Booting The Pc Blade Switch - HP BladeSystem bc2000 - Blade PC Installation Manual

Booting the PC Blade Switch

The PC Blade Switch will power on automatically when one or more of the enclosure power supplies
are plugged in. The assumed bootup information is as follows:
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The PC Blade Switch is delivered with a default configuration that differs from a typical distribution
or edge switch.
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The default user name for the PC Blade Switch Web Management Interface is admin. Note: if
connecting to the switch via the Integrated Administrator, no user name is required.
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There is no default password set.
Because the PC Blade Switch boots automatically, to view the POST boot process, the switch needs
to be rebooted from its command line interface. To do this, you must be connected to the IA over a local
serial port. To connect to the switch CLI and reboot the switch perform the following commands from
the IA command prompt.
To reboot the switch from the CLI:
1. Type connect switch a at the prompt.
The following is displayed:
The displaying of events will be suspended during your remote console
session.
Connecting to integrated switch A at 115200,N81...
Escape character is '<Ctrl>_'
2. Press Enter
3. Type enable at the console> prompt.
4. Type reload at the console# prompt.
5. Type Y when asked if you want to continue without saving your changes.
The PC Blade Switch goes through Power On Self Test (POST). POST runs every time the PC Blade
Switch is initialized and checks hardware components to determine if they are fully operational before
completely booting. If a critical problem is detected, the program flow stops and the switch LED glows
red. If POST passes successfully, a valid executable image is loaded into RAM. POST messages are
displayed on the terminal and indicate test success or failure.
As the PC Blade Switch boots, the bootup test first counts memory availability and then continues to
boot. The following screen is an example of the displayed POST:
------ Performing the Power-On Self Test (POST)
-----UART Channel Loopback Test........................PASS
Testing the System SDRAM..........................PASS
Boot1 Checksum Test...............................PASS
Boot2 Checksum Test...............................PASS
Flash Image Validation Test.......................PASS
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twice to display the switch console.
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