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Chapter Four Configuration Software and Utilities
Hot Keys
Use the keyboard’s numeric pad to enter numbers and symbols.
To do this: Press these keys
Clear memory and reload the
operating system this is a system reset. <Ctrl+Alt+Del>
Secure your system immediately. <Ctrl+Alt>+hotkey (Set your hot key
combination with the SSU or Setup.)
Power On Self Test (POST)
Each time you turn on the system, POST starts running. POST checks the server
board, processor, memory, keyboard, and most installed peripheral devices. During
the memory test, POST displays the amount of memory that 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.
1. Turn the monitor and then the server on. After a few seconds POST begins
to run.
2. After the memory test, these screen prompts and messages appear:
Press <F2> key if you want to run SETUP
Keyboard.....Detected
Mouse........Detected
3. If you do not press <F2> and do NOT have a device with an operating
system 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 <F2> and DO have an operating system loaded, the
boot process continues, and this message appears:
Press <Ctrl><A> to enter SCSI Utility
4. Press <Ctrl+A> if there are SCSI devices installed. When the utility opens,
follow the displayed instructions to configure the onboard SCSI host adapter
settings and to run the SCSI utilities. See “Using the Adaptec SCSI Utility”.
If you do not enter the SCSI utility, the boot process continues.
5. Press <Esc> during POST to pop up a boot menu when POST finishes.
From this menu you can choose the boot device or enter BIOS Setup.