Post - NEC Express5800 140Rd-4 User Manual

POST

P OST (Power On Self-Test) is the self-diagnosis feature saved in the I/O board of the server.
W hen the power of the server is turned on, POST automatically runs to check the I/O board, memory board, process
ke yboard, and mouse. During POST messages indicating the starts of several BIOS setup utilities may also appear.
A t the shipment of the server, it is set to have a full-screen logo appear on the display unit during POST. Pressing Esc allows
th e information on the execution of POST to be displayed.
NOTE:
The information on the result of diagnosis by POST can be displayed from the start
without the depression of Esc on the BIOS Setup menu. If you desire it, change the setting of
"Boot-time Diagnosis Screen" on "Advanced" of the BIOS SETUP to "Enabled."
It may not always be necessary to check the result of POST. Check the messages which may appear during POST in the
following cases:
Installation of the server
Suspicion of failure
Beep for many t imes in the period from power-on to operating system start
Appearance of an error message on
POS T F ow l
The flow f operations executed by POST is sequentially described below: o
IMPORTANT:
key entr y may appear on the display screen. This is requested by BIOS on an installed optional
board. S ee the explanation described in the manual for the option and press any key.
1.
After power-on, POST is activated to start the memory check. The message indicating the counted size of the base
memory and that of the additional memory appears at the upper left corner of the display screen. In addition, the
following message appears at the bottom of the screen.
Press <F2> to enter SETUP, <F4> Service Partition, <F12> Network
NOTE:
If you change the factory-default for [Extended RAM Step] in [Advanced] menu of BIOS
SETUP and execute the memory test, pressing Space allows the memory test to be skipped.
It m ay take several minutes to complete the memory check depending on
ser ver. Similarly, it may take about a minute to display the proper information on the screen at rebooting.
2.
De tects the RAID controller built in the server and displays the message prompting the start of the MegaRAID
Config uration utility (without any key entry for several seconds, POST is automatically continued). Press
keys according to the screen display.
LSI M egaRAID BIOS
Copyri ght(C) 2005 LSI Logic Corp.
HA-X (Bus XX Dev XX) MegaRAIS SCSI 320-2E
Standard FW XXXX DRAM = 256MB (SDRAM)
B attery module is present on adapter
Channel-0 ID-14 -- XXX
Channel-1 ID-14 -- XXX
X Logical Drive(s) found on the host adapter.
X Logical Drive(s) handled by BIOS
P ress <Ctrl><M> or <Enter> to Run Config
O r Press <Ctrl><H> for WebBIOS
Now press Enter to start the utility. Do not use Ctrl + M to start the utility.
the display unit
Depending on the system configuration, me
Version XXX (Build XXX XX XXXX)
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Utility
ssage "Press Any Key" requesting
the size of the memory installed in the
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the proper