Flow Of Post; Behavior At Occurrence Of Error - NEC NovaScale R630 User Manual

Flow of POST

This section walks you through how POST is performed.
1.
When you power on the system, one selected CPU/IO module will start up.
POST will be performed on this selected CPU/IO module.
2.
Memory check starts.
A message appears at the upper left of the screen to show that the basic and expanded memories are being
counted. The memory check may take a few minutes to complete depending on the server's memory size.
Likewise, it may take about one minute for the screen to appear when the server is rebooted.
3.
The server starts processor check, IO check, and initialization.
Several messages appear: they show the ID of the selected CPU/IO modules, information on the processor,
detection of the keyboard and mouse, etc.
4.
A message appears at the lower left of the screen, prompting for startup of the BIOS setup utility "SETUP."
You will need to start it when you want to modify the configuration for using the server. Unless this message
appears together with an error message, you do not need to start the utility to modify the configuration. (If you
wait for a few seconds, POST will go on automatically.)
To start the SETUP utility, press F2 while the above message is displayed. For setting and parameter
functions, see the section of BIOS setup.
When SETUP is completed, the server will reboot itself automatically and perform POST.
5.
A message appears prompting for startup of SAS BIOS setup utility.
When a built-in SAS controller is detected, a message will appear prompting for startup of SAS BIOS setup
utility. (If you wait for a few seconds, POST will go on automatically.)
If you press Ctrl + A, the SAS BIOS setup utility will start. However, you usually do not need to use the
setup utility. For setting and parameter functions, see "SAS BIOS" (page 4-33).
When SETUP is complete, the server will reboot automatically and perform POST from the start again.
6.
The screen shows the ID numbers of the connected disk drive.
7.
Upon completion of POST, the password entry screen appears prior to OS startup.
The password entry screen will appear after the normal termination of POST only if you have set a password
in the BIOS setup utility "SETUP."
You can enter a password up to three times. If you enter an incorrect password three times, the startup will be
unsuccessful. In this case, turn off the power and then turn it on again after waiting 30 seconds to boot the
server.
IMPORTANT:
Do not set a password before installing the OS.
8.
Upon completion of POST, the OS will start up.

Behavior at Occurrence of Error

If POST or OS startup does not finish normally, the server will reboot itself automatically.
At the time of reboot, it will select the other CPU/IO module and run POST or OS startup.
Press <F2> to enter SETUP
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