Silicon Graphics 1450 Quick Start Manual page 12

SGI 1450 Server Quick Start Guide
Running Power-On Self Test
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Each time you turn on the system, the BIOS begins executing the power-on self test
(POST). POST discovers, configures, and tests the processors, memory, keyboard, and
most installed peripheral devices. The length of time needed to test the memory depends
on the amount of memory installed. POST is stored in flash memory.
1. Turn on your video monitor and system. After a few seconds, POST begins to run
and a splash screen is displayed.
2. While the splash screen is displayed, you can either:
• Press to enter the BIOS setup.
F2
OR
• Press to change the boot device priority for this boot only. See "Changing the
Esc
Boot Device Priority Temporarily" on page 9.
3. After pressing or
F2
utility.
4. If you do not press
loaded, the boot process continues and the system beeps once. The following
message is displayed:
Operating System not found
5. At this time, pressing any key causes the system to attempt a reboot. The system
searches all removable devices in the order defined by the boot priority.
6. If you want to boot from a hard drive loaded with an operating system, make sure
that the hard drive is installed and push the reset button on the front panel. (see
Figure 2 on page 6.)
Note: The SGI 1450 Server is shipped with the diskette drive set as the first boot device.
Therefore, the server tries to boot from a diskette rather than from the CD-ROM, of
whether or not a CD is in the CD-ROM. If you want to set the CD-ROM as the first boot
device for this boot only, press
first boot device, press
7. After POST completes, the system beeps once. If an operating system is loaded, the
operating system takes control of the server system.
during POST, you can press
Esc
or and do NOT have a device with an operating system
F2 Esc
. If you want to permanently set the CD-ROM as the
Esc
to change the boot device priority in the BIOS setup.
F2
to run the SCSISelect
Ctrl+A
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