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• The following tests are available on Dell supported Broadcom NICs:
– BRCMNetwork Control Registers Test — Tests most of the internal registers on the chip. Each
chip contains many internal registers. Each register can contain some read-only bits and some
read/write bits. This diagnostic tests read-only bits that cannot be overwritten, and tests if
read/write bits can be written properly.
– BRCMNetwork MII Registers Test — Tests most MII registers on the chip. Each chip contains
many MII registers. Each MII register may contain some read-only bits and some read/write bits.
This diagnostic tests read-only bits that cannot be overwritten, and tests if read/write bits can be
written properly.
– BRCMNetwork EEPROM Test — Tests the EEPROM checksum of the bootstrap record and the
configuration block on the chip.
– BRCMNetwork Internal Memory Test — Tests most of the internal memory of the chip. Each chip
contains a certain amount of on-chip memory to support on-chip processor operations.
– BRCMNetwork Interrupt Test — Tests the interrupt capability of the chip by verifying that the
NDIS driver is able to receive interrupts from the NIC.
– BRCMNetwork MAC Loop–back Test — Verifies that the NDIS driver is able to send and receive
packets from the NIC. It issues IOCTL (Input Output Controls) to request driver setup (MAC
layer loop back) in hardware.
– BRCMNetwork PHY Loop–back Test — Verifies that the NDIS driver is able to send and receive
packets from the NIC. It issues IOCTL (Input Output Controls) to request driver setup (PHY
layer loop back) in hardware.
– BRCMNetwork On Chip CPU Test — Tests the internal processor(s) on the chip. The test will
halt all on-chip processors, download an executable binary to the processor memory, and execute the
program.
– BRCMNetwork LED Test — Blinks the LEDs on the NIC.
– BRCMNetwork ASF Test — Tests various processor event registers and SMBus control registers.
Exercises ASF related hardware on the chip.
The following tests run on the Intel NIC:
• Intel FIFO Registers Test — Tests FIFO memory on the adapter by writing and reading patterns to
and from the FIFO memory.
• Intel Network Diagnostic Test — Analyzes overall controller health by checking for I/O conflicts,
memory faults, EEPROM operability, and transmit and receive functionality. The following tests are
available on Dell–supported Intel NICs.
NOTE: The Intel PROSet management agent is required for the Intel network adapter diagnostics. If the
management agent is not installed (or partially installed), the Intel vendor tests are not available (only the
default network diagnostics are available). You can access the Intel PROSet from either the Installation and
Server Management CD (version 8.x) or from support.dell.com. The Intel PROSet is listed under the Intel PRO
Family of Adapters.