Boot Problems and Concerns
Depending on the boot device, a checkpoint may be displayed on the operator panel
for an extended period of time while the boot image is retrieved from the device. This
is particularly true for Tape and Network boot attempts. If booting from CD-ROM or
tape, watch for activity on the drive's LED indicator. A blinking LED means that the
loading of either the boot image or additional information required by the operating
system being booted is still in progress. If the checkpoint is displayed for an
extended period of time and the drive LED is not indicating any activity there may be
a problem loading the boot image from the device.
Notes:
For network boot attempts, if the system is not connected to an active network or
if the target server is inaccessible (this can also result from incorrect IP parame-
ters being supplied), the system still attempts to boot and because time-out dura-
tions are necessarily long to accommodate retries, the system may appear to be
hung.
This procedure assumes that a CD-ROM drive is installed and connected to the
integrated SCSI port 1 connector (Model H50 J25, Model H70 J12), and a Diag-
nostics CD-ROM is available.
1. Restart the system and get to the Firmware SMS Main Menu. Select "Multiboot".
Check if the intended boot device is correctly specified in the boot sequence.
– If the intended boot device is not correctly identified in the boot
sequence, add it to the boot sequence using the SMS menus (if the
intended boot device cannot be added to the boot sequence go to step 3
on page 3-64.
– If attempting to boot from the network go to step 2.
– If attempting to boot from a disk drive or CD-ROM go to step 3 on
page 3-64.
2. If attempting to boot from the network:
Verify that IP parameters are correct.
Attempt to "Ping" the target server using the SMS "Ping" utility. If the ping is
successful, have network administrator verify the server configuration for this
client.
Check with network administrator to ensure that the network is up (network
could be down).
Power Off then On and retry the boot operation.
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