Server User Manual

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PPENDIX
C: M
ONITOR
U
TILITY
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Configure firmware to access the monitor during the following
circumstances:
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At startup
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If the server becomes nonfunctional
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Press the hardware interrupt switch.
These methods are described in the following sections.
Once you access the monitor utility, you are in monitor mode, indicated
by the angle bracket prompt (>).
Configuring Firmware
to Access the Monitor
You can configure firmware parameters to allow you to automatically
access the monitor at startup or if the server becomes nonfunctional.
At Startup
To configure firmware to access the monitor at startup:
1 Set the Initial Boot Source parameter to “Monitor.”
For instructions on how to modify firmware parameters, refer to
“Changing the Configuration” on page 4-3.
2 Reset the server by pressing the reset switch on the front panel.
Because the boot source has been set to Monitor, the server enters the
monitor utility and displays the following message:
3Com Corporation CS/2000 Series Monitor
>
If the Server Becomes Nonfunctional
To configure firmware to access the monitor if the server becomes
nonfunctional:
1 Set the Auto-reboot parameter to “Boot monitor.”
For instructions on how to modify firmware parameters, refer to
“Changing the Configuration” on page 4-3.
2 Reset the server by pressing the reset switch on the front panel.
The server performs the self-tests and boot process determined by the
Continuous Self-Test and Initial Boot Source parameters.
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