Powering On The Challenge Deskside System - Silicon Graphics POWER CHALLENGE User Manual

Powering On the Challenge Deskside System

Use the following procedure to power on your Challenge deskside chassis:
1. Make sure the power switches on all of the equipment are turned off.
2. Plug the power cord into each component. Make sure to connect the
cords to three-pronged, grounded outlets only.
3. Turn on the power switches in the following order:
Breaker switch on the power-in panel on the back of the chassis
Terminal or other video output devices
Printer (if installed)
System Controller key switch
4. After you turn on the system power, the system begins the boot
process.
5. Do not reboot the system during this time or you will continue to delay
system initialization.
6. The System Controller begins the system boot-up sequence. As the
system comes up, its progress is automatically displayed on the
controller's front panel by using a series of boot messages. Pushing any
of the control buttons at this time will interrupt the sequence of boot
messages that are appearing (see Table 3-1). Pushing a control button
during the boot process may cause the following message to appear:
BOOT ARBITRATION ABORTED
To monitor and understand the boot process on the System
Note:
Controller's front panel, see "Using the System Controller" in
Chapter 5.
When the power-on diagnostic has completed, a message similar to the
following appears:
Starting up the system...
To perform System Maintenance instead, press <Esc>.
If you don't press <
If this happens, and you still want to access the system maintenance
menu, log in, become superuser, then shut down the system by using
the /etc/halt command.
Powering On the Challenge Deskside System
> within five seconds, the system will come up.
Esc
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