Interpreting Post Diagnostics - Nortel CallPilot User Manual

24 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting your CallPilot system
There is one red LED and a row of eight small LEDs at the back of the
RAID board.
To check if RAID board is working properly
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There are four LEDs lit when the RAID card is working properly.
If all eight LEDs stay on after power up and boot, the card was not detected
or is faulty.

Interpreting POST diagnostics

The Power-On-Self-Test (POST) is a system diagnostic program (stored in
the BIOS) that runs each time the 703t server is started. The function of
POST is to test system components and then to display status messages.
POST reports on the system status using POST beep codes. If an error
occurs before video initialization, POST emits beep codes that indicate
errors in hardware, software, or firmware.
A beep code is a series of separate tones, each equal in length. Record
the beep codes that you hear before calling your Nortel customer support
representative.
Some POST beep codes are critical and require you to replace your motherboard.
Refer to the tables in this section for more information about beep codes.
Types of beep codes
There are three types of beep codes on the 703t server:
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The red LED comes on briefly at power up, then goes off. This
indicates that the card was accessed for detection successfully.
At the same time, all eight LEDs at the back will light.
Four of the eight LEDs will then go off and stay that way.
BIOS recovery beep codes (during a BIOS recovery procedure)
bootblock error beep codes (for normal operation)
Nortel CallPilot
703t Server Maintenance and Diagnostics
NN44200-702 01.03 Standard
5.0 3 April 2007
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