nPartition Administrator's Guide, Second Edition

NOTE: HP recommends that all self tests be performed for all nPartitions.
To enable all tests for an nPartition, use the FASTBOOT RUN command at the BCH
Configuration menu.
To disable an individual test, enter FASTBOOT test SKIP, where test is the name of the self
test ("PDH", "EARLY", or "LATE").
To enable an individual test, enter FASTBOOT test RUN.
For details on setting self tests, enter HELP FASTBOOT at the Configuration menu.
3. Exit the console and service processor interfaces if finished using them.
To exit the BCH environment type ^B (Control-B); this exits the nPartition console and
returns to the service processor Main Menu. To exit the service processor, type X at the Main
Menu.
Procedure 5-64 Configuring Boot-Time System Tests (EFI Shell)
From the EFI Shell environment use the boottest command to manage the self test configuration
for the local nPartition. The EFI Shell is available only on HP Integrity systems.
1. Access the EFI Shell environment for the nPartition whose boot-time tests you want to
configure.
Login to the service processor (MP or GSP) and enter CO to access the Console list. Select
the nPartition console.
When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu (the main
EFI menu). If at another EFI menu, select the Exit option from the sub-menus until you
return to the screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.
From the EFI Boot Manager menu, select the EFI Shell menu option to access the EFI Shell
environment.
2. At the EFI Shell environment use the boottest command to list, enable, or disable boot-time
system tests for the local nPartition.
To display the list of supported boot-time system tests, enter the boottest -h command
at the EFI Shell prompt.
Shell> boottest -h
Usage: BOOTTEST [on|off] | [[test] [on|off]]
test : early_cpu, late_cpu, platform, chipset
io_hw, mem_init, mem_test
Shell>
You can enable or disable any of the boot-time tests by specifying the name of the test to
boottest. The test names include: early_cpu, late_cpu, platform, chipset, io_hw,
mem_init, and mem_test.
System Tests: Configuring and Deconfiguring Tests from the EFI Shell
• boottest — Display the current boot-time system test configuration.
• boottest testname — Display the current setting for the specified test (testname).
For example: boottest mem_test displays the memory selftest settings.
• boottest on — Enable all boot-time system tests.
Enabling all tests is recommended.
• boottest off — Disable all boot-time system tests.
Disabling all selftests is usually not recommended; ordinarily all tests are enabled.
162 Booting and Resetting nPartitions