Sun Enterprise[TM]3000-6500 servers: POST options and menus

Asset ID:	1-71-1009042.1
Update Date:	2010-08-23
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Solution Type Technical Instruction Sure

Solution 1009042.1 : Sun Enterprise[TM]3000-6500 servers: POST options and menus

Applies to:

Sun Enterprise 3500 Server
Sun Enterprise 3000 Server
Sun Enterprise 4000 Server
Sun Enterprise 4500 Server
Sun Enterprise 5000 Server
All Platforms

Goal

This document provides a list of options available to the user during POST.

Solution

During POST, it is possible to display the list of options available by pressing the key "h" or "?" at any time. POST, checks in between tests for any input from the keyboard. When "h" or "?" is pressed the following menu is displayed.

Key        Action
-------------------------------------------
a        Toggle Pause CPU flag
c        Toggle Trace Test Case flag
d        Toggle DlSpeed Clear flag
l        Toggle Loop on Subtest flag
L        Toggle Loop on POST flag
e        Toggle Loop on Error flag
p        Toggle Print all Errors flag
v        Toggle Verbose Print Mode flag
s        Toggle Stop Flag
t        Toggle Timestamp flag
n        Skip to Next Subtest
N        Skip to Next Test
h or ?    Display this command summary
0,0>Pausing ... press any key to continue

Each flag can be turned on and off by pressing the associated key.
The Stop Flag ("s") will display the following menu at the end of POST.

POST COMPLETE
0,0>@(#) POST 3.9.30 2002/10/25 14:04
0,0>Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
0,0>WARNING these menus are subject to change without advance notice
0,0>
0,0>Extended POST Menus
0,0>Select one of the following functions
0,0>    '0'        Return
0,0>    '1'        Reset
0,0>    '2'        Peek/Poke device
0,0>    '3'        Environmental Status
0,0>    '4'        Test Menus
0,0>    '5'        State Dump
0,0>    '6'        Frequency Margining
0,0>    '7'        Display System Summary
0,0>    '8'        Display Fatal Reset Info
0,0>    '9'        Scan System Board Ring
0,0>    'a'        Set Memory Test Megs
0,0>    'b'        Print SIMM Info
0,0>    'c'        Focus CPU
0,0>    'd'        CPU State
0,0>    'f'        fcopy
0,0>    'h'        Bounce Patterns
0,0>    'i'        Focus I/O Board
0,0>

Some of these options and menu's selections may leave some configuration variables uninitialized or in invalid state, so a reset-all and a clean run should be executed before proceeding with the boot sequence.

Previously Published As 73029

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