System information

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AlphaServer 800 Service Guide
1.2 Problem Categories
System problems can be classified into the following five categories. Using these
categories, you can quickly determine a starting point for diagnosis and eliminate the
unlikely sources of the problem.
1. Power problems (Table 1-1)
2. No access to console mode (Table 1-2)
3. Console-reported failures (Table 1-3)
4. Boot failures (Table 1-4)
5. Operating system-reported failures (Table 1-5)