Sun Microsystems Blade 1500 - 1 Start here; Diagnostic Tools Available

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Start Here
This chapter provides an overview of how to use this manual. The diagnostics and
troubleshooting flowcharts within this manual can help you determine the root
cause of problems that you might encounter with the Sun Blade 1500 workstation.
This chapter contains the following topics:
■ “Diagnostic Tools Available” on page 1-1
■ “About Flowcharts” on page 1-3
■ “How to Use This Manual” on page 1-4
1.1 Diagnostic Tools Available
The Sun Blade 1500 Service, Diagnostic, and Troubleshooting Manual uses displayed
messages, system sounds, flowcharts, and firmware and software diagnostic tools to
help you locate and identify workstation malfunctions.
The diagnostic tools used in the Sun Blade 1500 workstation include but are not
limited to:
■ System displayed messages (such as flashing LEDs or error messages)
■ Workstation sounds (such as beeps)
■ Nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM)
■ Power-on self-test (POST) diagnostics
■ OpenBoot PROM diagnostics
■ SunVTS validation test suite software
■ Solaris diagnostic commands