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<style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"}</style><![endif]--><META content="Stephen R. Berard" name=Author></HEAD><BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" vLink=blue link=blue><DIV class=Section1><H2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p>Stress - </o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p>PMTE Power Management Test Shell</o:p></SPAN></H2><H3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">SUMMARY<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3><P><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">PMTE is an ACPI stress tool. PMTE includes a suite of power management stress tests designed to exercise each ACPI sleep state supported by a system, and each device power state supported by individual devices. Prior to entering and after resuming from each sleep cycle, the devices in the system are tested for functionality using Win32 interfaces or other methods. Examples include accessing files on the system disk or pinging other machines on the network. During testing, if a device node fails a test, hangs, or otherwise stops working, PMTE will break into the attached kernel debugger to allow the issue to be debugged. PMTE should be run with a kernel debugger attached to the system and debugging enabled. If the kernel debugger is not enabled, PMTE will throw an access violation (AV) when it cannot communicate with a device. Several scripts are supplied to allow tests to be repeated automatically, as many times as you specify.</span></font></P><blockquote><P><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana"><b>Note:</b> ACPI Stress works only with Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003.</span></font></P></blockquote><h3><span style="font-family: Verdana">Devices Supported</span></h3><P><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">PMTE tests the following device types.</span></font></P><ul> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Disks</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">CD-ROM</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Floppy</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Sound</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">NET</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">IRDA</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Serial (with loop back)</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Modems</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Parallel port</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Video</span></font></li></ul> <h3><span style="font-family: Verdana">Running ACPI Stress</span></h3> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2">There are three methods available to run PMTE; using the batch file <i>pmteauto.bat,</i> running <i>pmte.exe</i> and selecting test options, or running <i>pmte.exe </i>from the command line, specifying one of the included scripts and available command line options.</font></span></p> <h3><span style="font-family: Verdana">Using the Batch File <i>pmteauto.bat</i></span></h3> <p><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">This method is designed to automate running PMTE. This option will test every device on the system while cycling through all supported system sleeps states. After it has tested every device and every supported sleep state once, it then will repeat this test 99 consecutive times.</span></font></p> <h3><span style="font-family: Verdana">Running <i>pmte.exe</i></span></h3> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2">This method allows you to have full control over how PMTE executes. Running <i>pmte.exe</i> will present you with a dialog box containing three tabs labeled <b>Device to Test</b>, <b>Script Run</b>, and <b>Advanced</b>.</font></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2">The <b>Device to Test</b> tab allows selection of the devices to be tested. To exclude testing a specific device simply deselect the device in this tab.</font></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2">The <b>Script Run</b> tab allows selection of available scripts. You can then elect how long you want PMTE to run by specifying the test duration in days, hours, and minutes, the number of days and a specific time of day, or the number of test cycles. You may also specify which system sleep states to exclude. </font> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2">The <b>Advanced</b> tab allows configuration of the following settings.</font></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2">Select a hard disk spin down time.</font></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2">Use the reset after hibernate option. This helps to automate hibernate testing on machines that don�t support wake from S4 via the RTC.</font></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2">Ignore any reported RTC capabilities.</font></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2">Specify which network share to use for testing network I/O. This allows you to make sure the system can reach a share that exists. If a network share is not specified, then a <i>net view</i> command is done, and any systems found are pinged to test network functionality.</font></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2">Specify what PMTE will do should a test instance hang. You may elect to have PMTE break into the debugger, terminate the test process, or just ignore the failing test.</font></span></li></ul><h3><span style="font-family: Verdana">Running a Script from the Command Line</span></h3><P><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">To run a PMTE script, enter the following command:</span></font></P><blockquote><P><font face="Courier New" size="2">pmte /rs: <scriptName> <NumberOfTimes></font></P></blockquote><h3><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2">Excluding Specific Device Types</font></span></h3><P><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">To exclude one or more devices types, you may use the /sdt: (Skip Device Type) switch for each device type you want to omit.</span></font></P><P><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">For example, to omit the serial port and Floppy devices types, enter the command below.</span></font></P><blockquote><P><font size="2" face="Courier New">pmte /sdt: com /sdt: bootfloppy</font></P></blockquote><P><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">It is usually a good idea to skip the bootfloppy because hibernate will probably not be automated.</span></font></P><P><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Devices that can be excluded by including the /sdt command line switch are:</span></font></P><ul> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">COM</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Floppy</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">NET</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">IRDA</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">DISK</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">SOUND</span></font></li> <li><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">VIDEO</span></font></li></ul><h3><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2">Other Command Line Switches</font></span></h3><P><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">/QOS:</span></font></P><blockquote><P><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Causes PMTE to exit when testing completes, if all tests have passed.</span></font></P></blockquote><P><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">/LOG: [log file name]</span></font></P><blockquote><P><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana">The default log file name is pmte.log. 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