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Power-On Self Test
Messages
Message display line
The message display line shows the POST initialization progress. This is
updated by the monarch processor. The system console also shows detail
for some of these steps. Table 19 shows the code definitions.
Table 19 Message display line
d DECONFIG: processor has been deconfigured by POST or the user.
- EMPTY: Empty processor slot.
? UNKNOWN: processor slot status in unknown.
Status Description
Message display code Description
a Utilities board (SCUB) hardware initialization.
b Processor initialization/selftest rendezvous.
c Utilities board (SCUB) SRAM test. (optional)
d Utilities board (SCUB) SRAM initialization.
e Reading Node ID and serial number.
f Verifying non-volatile RAM (NVRAM) data structures.
g Probing system hardware (ASICs).
h Initializing system hardware (ASICs).
i Probing processors.
j Initialing, and optionally testing, remaining SCUB SRAM.
k Probing main memory.
l Initializing main memory.
r Enabling system error hardware.
