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User Diagnostics for Linux NIC Driver Management Applications: QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide Back to Contents Page User Diagnostics for Linux NIC Driver Management Applications: QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide This section covers the following information for user diagnostics for Linux NIC driver management applications: Running Linux User Diagnostics Linux Diagnostic Test Descriptions Linux Diagnostic Test Messages NOTE: The current release does not support external and internal loopback tests. Support is expected in a future release. Running Linux User Diagnostics Linux user diagnostics include QConvergeConsole diagnostics and ethtool diagnostics. QConvergeConsole Diagnostics NOTE: Information on installing and starting the GUI version of QLogic's QConvergeConsole utility is provided in the QConvergeConsole User's Guide. All procedural information for that utility is covered in the online help system. QConvergeConsole CLI-based diagnostics include the following commands: To enable or disable the port beacon, issue the following command: qaucli -pr nic -beacon [cna_port_inst] To run an internal loopback test, issue the following command: qaucli -pr nic -intloopback where tests_num is the number of tests (1-65535) and on_error is either 0=Ignore or 1=Abort To perform a Flash test, issue the following command: qaucli -pr nic testflash [cna_port_inst] To perform a hardware test, issue the following command: qaucli -pr nic -testhw [cna_port_inst] To perform an interrupt test, issue the following command: qaucli -pr nic -testinterrupt [cna_port_inst] To perform a link test, issue the following command: qaucli -pr nic -testlink [cna_port_inst] To perform a register test, issue the following command: qaucli -pr nic -testregister [cna_port_inst] To display transceiver DMI data, issue the following command: qaucli -pr nic -trans [cna_port_inst] Ethtool Diagnostics To perform an adapter self-test using ethtool-based diagnostics, issue the following command: file:///T|/htdocs/NETWORK/QLogic/71922/en/diag_lnx.htm[9/26/2012 4:26:10 PM]