that the system side of the card is operating correctly, and that the internal data paths are okay.
Reads the firmware revision from the firmware and compares it against a revision loaded by the driver.
Runs an internal checksum test on the installed firmware. This verifies that the RISC RAM on the card is fully functional and that the installed firmware is still intact. This test also serves as a quick RAM check of the RISC RAM.
Extracts the hardware and firmware revision levels of different submodules on the card.
To reach the dialog box below, right-click on the test name in the System Map and select Test Parameter Options. If you do not see this test in the System Map, you might need to expand the collapsed groups, or your system may not include the device appropriate to this test. Refer to the SunVTS User's Guide for more details.
Note Note - Connection test mode will only open the controller to verify that the path is still viable. |
/opt/SUNWvts/bin/ifptest
standard_arguments
-o
dev=
device name
,mbox=
Enable|Disable
,fwrevcheck=
Enable|Disable
,
checksum=
Enable|Disable
,modrevcheck=
Enable|Disable
Note Note - 64-bit tests are located in the sparcv9 subdirectory: /opt/SUNWvts/bin/sparcv9/testname. If a test is not present in this directory, then it may only be available as a 32-bit test. For more information refer to 32-Bit and 64-Bit Tests. |
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