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Startup error messages

Startup sequence  Top

When you apply power to the your gateway after following the installation and configuration process, 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 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


 

Intel Open Firmware by FirmWorks

 

Copyright 1995-2003 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 gateway LCD displays only the POST messages without the preceding header.

Boot messages
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After the boot is successfully completed, the gateway displays boot messages on the system console. The following message is an example of the boot message that appears on the system console of a GF940 gateway 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) 1992-2003 NetworkAppliance, 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
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You might encounter two groups of startup error messages during the boot process:

 

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



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




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