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HCTS 4.0 Getting Started Guide

1. Introduction to HCTS

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1, Introduction to HCTS

• Chapter 2, System, Network, and Serial I/O Test Environment Setup

• Chapter 3, USB, Storage, CD/DVD, CPU/Memory, Floppy, Audio, and Video Test Environment Setup

• Chapter 4, Manual Tests

• Appendix A, Tools in /opt/SUNWhcts/bin

In this chapter:

• Overview

• Test Environment Setup Options

• When Testing is Complete

Overview

This test suite enables independent hardware vendors (IHVs), system manufacturers, system integrators, and end users to certify their systems and components for the Solaris OS on x86 and x64 platforms. All hardware that passes certification testing is eligible to be included in the Solaris OS Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) as a certified system or component.

Be sure to use the most up-to-date version of HCTS. Check the HCTS web site frequently to see whether a newer version is available. It is highly recommended that you back up your test systems and install the most up-to-date version of the Solaris OS for x86 platforms. Check the Solaris 10 Operating System web site or the Solaris Express, Developer Edition web site to see whether a newer version of the Solaris OS is available.

Note - Before you use HCTS, be sure to check whether the system you want to test is already listed on the Solaris OS Hardware Compatibility Lists (HCL) as Certified.

• If your hardware is listed as Reported To Work, you might be able to use HCTS to upgrade that listing to Certified. Some types of components cannot be certified.

• If your system is not listed, use the Sun Device Detection Tool or the Installation Check Tool to determine quickly whether your system is likely to be able to install the Solaris OS.

To test systems, network components, and serial I/O components, you must use two test machines:

1. System Under Test (SUT) — This is the system you want to certify, or the system that has the device you want to certify.

2. Test Manager system (TM) — This system is used by the SUT to test network and serial I/O devices. The TM should be a system that is already listed on the HCL as Certified.

See the table below to get information on the machine requirements for specific tests:

Test Environment Setup Options

The following options can be used for setting up your test environment.

System, Network, and Serial I/O Testing

Follow the instructions in Chapter 2, System, Network, and Serial I/O Test Environment Setup, if you want to do system, network, or serial I/O testing. Using these instructions, you must install the Solaris OS and HCTS separately on the Test Manager system and on the System Under Test. Then you choose which kind of testing you want to do.

USB, Storage, CD/DVD, CPU/Memory, Floppy, Audio, and Video Testing

Follow the instructions in Chapter 3, USB, Storage, CD/DVD, CPU/Memory, Floppy, Audio, and Video Test Environment Setup, if you want to test anything other than system, network, and serial I/O. For this testing, you need to set up only one system, not two.

When Testing is Complete

Before you put the test systems back into production use, you might want to reinstall your test system to its original configuration.

If you choose not to reinstall your test systems, you must uninstall HCTS. Take the following steps to uninstall HCTS from your system:

• Switch to root user.

• Remove the SUNWhcts package.

  # /usr/sbin/pkgrm SUNWhcts

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