Powering On The Firewall; Checklist/Operations After Power-On; Startup Process - 3Com H3C SECPATH F5000-A5 ADVANCED VPN FIREWALL 12-PORT GIGABIT ETHERNET MODULE Installation Manual

Powering on the Firewall

Turn on the power source.
Turn on the power switch on the power module of the firewall.

Checklist/Operations after Power-on

After powering on the firewall, check that:
1) The LEDs on the MPU are normal. For the status of the LEDs, refer to "Table 1-2 Description of the
device state LEDs" in Chapter 1 "Firewall Overview".
2) The ventilation system works normally. You can hear that the fans are working.
3) The configuration terminal displays information normally. You can see the startup window on the
local configuration terminal. For more information, refer to "Startup Process" on page 5-5.
4) After completing the power-on self-test (POST), the system prompts you to press Enter. When the
command line prompt appears, you can proceed to configure the firewall.

Startup Process

After power-on, the firewall initializes its memory, and then runs the extended BootWare. The following
information appears on the terminal screen:
System start booting...
Booting Normal Extend BootWare....
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Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Hangzhou H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.
Compiled Date
CPU Type
CPU L1 Cache
CPU Clock Speed
Memory Type
Memory Size
Memory Speed
BootWare Size
Flash Size
cfa0 Size
CPLD Version
PCB Version
BootWare Validating
Press Ctrl+B to enter extended boot menu...
H3C SecPath F5000-A BootWare, Version 1.00
: May 06 2008
: XLR732
: 32KB
: 1000MHz
: DDR2 SDRAM
: 2048MB
: 533MHz
: 1536KB
: 4MB
: 247MB
: 131.0
: Ver.A
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