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POST Keys
Numerical 1 Key
The numerical 1 key, when pressed during POST, invokes the System Management
Services (SMS) interface.
Numerical 5 Key
The numerical 5 key, when pressed during POST, invokes the default boot list mode,
located in firmware.
This mode attempts to boot from the first device of each type found in the list. It does
not search for other bootable devices of that type if the first device is not bootable.
Instead, it continues to the next device type in the list. The firmware supports up to five
entries in the boot list.
The default boot order is:
1. Diskette
2. CD-ROM
3. Hard File
4. Tape Drive
5. Network
a. Token Ring
b. Ethernet
Numerical 6 key
The numerical 6 key works like the numerical 5 key, except firmware looks for a boot
record according to the custom bootlist that was set up by System Management
Services.
Numerical 8 key
To enter the Open Firmware command line, press the numerical 8 key after the
keyboard POST indicator appears and before the last POST indicator appears during
the startup power-on sequence. After you press the numerical 8 key, the remaining
POST indicators display until initialization completes.
When initialization and power-on self-test (POST) are complete, the Open Firmware
command line (an
OK
prompt) appears.
The Open Firmware command line is used to set up adapters that are not configurable
with the System Management Services. Your adapter documentation directs you to use
this option if it is needed.
To exit the Open Firmware command line, enter
reset-all
or power the system down
and reboot.
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