5-5
Powering on the Firewall
z
Turn on the power source.
z
Turn on the power switch on the power module of the firewall.
Checklist/Operations after Power-on
After powering on the firewall, check that:
1) The LEDs on the MPU are normal. For the status of the LEDs, refer to “Table 1-2 Description of the
device state LEDs” in Chapter 1 “Firewall Overview”.
2) The ventilation system works normally. You can hear that the fans are working.
3) The configuration terminal displays information normally. You can see the startup window on the
local configuration terminal. For more information, refer to “Startup Process” on page 5-5.
4) After completing the power-on self-test (POST), the system prompts you to press
Enter
. When the
command line prompt appears, you can proceed to configure the firewall.
Startup Process
After power-on, the firewall initializes its memory, and then runs the extended BootWare. The following
information appears on the terminal screen:
System start booting...
Booting Normal Extend BootWare....
*************************************************************************
* *
* H3C SecPath F5000-A BootWare, Version 1.00 *
* *
*************************************************************************
Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Hangzhou H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.
Compiled Date : May 06 2008
CPU Type : XLR732
CPU L1 Cache : 32KB
CPU Clock Speed : 1000MHz
Memory Type : DDR2 SDRAM
Memory Size : 2048MB
Memory Speed : 533MHz
BootWare Size : 1536KB
Flash Size : 4MB
cfa0 Size : 247MB
CPLD Version : 131.0
PCB Version : Ver.A
BootWare Validating
Press Ctrl+B to enter extended boot menu...
