Owner`s manual

6.10 Forcing a Boot Processor
The system may hang either because it cannot designate
a processor to be the boot processor, or because none
of the processors can find enough memory. When the
system is hung, the console does not respond. After you
check electrical and control panel connections, force a boot
processor.
Example 6–1: Forcing a Boot Processor
#123456789 0123456789 0123456 ! Processor in slot 1 failed self-test
! at test 26. System hangs.
[ >>3 ] ! User enters ">>3" (not echoed), which forces the processor
! at node 3 to become the boot processor. System runs
! self-test and prints results.
F E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 NODE #
AA..MMMM...PPP TYP
++..++++...++- STF
...........BDE BPD
...........++- ETF
...........BDE BPD
. . . . A4 A3 A2 A1 . . . . . . ILV
. . . . 64 64 64 64 . . . . . . 256 Mb
Console = V1.00 RBDs = V1.00 EEPROM = 1.00/1.00 SN = SG01234567
>>> ! Console prompt appears. You are now in console mode.
! Not all console commands are available to you following
! the forcing of a boot processor.
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