Rompaq Error Recovery Options; Rompaq Disaster Recovery - Compaq N2400 - TaskSmart - 1 GB RAM Administration Manual

Starting into the Operating System
When you enable ASR-2 to restart into the operating system and a critical
error occurs, ASR-2 logs the error in the IML and restarts the server. The
system ROM pages the designated administrator, and then executes the normal
restart process.
IMPORTANT: When you enable ASR-2 to restart into the operating system, Modem
Dial-In Status, Network Status, and Modem Dial-Out Status are automatically disabled. In
this mode, ASR-2 can page you if a critical error occurs, but you cannot access the
server, and the server cannot dial out to a remote workstation.
If the ASR-2 feature cannot restart the server within 10 attempts, ASR-2 logs a
critical error in the IML and restarts the server into the Compaq Utilities, and
then puts the modem into auto-answer mode.

ROMPaq Error Recovery Options

The process of upgrading the system ROM is referred to as flashing the ROM.
Flashing consists of using software to replace the current ROM image with a
new one through ROMPaq.
Should an error such as a power failure occur during this process, the flash
operation is not completed, causing the ROM image in the server to be
corrupted. Compaq provides two options for ROMPaq recovery, depending on
the server and circumstances involved.

ROMPaq Disaster Recovery

The following option must be utilized by any server that does not have a valid
ROM image.
1. Build a fresh ROMPaq diskette, using the latest version for the server
involved.
NOTE: If the ROM is corrupted by a ROMPaq interruption, the initial ROMPaq attempt may
have affected the contents of the original diskette.
2. Power down the server.
3. Set configuration switches 1, 4, 5, and 6 on the system maintenance
switch block to On to enable disaster mode.
4. Insert the ROMPaq diskette. Although you utilize a normal ROMPaq
diskette, this situation does not allow you to save the old image.
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