Installation guide

About the PVX Utility
C-2 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide
About the PVX Utility
PVX is a handy MS-DOS
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utility from StarGen that lets you view the configura-
tion memory of StarFabric-enabled devices in your topology and perform some
basic testing and troubleshooting on them.
The PVX Utility is compatible with Windows 98 and Windows 2000. However,
some PVX functionality such as point-and-click selection and navigation with a
mouse and scanning for devices are not supported by Windows 2000 (Use key-
strokes to open tools and select options in Windows 2000).
PVX has the following components:
• PVX user interface window with menu bar
• Command Line Debugger Interface and Scan tool
• Fabric Primitives Library (FPL)
MS-DOS User Interface
The PVX Utility provides a basic MS-DOS windowed Text User Interface (TUI)
that has a menu bar with options used to view configuration information for all the
StarFabric-enabled devices configured in your topology. You can launch debug and
diagnostic tools from the menu bar or by pressing keystrokes from inside the PVX
interface window.
Debug from a Command Line
The Command Line Debugger lets you test and troubleshoot StarFabric-enabled
devices in the topology. You can launch the debugger from the menu bar or press
Alt-D from inside the PVX interface window.
Scan for StarFabric Devices
The PVX Utility also has a tool that lets you quickly scan for all the devices
attached to the StarFabric and view configuration information about the devices by
pointing and clicking at them. You can launch the scan option from the menu bar or
by pressing Alt-S from inside the PVX interface window.