VTS Procedure for Oracle SPARC Systems

General Microsystems, Inc. provides a value added service of testing servers for hardware failures and system faults prior to customers putting GMI sold products into production. Oracle embeds Validation Test Suite (VTS) as tool to test system faults and hardware failures in the Oracle Solaris operating system. This procedure provides a walkthrough on how to initiate the VTS testing process from the Solaris operating system. 

Required Tools:

Laptop with Putty SSH, Telnet, and Rlogin Client

Serial Cable

USB to VGA Dongle

Power cords

Connecting to Server

Connect the USB  Dongle to the Serial Cable

Connect the Serial Cable RJ45 to the serial port on the back of the server.

Connect the USB end of the dongle to your laptop.

Open the putty client. Select the serial radial button. Press OK button.

You have connected to the server.

Command Line to Run VTS Testing

The system will eventually  reach the opening prompt

Oracle-(serial number) login:  root

Password: changeme

You have now entered the ILOM SP

The new prompt should show Hostname:OracleSP-(serial number)

->

You will need to configure the OS before being able to start the VTS testing. Enter the following commands to start the server and boot the systems operating system:

• set  /HOST/bootmode script=”setenv auto-boot? False”
  
• start /SYS
  
• yes/no ?  enter  yes
  
• start /SP/console
  
• yes/no? yes
  

The system boots.

Prompt: [OK]: boot

The server will begin to booting to the operating system.  You will enter the System Configuration Tool to configure the OS.

Settings:

Computer Name: Use the SO# of the order and assign the server qty.1 in the case that there are multiple servers to the order.  9301-1, 9301-2

Network: None

TimeZone: Regions: Americas

Time Zone: Locations: United States

Time Zone: Pacific

Locale: Language: English

Locale: Territory: United States

Date& Time:

Year:   yyyy

Month: 1-12

Day:1-31

Hour:0-23

Minute:0-59

Keyboard: US-English

Users

It is very important that you assign the super user and standard user credentials  to these settings  exact  on every single server.

Root Password: gmi12345

Confirm:gmi12345

Create user account

Your real name: GMI

Username: GMI

User password:gmi12345

Confirm: gmi12345

System Configuration Summary

Press F2 to advance

Prompt- (server name) console login:GMI

Password: gmi12345

Prompt: GMI@servername.~#

GMI@servername.~# su –

Password: gmi12345

root@servername:~# cd /usr/sunvts/bin

root@servername:/usr/sunvts/bin# ./startsunvts

Which VTS 8.0 interface (UI) or testing option would you like to use?

1. Command line interface
   
2. Terminal user interface
   
3. Graphical user interface
   

d)Default test

i)Comprehensive test

g) Short testing

m) Memory testing

a)All level testing

Select b

Starting VTS in the terminal user interface

Use the directional arrows on your keyboard to  navigate throughout the terminal and set options. The screen may be distorted. Press Ctrl L to make the screen more visible. 

Navigate the cursor to Global Options and press enter to open the field. Set the parameters:

Duration of testing:1440 minutes (24 hours)

Change disabled to enable by highlighting disable and pressing enter. Select enabled setting and press enter.

Duration of Logging: 1440 minutes (24hours)

Arrow down to apply and press enter.

Press tab key to move curser  lower fields of interface select  the hardware you want to test.

Pressing the spacebar will either enter and x in the filed  or delete the x for the options you want to test.

Select memory, disk, and processor. Remove selections for network and IO ports. 

Press the tab Key. Highlight start option and press enter.

VTS will begin testing the server for 24 hours.