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 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, the storage engine loads the operating system. The following message is an example of the boot message that appears on the system console of an R150 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 Oct 3 04:06:00: PDT 2002 System ID: 0050385230 () System Serial Number: 1032264 System Rev: A0
slot 0:	System Board
	Processors: 1
	Memory Size: 6144 MB
slot 0:	10/100 Ethernet Controller IV
	e0 MAC Address: 00:a0:98:00:ef:el (auto-100tx-fd- disabling)
slot 0:	NetApp ATA/IDE Adapter ata0a (1f0)
slot 3:	Fibre Channel Target Host Adapter 3a
slot 3:	Fibre Channel Target Host Adapter 3b
slot 4:	SCSI Host Adapter 4a
	12 Disks: 2120.0GB
	1 shelf with EMU
slot 4:	SCSI Host Adapter 4b
slot 5:	SCSI Host Adapter 5a
	12 Disks: 2544.0GB
	1 shelf with EMU
slot 5:	SCSI Host Adapter 5b
	12 Disks: 2544.0GB
	1 shelf with EMU
slot 6:	SCSI Host Adapter 6a
	12 Disks: 2332.0GB
	1 shelf with EMU
slot 6:	SCSI Host Adapter 6b
	12 Disks: 2544.0GB
	1 shelf with EMU
slot 7:	NVRAM
	Memory Size: 256 MB
slot 8:	SCSI Host Adapter 8a
	12 Disks: 2544.0GB
	1 shelf with EMU
slot 8:	SCSI Host Adapter 8b
	12 Disks: 2120.0GB
	1 shelf with EMU
slot 9:	SCSI Host Adapter 9a
	12 Disks: 2544.0GB
	1 shelf with EMU
slot 9:	SCSI Host Adapter 9b
	12 Disks: 2332.0GB
	1 shelf with EMU
slot 10:	Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet Controller V
	e10a MAC Address: 00:07:e9:09:07:7a
	e10b MAC Address: 00:07:e9:09:07:7b
slot 11:	Dual Gigabit Ethernet Conroller V
	e11a MAC Address: 00:07:e9:09:34:1a
	e11b MAC Address: 00:07:e9:09:34:1b

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.

For detailed information

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