Sun Microsystems Blade 1500 - 8 Openboot PROM; Openboot PROM Utilities

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CHAPTER
8
OpenBoot PROM
This chapter discusses troubleshooting the Sun Blade 1500 workstation using the
OpenBoot PROM firmware. Topics covered are:
■ “OpenBoot PROM Utilities” on page 8-1
■ “OpenBoot Diagnostics” on page 8-5
8.1 OpenBoot PROM Utilities
In an idle state, OpenBoot PROM can provide information from basic utilities:
■ “show-devs Utility” on page 8-2
■ “watch-net Utility” on page 8-2
■ “probe-ide Utility” on page 8-3
■ “banner Utility” on page 8-3
■ “watch-clock Utility” on page 8-4
■ “date Utility” on page 8-4
■ “.version Utility” on page 8-4