The Boot Console Interface

The Boot Console Handler

The Boot Console Handler

There are times when you want to interact directly with the hardware of your Model 743 before it boots an operating system. The system provides an EEPROM configuration interface, called the Boot Console Handler, which you can use before booting the operating system to display information, set paths, and set other system parameters even though the operating system is not running.

You can perform most of these tasks by selecting actions or data values from menus, or by using the default values programmed into the EEPROM at the factory.

Special Tasks

Listed below are the special tasks that you can perform using the boot console handler:

Configure your system for different display protocols.

Boot your system from any specified hardware device.

Search for hardware devices that contain media from which your sys- tem can be booted.

Configure the tests your system undergoes at boot.

Get firmware (serial, LAN, and SCSI ports) and hardware informa- tion.

Reset the system.

Change or reconfigure the automatic operations the boot ROM code performs.

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