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Connecting the Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouse, Turning On the Server and Running the Power-On Self

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Connecting the Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouse Connect the monitor, keyboard, and mouse to the appropriate connectors on the rear panel of the server. See Figure 56 on page 134. You have completed the hardware setup. The remainder of this section discusses software setup and configuration. Turning On the Server and Running the Power-On Self Test (POST) Each time you start the server, the Power-On Self Test (POST) runs automatically. POST is stored in flash memory. To start the server, do the following: ✏ NOTE To access certain features, such as BIOS Setup, you must press specific keys at specific times during POST. To familiarize yourself with this procedure, read the following instructions through completely before actually performing them. For a summary of hot keys active during POST, see Table 3 on page 33. 1. Make sure all external devices, such as a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, are connected. 2. If a drive protection card or diskette is present in the diskette drive, remove it. 3. Plug the video monitor power cord into the power source or wall outlet. Turn on the video monitor. 4. Plug the AC power cords into the power connectors on the back of the chassis and into the power source or wall outlet. 5. If the server does not turn on when you plug it into the AC outlet, press the on/off power button on the front panel. 6. Verify that the main power LED on the front panel is lit (see Figure 55 on page 133). 7. Insert the SPSH4 Server Platform System Resource CD into the CD-ROM drive. After a few seconds, POST begins and a splash screen is displayed (if the splash screen is disabled in BIOS Setup, a diagnostics screen is displayed). POST discovers, configures, and tests the processors, memory, keyboard, and most installed peripheral devices. The length of time needed to complete POST depends on the amount of memory installed and the number of option boards installed. 8. Shortly after the splash screen is displayed, POST displays the message "Press to enter Setup..." at the bottom of the screen. At this point, you can press any of the keys identified with an asterisk (*) in Table 3 on page 33, or you can do nothing and wait until the server boots from the CD-ROM. If you enter BIOS Setup, the Service Partition, or the Adaptec† SCSISelect† Utility, when you exit those features, the server might reboot. 9. After POST completes, the system beeps once and then searches all boot devices in the order defined by the boot priority settings in the BIOS. The system finds, loads, and runs the limited operating system on the System Resource CD. 32 Intel SPSH4 Server Platform Product Guide

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Intel SPSH4 Server Platform Product Guide
Connecting the Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouse
Connect the monitor, keyboard, and mouse to the appropriate connectors on the rear panel of the
server.
See Figure 56 on page 134.
You have completed the hardware setup.
The remainder of this section discusses software setup
and configuration.
Turning On the Server and Running the Power-On Self
Test (POST)
Each time you start the server, the Power-On Self Test (POST) runs automatically.
POST is stored
in flash memory.
To start the server, do the following:
NOTE
To access certain features, such as BIOS Setup, you must press specific keys
at specific times during POST.
To familiarize yourself with this procedure,
read the following instructions through completely before actually
performing them.
For a summary of hot keys active during POST, see
Table 3 on page 33.
1.
Make sure all external devices, such as a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, are connected.
2.
If a drive protection card or diskette is present in the diskette drive, remove it.
3.
Plug the video monitor power cord into the power source or wall outlet.
Turn on the video
monitor.
4.
Plug the AC power cords into the power connectors on the back of the chassis and into the
power source or wall outlet.
5.
If the server does not turn on when you plug it into the AC outlet, press the on/off power button
on the front panel.
6.
Verify that the main power LED on the front panel is lit (see Figure 55 on page 133).
7.
Insert the SPSH4 Server Platform System Resource CD into the CD-ROM drive.
After a few seconds, POST begins and a splash screen is displayed (if the splash screen is
disabled in BIOS Setup, a diagnostics screen is displayed).
POST discovers, configures, and
tests the processors, memory, keyboard, and most installed peripheral devices.
The length of
time needed to complete POST depends on the amount of memory installed and the number of
option boards installed.
8.
Shortly after the splash screen is displayed, POST displays the message “Press <F2> to enter
Setup…” at the bottom of the screen.
At this point, you can press any of the keys identified
with an asterisk (*) in Table 3 on page 33, or you can do nothing and wait until the server boots
from the CD-ROM.
If you enter BIOS Setup, the Service Partition, or the Adaptec
†
SCSI
Select
†
Utility, when you exit those features, the server might reboot.
9.
After POST completes, the system beeps once and then searches all boot devices in the order
defined by the boot priority settings in the BIOS.
The system finds, loads, and runs the limited
operating system on the System Resource CD.