Types Of Startup Messages; Post Messages; Boot Messages - Dell PowerVault 720N Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

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Table 3-8 lists the two types of startup messages.

POST messages

Boot messages

When you turn on the power, the filer checks the hardware on the system board by
running a series of POST tests from a PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory).
The following list is a sample of messages that appear on the system console when
the POST tests are running. The exact messages that appear on your system console
depend on your system configuration.
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Firmware release 2.0_a2
Memory size is 512 MB
Testing SIO
Testing LCD
Probing devices
Testing 512MB
Complete
Finding image...
Starting
If you do not have a system console connected to the filer, you can observe the POST
messages on the LCD.
Immediately after you power on the filer.
When the filer is loading the operating system.
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