When you apply power to your appliance, it verifies the hardware that is in the system, loads the operating system, and displays two types of startup informational and error messages on the system console:
POST is a series of tests run from the motherboard PROM. These tests check the hardware on the motherboard and differ depending on your system configuration. The following series of messages are examples of POST messages displayed on the console.
CFE version 1.0.0 based on Broadcom CFE: 1.0.35
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CPU type 0x1040102: 600MHz
Total memory: 0x20000000 bytes (512MB)
CFE>boot_primary
Loading: Failed.
Could not load fatfs://ide0.0/MIPS/kernel/FAS250/primary.krn
Loading: 0xffffffff80001000/7871032 Entry at 0xffffffff80..
Starting program at 0xffffffff80001000
Press CTRL-C for special boot menu
Note
If the messages are not appearing on your system console, verify that the DB-9 to RJ-45 adapter is being used.
After the boot is successfully completed, your appliance loads the operating system. The following message is an example of the boot message that appears on the system console of an FAS250 at first boot. The exact boot messages that appear on your system console depend on your system configuration.
You might encounter two groups of startup error messages displayed on the system console during the boot process:
For a detailed list of the startup error messages, see the following sections:
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