Brocade® Product Training

v4.x Power-On Self-Test (POST)
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POST 1 includes the
following tests 1 :
turboramtest
portregtest
centralmemorytest
cmitest
sramretentiontest
cmemretentiontest
POST 2 includes the
following tests 2 :
camtest
portloopbacktest
portloopbacktestserdes
txdpath
spinsilkserdes
backplanetest
There are 4 boot types
Cold boot
Warm boot (reboot)
Fast boot (fastboot)
Logical switch boot (switchreboot)
Full POST
Partial POST
No POST
Partial POST
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POST 1 includes the following tests:
turboramtest - Functional test of RAM.
portregtest - Bit write and read test of the ASIC SRAMs and registers.
centralmemorytest - Bit write and read test of the ASIC central memory.
cmitest – ASIC-to-ASIC connection test of the Control Message Interface bus.
sramretentiontest - Data retention test of the SRAMs in the ASIC.
centralmemorytest - Bit write and read test of the ASIC central memory.
POST 2 includes the following tests:
camtest - Functional test of the CAM memory.
portloopbacktest - Functional test of switch by sending and receiving frames from the same
port.
portloopbacktestserdes - Functional test of switch by sending and receiving frames from
the same port Serdes chip.
txdpath - Functional test of ASIC TXA, TXD connections
spinsilkserdes - Functional test of port-to-port path at maximum switch speed.
backplanetest - Backplane connection diagnostic
Footnote 1: POST 1 tests could change by firmware version. What is actually being testing is
displayed in /fabos/share/switchpost1.sh.
Footnote 2: POST 2 tests could change by firmware version. What is actually being testing is
displayed in /fabos/share/switchpost2.sh.
© 2005 Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated.
Revision CFP261-02-2005
Chapter 8 - 34