Sun Microsystems Fire 880, Owner'S Manual

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56 Sun Fire 880 Server Owner’s Guide • August 2001
4. Press the Power button to the left of the keyswitch to power on the system.
5. When the diagnostic tests are completed, and the system banner is displayed on
the system console, immediately abort the boot process to access the system
ok
prompt.
The system banner contains the Ethernet address and host ID. To abort the boot
process, use one of the following methods:
■
Hold down the Stop key and press A on a Sun keyboard.
■
Press the Break key on the terminal keyboard.
■
Type
~#
in a
tip
window.
■
Issue the RSC
break
command
Note – The system may take anywhere from 30 seconds to two minutes before the
system banner appears. This time depends on the system configuration (number of
CPUs, memory modules, PCI cards) and the level of power-on self-test (POST) and
OpenBoot Diagnostics being performed.
6. At the
ok
prompt, type:
The
env-on
command re-enables the OpenBoot environmental monitor, which may
have been disabled as a result of the abort key sequence. The
boot -r
command
rebuilds the device tree for the system, incorporating any newly installed options so
that the operating system will recognize them.
ok env-on
Environmental monitor is ON
ok boot -r