Power-Off Of Blade Server; Post - NEC BladeServer Express5800 Series User Manual

2-16 General Description

Power-off of Blade Server

Turn off the power in the following procedure. If a power cord of the Blade Enclosure is connected
to a UPS, refer to the manual provided with the UPS or the manual of the application controlling the
UPS.
1.
Shutdown the operating system.
2.
Press the POWER switch on the CPU blade.
The POWER lamp on the CPU blade lights amber.
<When the power of the entire system is turned off>
Shutdown all the CPU blades installed in the Blade Enclosure, turn off the power, and
remove all the power cords from the Blade Enclosure.

POST

POST (Power On Self-Test) is the self-diagnostic program of the CPU blade.
When you power on the CPU blade, the system automatically runs POST to check the motherboard,
ECC memory, CPU, keyboard, and mouse. POST also displays messages of the BIOS SETUP utility,
such as the startup message, while in progress.
With the factory setup of the CPU blade, the NEC logo appears on the display unit (if connected)
while POST is in progress. To display the POST check results, press Esc.
NOTE:
unit without pressing Esc. Select "Enabled" for "Boot-time Diag
Screen" in the Advanced menu of the BIOS SETUP utility. See Chapter
4 for details.
You do not always need to check the POST check results. Check the messages that POST displays
when:
You use the blade server for the first time.
The server fails.
The server beeps several times between power-on and operating system startup.
An error message appears on the display unit.
You can set the POST check results to appear on the display