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3.7.3 Testing and Exercising the System
The SRM test command tests the hardware in the system or hard
partition. If a system or hard partition is soft partitioned, the test
command ignores the soft partition environment variables and tests
the hardware in the hard partition.
Example 3– 33 Test
P00>>> test
Testing the DK* Disks (read only)
No DU* Disks available for testing
No DR* Disks available for testing
Testing the DQ* Disks (read only)
Testing the DF* Disks (read only)
No MK* Tapes available for testing
No MU* Tapes available for testing
Testing the VGA (Alphanumeric Mode only)
Testing the EW* Network
Testing the EI* Network
P00>>>
Example 3–33 shows an example of the test command. When the test
command is used, the entire system (partition) is tested: memory, disks, tapes,
serial ports, parallel port, network, and VGA. All tests run serially for a
minimum of 10 seconds each. The run time of a test is proportional to memory
size and the number of disk drives to test.
An optional external loopback test (-lb) can be performed on the parallel port
and on the serial port 1.
Tests can be run either in the foreground or background. The option is
controlled by an ampersand; test & would cause tests to run in the background
so that other console commands can be executed.
Use the set command to establish parameters, such as whether to halt, loop, or
continue on error. The d_passes environment variable, is ignored by the test
command.