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Startup responses

System startup messages

About startup messages  Top

When you apply power to the F85, the filer verifies which hardware is attached to the system, loads the operating system, and displays two types of startup messages on the console:

POST messages  Top

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

Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 C07
Copyright 1985-1988 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
Copyright 2000 Network Appliance, Inc.
All Rights Reserved

 
Network Appliance, Inc.
www.netapp.com
POST messages

 
Memory Test.....  Please wait.

 
Press <F2>  for System Setup
Press <F10> for Utility
Please wait.....

 

 
   Embedded server management firmware revision 5.22
   System backplane firmware revision 5.35

 
One 866 MHz Processor, Processor Bus: 133 MHz, L2 cache: 256 KB 
Advanced

 
QLogic Corporation
QLA128x PCI SCSI ROM BIOS Version 1.09
Copyright (C) QLogic Corporation 1993-1999. All rights reserved.
www.qlc.com

 
Press <Alt-Q> for Fast!UTIL

 
Number Type Number BUS  ID   LUN    ID         ID          Revision
   Disk      0      0    0    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      0      0    1    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      0      0    2    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      0      0    3    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      0      0    4    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      0      0    5    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Micro     0      0    6    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Tape      0      1    3    0    QUANTUM   DLT8000           0119
ROM BIOS Installed
Number Type Number BUS  ID   LUN    ID         ID          Revision
   Disk      1      0    0    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      1      0    1    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      1      0    2    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      1      0    3    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      1      0    4    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      1      0    5    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      1      0    8    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      1      0    9    0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      1      0    10   0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      1      0    11   0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      1      0    12   0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Disk      1      0    13   0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
   Micro     1      0    15   0    NETAPP    X225_DDYS-T36950  NA00
ROM BIOS Installed

Boot messages  Top

After POST is successfully completed, the filer loads the operating system.

The following message is an example of the boot message that appears on the system console at first system boot. The exact boot messages that appear on your system console depend on your system configuration.

Boot messages

Copyright (c) 1992-2000 Network Appliance, Inc.
Loading NetApp software:
...................................................

 
NetApp software loaded
Starting
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.......
Press <control-C> for special boots

 
NetApp Release /rlse/rlse4/RguinnessN_000921_0010: Thu Sep 21 
00:18:10 PDT
2000M

 
Copyright (c) 1992-2000 Network Appliance, Inc.
Starting boot on Mon Sep 25 20:08:14 GMT 2000
Scanning for disk drives: ..................
Configuring disk drives: 5a.5 5a.3 5a.1 4.3 4.1 4.5 4.0 4.4 4.2 
5a.0 5a.2
5a.4 .12 4.11 4.10 4.8 4.9 4.13
Disk 4.0 is reserved for "hot spare"
Disk 4.1 is reserved for "hot spare"
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