Startup error messages

Startup sequence

When you apply power to the 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:

Power-On Self-Test (POST) messages
Boot messages

POST messages

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.

Header

Intel Open Firmware by FirmWorks

Copyright 1995-2002 FirmWorks, Network Appliance. All Rights 
Reserved.

Firmware release x.x_in

POST messages

Memory size is 6GB

Testing SIO

Testing LCD

Probing devices

Testing 512MB

Complete

Finding image...

Starting

Note
Your appliance LCD displays only the POST messages without the preceding header.

Boot messages

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 a FAS940 storage appliance at first boot. The exact boot messages that appear on your system console depend on your system configuration.

Boot messages
NetApp Release x.x.x: Thu January 10 04:06:00: PST 2002 Copyright (c) 1992-2002 Network Appliance, Inc. Starting boot on Thu January 10 23:42:47 GMT 2002 System ID: 0016777216 () slot 0: System Board Processors: 1 Memory Size: 3072 MB slot 0: 10/100 Ethernet Controller IV e0 MAC Address: 00:00:4c:0f:2c:22 (auto-100tx- fd-up) slot 0: NetApp ATA/IDE Adapter ata0a (1f0) 1 Disk: 0.2GB slot 3: Fibre Channel Host Adapter 3 7 Disks: 119.0GB 1 shelf with EDM slot 6: NVRAM Memory Size: 256 MB slot 6: NetApp ATA/IDE Adapter ata1a (9fe0) 1 Disk: 0.2GB slot 11: 10/100/1000 Ethernet Controller IV e11 MAC Address: 00:02:b3:8f:a4:e7 (auto- unknown-cfg_down) Please enter the new hostname []:

Boot messages

NetApp Release x.x.x: Thu January 10 04:06:00: PST 2002

Copyright (c) 1992-2002 Network Appliance, Inc.

Starting boot on Thu January 10 23:42:47 GMT 2002

System ID: 0016777216 ()

slot 0: System Board

                Processors:         1

                Memory Size:        3072 MB

        slot 0: 10/100 Ethernet Controller IV

                e0 MAC Address:     00:00:4c:0f:2c:22 (auto-100tx-
fd-up)

        slot 0: NetApp ATA/IDE Adapter ata0a (1f0)

                1 Disk:                0.2GB

        slot 3: Fibre Channel Host Adapter 3

                7 Disks:             119.0GB

                1 shelf with EDM

        slot 6: NVRAM

                Memory Size:        256 MB

        slot 6: NetApp ATA/IDE Adapter ata1a (9fe0)

                1 Disk:                0.2GB

        slot 11: 10/100/1000 Ethernet Controller IV

                e11 MAC Address:    00:02:b3:8f:a4:e7 (auto-
unknown-cfg_down)

Please enter the new hostname []:

Types of startup error messages

You might encounter two groups of startup error messages during the boot process:

POST error messages
Boot error messages

Both error message types are displayed on the system console, and an email notification is sent out by your remote management card, if it is configured to do so.

For detailed information

For a detailed list of the startup error messages, see the following sections: