User`s guide

Introducing the SGI 1400 Family of Servers

Run the Power-On Self Test

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 F2 and do not have a device with an operating system (OS)

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, the boot process continues and this message appears:

Press Ctrl C to enter SCSI Utility

4. Press Ctrl+C if SCSI devices are installed. When the utility opens, follow the

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 Esc during POST to access a bootmenu when POST ﬁnishes. From thismenu,

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.