Hot Keys
Use the keyboard’s numeric pad to enter numbers and symbols.
Table 6. Hot Keys
To do this:
Clear memory and reload the operating system⎯this is a system reset.
Secure your system immediately.
Enter BIOS Setup during BIOS POST.
Abort memory test during BIOS POST.
Press these keys
<Ctrl+Alt+Del>
<Ctrl+Alt> + hotkey (Set your
F2
ESC (Press while BIOS is updating memory size on screen.)
Power-on Self Test (POST)
Each time you turn on the system, POST starts running. POST checks the carriers, 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.
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 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
(To create software installation diskettes, see the printed Quick Start Guide.)
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 QLogic SCSI Utility” on page 80. If you do not enter the SCSI utility, the boot process continues.
5.Press <Esc> during POST to access a boot menu when POST finishes. From this menu, you can choose the boot device or enter BIOS Setup.
After POST completes, the system beeps once.
What appears next on the screen depends on if you have an OS loaded on the server (or which OS).
If the system halts before POST completes running, it emits a beep code indicating a critical system error that requires immediate attention. If POST can display a message on the video display screen, the speaker beeps twice as the message appears.
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