Testing Third-Party PCI Cards

Chapter 2. Resources

East Coast I/O Test Lab (Burlington, MA)

• One or more of each released and pre-released platforms (or series) is available for testing IHV PCI cards.
• PCI bus analyzer
• PCI bus exerciser
• Test database server
• Network terminal server (for remote connection and tip service)
• Server for SunOS^TM update, flash-update, boot over net, and other purposes (for lab use only)
• An external FTP server for downloading files to and from an IHV site
• IHV-provided test equipment for functional card testing
• A test engineer is available to execute the tests in the lab and to contact the IHV for clarification and additional information as necessary. The test engineer will also write the test reports and review them with the engineer assigned to the IHV.
• IHVs can contact their assigned Market Development Engineer to schedule time in the East Coast lab for testing their PCI cards on Sun SPARC platforms. The test engineer will be available to assist in setting up and running the tests.