Post And Boot Specifications; Post; Boot - HP AA979A - StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V Installation Manual

POST and boot specifications

When the switch is turned on or rebooted, the switch performs POST. Total boot time with POST
is a minimum of 3 minutes.
Use fastboot.to bypass POST after subsequent reboots by For more information about this
command, refer to the
running on your switch.

POST

The success/failure results of the diagnostic tests that run during POST can be monitored
through the error log or the CLI.
POST includes the following:
• Preliminary POST diagnostics display.
• Operating system is initializes.
• Hardware initializes.
•
Diagnostic tests check several functions, including circuitry, port functionality, memory,
statistics counters, and serialization.

Boot

Boot completes in approximately 3 minutes with POST running. In addition to POST, boot
includes the following after POST completes:
•
Universal port configuration set
•
Links initialize
• Fabric is analyzed, and if any ports are connected to other switches, the switch participates
in a fabric configuration.
• Switch obtains a domain ID and assigns port addresses
• Unicast routing tables constructed
• Normal port operation enabled
76 Managing SAN switches
HP StorageWorks command reference guide
for the Fabric OS version