Firmware Beeps
The firmware will use the speaker as a means to communicate the result of certain
tests. The following list describes the type of beeps.
No Beeps: This is a hardware failure not involving the firmware. "The speaker
may be bad or disconnected, or the system board may be bad."
One Beep: Has been redefined as:
– One Short Beep(9/32 sec.): Is used at Power-On when the hardware
passes control to the firmware.
– One Long Beep(1 3/4 sec.): It means initialization completed and no fatal
errors occurred, so continue the boot process.
Continuous Beep: This is a hardware failure not involving the firmware. "The
system board has a failing component or a failure related to the speaker
subsystem has occurred."
One Long and One Short Beep: Firmware "... has detected an error on the
video adapter card. ..."
Console Strategy
If the graphics adapter is present, the user interface will be GUI. If the graphics
adapter is NOT present AND there is an active device in Serial Port 1, the active
device will be assumed ASCII terminal, and the user interface will be text. The user
interface will be either the graphics system or the ASCII terminal, but NOT BOTH.
Graphics interface will default to GUI with the option to switch to text. ASCII terminal
interface will always be text. The PF keys will not be used to initiate Maintenance
Mode on ASCII terminal consoles, numeric keys will be used instead (see key
equivalent in each PF key definition below).
Normal Mode Boot Responses
The following assumes successful entry of the Power On Password (POP) if set. This
applies to both normal and service modes.
In the case that no boot device is found during a normal boot attempt, the firmware
will request the PAP if set, then it will initiate the System Maintenance Services
(SMS).
If the custom bootlist is discovered to be CRC corrupted, Firmware will rebuild the
custom bootlist according to the default boot list. The custom bootlist is four deep,
and for each matching device type found to be present in the system, firmware
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Service Guide
Summary of Contents for RS/6000 7024 E Series
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