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• One beep indicates the successful comp letion of
POST.
• More than one be ep indicates th at POST detected a
probl em. For more i nformation, see “Beep symptoms”
on page 129.

POST error messages

POST error messages occur during startup when POST
fin ds a pr o blem w i th t he ha rdw are or det ec ts a ch an ge in th e
hardware configuration. For a list of POST errors , see
“POST error codes” on page 141.

Error logs

The POST error log contains the three most recent error
codes and messages that the system generated during
POST.
To view the contents of th e error lo g, start the Confi gura-
tion/Setup Utility program (see “Starting the Configura-
tion/Setup Utility program” on page 33); then, select Error
Logs from the main menu.

Diagnostic programs and error

messages

The server diagnostic programs are stored in upgradable
read-only memory (ROM) on the system board. These pro-
grams are the primary method of testing the major compo-
nents of the server.
Diagnostic error messages indicate that a problem exists;
th ey are n ot inte nded to be used to identify a failing part.
Troubleshooting and servicing of complex problems that are
indi ca te d b y e rro r mes sa ges sh oul d be p er for m ed by tr ai ned
service personnel .
Sometimes the first error to occur causes additional errors.
In this case, the server displays more than one error mes-
sage. Alwa ys follo w th e sugges ted act ion instruc tions for
the

first

error message that appears.
The foll owi ng sections contain the error co des that might
appear in the detailed test log and summary log when run-
ning the di agnostic programs.
The error code format is as follows:
fff-ttt-iii-date-cc-text message
where:
fff is the three-digit function code that indicates
the funct ion being tested when the err or
occurred. For example, function code 089 is
for the microprocessor.
ttt is the three-digit failure code that indicates
the exact test failure that was encountered.
iii is the three-digit device ID.