When you apply power to the 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. POST displays errors in configuration or hardware as messages on the system console. The following list specifies the types of POST error massages you might see:
The following series of messages are examples of POST messages displayed on the console.
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Firmware release x.x_in
Memory size is 3GB
Testing SIO
Testing LCD
Probing devices
Testing 3GB
Complete
Finding image...
Starting
Note
The C2100 appliance LCD displays only the POST messages without the preceding header.
After POST is successfully completed, the appliance loads the operating system. The following message is an example of the boot message that appears on the system console at first boot. The exact messages that appear on your console depend on your system configuration.
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
Memory Size: 3 GB
slot 0: Ethernet Controller e0
MAC Address: 00:c0:94:00:13:12 (auto-100tx-fd-up)
slot 1: Ethernet Controller e3
MAC Address: 00:a0:92:f7:62:56 (tp-down)
slot 4: NVRAM
Memory Size: 64 MB
Please enter the new hostname [ ]:
For a detailed listing of the startup error messages, see the following sections:
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