LightPulse Fibre Channel PCI Host Adapter Management Page 3 of 5
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failures occur.
Diagnostic main menu
After the lp6dutil goes through its start-up procedure, the Main menu displays and handles
user requests. To display a previous menu, you must type 0. Displayed values are
hexadecimal.
If lp6dutil finds two or more host adapters in the system, you will be prompted to select
which host adapter(s) is to be tested.
These choices are available from the Main menu.
Test Host Adapters
- This option runs host-based internal and external loopback tests.
Modify Test Options
- You can enable or disable up to 7 different tests, depending
upon the cards installed (BIU-1 or BIU-2). Specify number of retries, and actions to
take if error occurs.
Restart Host Adapters
- Resets the host adapter under test.
Input/Output
- This option opens or closes input and output files.
Maintenance
- This option is used to update firmware or non-volatile parameters in
FLASH ROM, and can display program images stored in memory.
Show Host Adapters Info
- This displays various configuration and status data that can
be used by Tech Support to help troubleshoot problems.
Quit
- Finish all testing and exit the lp6dutil program.
Test Host Adapters
1. Select this option to run these host-based internal and external loopback tests on the
host adapter.
Internal BIU PCI loopback and other loopback tests are run automatically.
2. Choose 0 (No) if you do not have an external loopback connector.
External loopback tests are disabled by default (0 = No (default); 1 = Yes).
Modify Test Options
