Chapter 9 SunVTS 9-7
Note – If you are going to test the optical drive, insert a known good optical media
disc into the drive before starting SunVTS. If a file manager window opens for the
disc, close it.
1. As superuser, open a terminal window and start the SunVTS software:
The SunVTS GUI is displayed.
2. From Select Test Mode, check Functional.
3. From System Map, check Logical.
4. From the Options menu, select Test Execution and set Max Passes to 1.
To exercise the component more, set for more passes. Use the time for one pass in
TABLE 9-2 to determine your total test time.
5. Click Apply.
6. From Select Devices, check None.
Note – If testing a component requires checking Intervention, uncheck the box
when you have finished testing that component.
7. Use TABLE 9-2 for the next steps, depending upon which component you want to
test.
# /opt/SUNWvts/bin/sunvts
TABLE 9-2 Steps to Test Components in Functional Mode
Component Steps to Take
Approximate
Time for 1 Pass
Hard drive 8. Click the plus sign adjacent to IDE - Devices(uata0).
9. Select c0t0d0(disktest) for HDD0 or c0t1d0(disktest) for
HDD1.
10.Click Reset.
11.Click Start.
600+ seconds
Note: This
test is stopped
by clicking
Stop.
Optical drive 8. From Select Devices, check Intervention.
9. Click the plus sign adjacent to IDE - Devices(sd0).
10.Select c0t2d0s2(cddvdrwtest), c0t2d0s2(dvdtest), or
c0t2d0s2(cdtest).
11.Click Reset.
12.Click Start.
85 seconds