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

Power-off of Blade Server

Turn off the power in the following procedure. If a power cord of the Blade Enclosure is connected
to the UPS, refer to the manual shipped with the UPS or the manual of the application controlling
the UPS.
1.
Shutdown OS.
2.
Press the POWER switch on the CPU blade.
The POWER lamp on the CPU blade goes on 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 stored in the CPU blade.
When you power on the CPU blade, the system automatically runs POST to check the mother board,
ECC memory module, CPU module, keyboard, and mouse. POST also displays messages of the
BIOS SETUP utility, such as the start-up 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. To do so, select "Enabled" for "Boot-time
Diag Screen" under the Advanced menu of the BIOS SETUP utility.
See Chapter 4 for details.
You don't always need to check the POST check results. Check messages that POST displays when:
you use the blade server for the first time.
the server appears to fail.
the server beeps for many times between power-on and OS start-up.
an error message appears on the display unit.
You can set the POST check results to appear on the display
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