Emulex 3.4 Manuale Utente

Enables you to specify test cycles three ways:

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Select an established cycle count by clicking on the corresponding radio button.

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Enter a custom cycle count in the blank field in the Test Cycles area.

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Set the test to run until you manually click Stop, by selecting the Infinite radio button.

Enter a custom test pattern to be used in tests that transfer data. The test pattern can be up to 8 
hexadecimal bytes.

The Test Status section displays how many completed cycles of each test ran, as well as the number of 
errors.

To run loopback tests:

1.

From the discovery-tree, select the HBA on which you wish to run the Loopback Test.

2.

Select the Diagnostics tab and click Advanced Diagnostics Tests. From the Loopback Test 
section of the dialog box, choose the type of Loopback test you wish to run and define the 
loopback test parameters.

3.

Click Start. The following warning appears:

4.

Click OK. If you choose to run an External Loopback test the following window appears:

5.

Click OK. The progress bar indicates that the test is running. 

Periodic test feedback, consisting of the current loopback test/cycle plus the completion status 
of each type of test, is displayed in the Test Log section of the dialog box. Click Clear to erase 
the contents of the log display or click Save to File to save the log file. 

You must insert a loopback plug in the selected HBA before running an 

External Loopback test.