Run The Power-On Self Test - Silicon Graphics 1400 Quick Start Manual

Introducing the SGI 1400 Family of Servers

Run the Power-On Self Test

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Each time you turn on the system, a power-on self test (POST) starts running. POST
checks the baseboard, processors, memory, keyboard, and most installed peripheral
devices. During the memory test, POST displays the amount of memory it is able to
access and test. The length of time needed to test memory depends on the amount of
memory installed. POST is stored in flash memory. Follow these steps:
1. Turn on your video monitor and system. After a few seconds, POST begins to run.
2. After the memory test, these screen prompts and messages appear:
Keyboard Detected
Mouse Initialized
Press <F2> to enter Setup
3. If you do not press
loaded, the above message remains for a few seconds while the boot process
continues, and the system beeps once. Then this message appears:
Operating System not found
If you do not press
Press Ctrl C to enter SCSI Utility
4. Press + if SCSI devices are installed. When the utility opens, follow the
Ctrl C
displayed instructions to configure the onboard SCSI host adapter settings and to
run the SCSI utilities. Also see "Using the Symbios SCSI Utility" in the SGI 1400
Server Family User's Guide. If you do not enter the SCSI utility, the boot process
continues.
5. Press during POST to access a boot menu when POST finishes. From this menu,
Esc
you can choose the boot device or enter BIOS Setup.
After POST completes, the system beeps once.
What appears on the screen after this depends partly on which OS is loaded on your
system.
and do not have a device with an operating system (OS)
F2
, the boot process continues and this message appears:
F2