Reviewing Firmware Operations; Startup Triggers; Sp Fw; Bios Transfer/Os Loading - NEC Express5800 1160Xd User Manual

Reviewing Firmware Operations

The following sections describe the firmware (FW) operations that take place
before the operating system starts up.

Startup Triggers

The following triggers make the firmware perform the operations preceding the
startup of the operating system:
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DC On – Startup of the system.
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Dump – Collection of log information and restart of system. (You can
select either to restart or not to restart the system using the operating
system settings.)
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Cold Reset – Reset of the entire system including memory from software
or due to a hardware error.

SP FW

When a system startup is triggered, the service processor firmware (SP FW)
operations include:
1. AC On – Self-test.
2. DC ON/Dump/Cold Reset
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Hardware check 1 – Hardware check for the power supply capacity test.
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Power supply capacity test
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Hardware check 2 – Hardware check for checking the minimum
configuration.
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Hardware self-test
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Hardware initialization
!
Memory scan (memory test)
!
BIOS transfer

BIOS Transfer/OS Loading

BIOS transfer operations include:
1. Itanium
2. Itanium 2 Processor initialization
3. Loading of OS loader – loads the operating system.
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2 Processor self-test
System Operation 2-11