User's Guide

Troubleshooting 7-15
100 = 100Mbps
10 = 10Mbps
Select one of the following two for the duplex value.
1 = Half duplex
2 = Full duplex
Machine repeats rebooting at startup:
 Isn’t reset working by the OS boot monitoring function?
→ When you are using the NEC Express5800/ft series, the OS boot monitoring
function must be disabled in the following cases. For information on disabling the
OS boot monitoring, see “Disable OS Boot Monitoring Function” in page 4-7 of
User’s Guide (Setup).
When the mode changes to the maintenance mode during the boot:
* The following message is shown on the screen.
Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue):
When any daemon or drive does not work correctly due to a failure or error:
* For the device configuration with large memory or disk volume, it is
recommended to set an appropriate value for the BIOS setup from the default
10 minutes.
Disk access LEDs on the disks are off:
→ The LEDs may seem to be off when an excessive amount of access causes the
frequent blinking. Check if the LEDs are blinking green when the access is
reduced.
Memory dump (debug information) cannot be collected when a failure occurs:
→ Make sure that the partition (e.g. /var/crash) to which memory dump (debug
information) is stored has free disk space that is more than 1.2 times larger than
the device-mounted memory size.
Warning message appears in POST after implementing ft Remote Management Card:
 Did you set “Initialize Remote Management Card”?
→ H/W Configuration of BMC is corrupted.
!! Update BMC H/W Configuration by configuration tool!!
!! Refer to BMC Configuration manual !!
If the message above appears, press F1 key or wait for a while. Then POST
proceeds. Insert NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM attached to the server to the
DVD-ROM drive to start NEC EXPRESSBUILDER. Select [Tools] - [Initialize
Remote Management Card] from its main menu to write the sensor information
specific to the server to the card.