Motherboard Certification
Level 2 Test Plan

Introduction

Required Software and Setup

Required Software Configuration

Test Network Setup

Test Video Setup

Hardware Certification Tests

Manual Tests

Automated Tests

Introduction

This document provides detailed descriptions of the manual motherboard certification tests. After you successfully complete the manual tests described in this document, use the HCTS to run the automated tests.

These Level 2 tests provide greater test coverage than the Level 1 tests. See Motherboard Level 1 Tests and Motherboard Level 2 Tests for further details.

These tests require two systems.

1. Run all tests from the test manager system.
2. Run all tests on the system under test.

In this testing, the system under test serves data to the test manager system. In this way, the test manager system is a client of the system under test.

Required Software and Setup

Make sure both systems meet the general hardware and software requirements for all certifications stated in the Hardware Certification Test Suite Installation Guide.

This section describes additional software and setup required to execute the motherboard certification tests.

Required Software Configuration

• At least 1 Gbyte for / (root)
• At least 1 Gbyte for /export/home for single-processor machines
• At least 1.5 Gbytes for /export/home for multi-processor machines
• At least 5 Gbytes free space on any disk that has any / (root directory), /usr, /opt, /var, or /export/home mount point.

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Test Network Setup

• All test machines must be on their own private network. The test machines do not need to be connected back-to-back.

• Connect the fibre or copper cable back-to-back. That is, connect a cable directly from the back of the test manager system to the back of the system under test.

• Both system hostnames must be resolved on both systems. On the system under test, add the test manager system hostname to the /etc/hosts file. On the test manager system, add the system under test hostname to the /etc/hosts file.

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Test Video Setup

• Configure your Xwindows correctly on the machine to be tested before you begin any test that includes a video test. System certification and motherboard certification include video testing.

• Start Xwindows on the system to be tested and log on as user root before you begin any test that includes a video test.

If the system under test does not have video capability, explain the failure of the video test in the comments section of the certification submission form.

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Hardware Certification Tests

Run all tests as user root unless otherwise indicated in the HCTS test ReadMe file.

Manual Tests

• Testing a New Installation of the Solaris Operating System

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Testing a New Installation of the Solaris Operating System

This test verifies that the Solaris OS can be installed on the system under test.

Required Hardware

• System under test

Test Strategy

• This test ensures that the Solaris OS will install on the system under test.

Test Procedure

1. Perform both CD and network installs on the system under test.

   For the network install, follow these instructions for Pre-Boot Execution (PXE) installation.

   Note: To specify slice layout during Solaris installation, do the following:

   • Select Manual Layout from the Automatically Layout File System menu.
   • Select Customize from the File System and Disk Layout menu.

2. Ensure that the Solaris partition on the system under test is sliced correctly, as described in "Required Software Configuration".

3. Reboot the system, and ensure that no error messages appear.

Expected Results

• The Solaris OS installs and works properly.

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