Turning On The Server And Running The Power-On Self-Test (Post) - Intel SRSH4 - Server Platform - 0 MB RAM Service Manual

Turning On the Server and Running the Power-On
Self-Test (POST)
Each time you start the server, the Power-On Self-Test (POST) runs automatically. POST is stored
in flash memory.
To start the server, do the following:
NOTE
To access certain features, such as BIOS Setup, you must press specific keys
at specific times during POST. To familiarize yourself with this procedure,
read the following instructions through completely before actually
performing them. For a summary of hot keys active during POST, see
Table 3 on page 20.
1. Make sure all external devices, such as a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, are connected.
2. If a drive protection card or diskette is present in the diskette drive, remove it.
3. Plug the video monitor power cord into the power source or wall outlet. Turn on the video
monitor.
4. Plug the AC power cords into the power connectors on the back of the chassis and into the
power source or wall outlet.
5. If the server does not turn on when you plug it into the AC outlet, press the on/off power button
on the front panel.
6. Verify that the main power LED on the front panel is lit (see Figure 54 on page 106).
7. Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD into the CD-ROM drive.
After a few seconds, POST begins and a splash screen is displayed (if the splash screen is
disabled in BIOS Setup, a diagnostics screen is displayed). POST discovers, configures, and
tests the processors, memory, keyboard, and most installed peripheral devices. The length of
time needed to complete POST depends on the amount of memory installed and the number of
option boards installed.
8. Shortly after the splash screen is displayed, POST displays the message "Press <F2> to enter
Setup..." at the bottom of the screen. At this point, you can press any of the keys identified
with an asterisk (*) in Table 3 on page 20, or you can do nothing and wait until the server boots
from the CD-ROM. If you enter BIOS Setup, the Maintenance Partition, or the Adaptec
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SCSISelect Utility, when you exit those features, the server might reboot.
9. After POST completes, the system beeps once and then searches all boot devices in the order
defined by the boot priority settings in the BIOS. The system finds, loads, and runs the limited
operating system on the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD.
NOTE
If there is no device with a bootable operating system, the boot process
continues, the system beeps once, and the following message is displayed:
Operating System not found
Getting Started
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