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1. Turning on the Server

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Chapter 3 Setup

1.1

POST

POST (Power-On Self-Test) is a self-diagnostic program stored in the server as standard. POST

automatically runs immediately after the server is turned on and checks the motherboard, memory, and

processor (CPU). POST also displays the start-up messages of different utilities during the operation.

Usually, you do not need to check the contents of POST.

However, check messages displayed at POST

in the following cases.

• When introducing a server

• If you suspect a failure

• When you hear beep many times during the time between power ON and OS startup

• When any error message is displayed

1.1.1

POST sequence

Explains how POST runs in order.

1. When the server is turned on, POST starts, and an initialization

message is displayed. The message to tell initialization of

a memory and a PCI device. After an initialization message

was displayed, a logo appears on the screen.

Note

• Keyboard becomes operable after the logo appears.

• While an initialization message is displayed, a screen is sometimes switched

over to the screen by which nothing is displayed (black screen) several times.

It’s no problem for operation.

• An initialization message isn't sometimes displayed by the occasion with which

an option VGA controller was connected and setting of a BIOS setup utility

(SETUP).

• An initialization message isn't displayed on the console redirection screen of a

serial port.

2. If Enabled is specified for Password On Boot in Security menu of SETUP, you will be prompted to

enter password after the logo is displayed. If you enter the incorrect password three times consecutively,

POST aborts. (You can no longer proceed.) In this case, power off the server, and power it on.

Important

Do not set a password before OS is installed.

3. If <Esc> key is pressed, the logo disappears and the details of POST are displayed.

Tips

If Quiet Boot is Disabled from Boot menu in BIOS settings, the logo is not

displayed without requiring <ESC> key to be pressed.

4. POST displays several types of message. These messages let you know that the installed CPU or

connected keyboard and mouse are detected.

5. After a while, the following message is displayed on the screen.

Press <F2> SETUP, <F3> Internal Flash Memory, <F4> ROM Utility, <F12> Network

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