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Diagnosis Guide

Network installation progress

When a network installation is in progress, the LED/LCD for the nodes involved show various values. These values indicate the installation stage.

Table 9 lists the sequence of LED/LCD values a node goes through. This table is only a sample list of LED/LCD values, and a node may not show all values listed. Depending on the adapters that are installed on the node, there may be additional values displayed. The table also lists the approximate time, after you start to install a node, when the LED/LCD values may be shown. Since the elapsed time to reach a specific LED/LCD value can vary, you should use these times as a gauge to determine the installation progress of the node. The factors that can affect the actual time it takes a node to reach a specific LED/LCD value include the following:

Places in the node installation where a single LED/LCD value is displayed for an extended period of time are as follows:

  1. c40
  2. c54

These values are periods of high volumes of network traffic and are only a problem on a node when the value does not change for a very extended period of time. You can use Table 9 as a debugging tool when a node is stuck on a specific LED/LCD value.

Note:
Some nodes have LED/LCD values that are of the form uxx, while others have LED/LCD values of the form 0axx. They are equivalent. If your node has a value of 0axx, look up the value in the following table as if it was uxx.

Table 9. Sample NIM installation trace

Time (min:sec) LED/LCD value Description
0:00    
  124 BIST started a CRC check on the OCS area of NVRAM.
  151 BIST started AIPGM test code.
  214 Power status register failed.
  219 Generating RAM POST bit map.
  291 Running standard I/O POST.
  200 Attempting IPL with key in secure position.
  102 BIST started following power-on reset.
  153 BIST started ACLST test code.
0:30    
  154 BIST started AST test code.
  100 BIST completed successfully; control was passed to IPL ROS.
  219 Generating RAM POST bit map.
  292 Running SCSI POST.
1:00    
  291 Running standard I/O POST.
  262 No keyboard connected to the system.
  260 Displaying information on the display console.
1:30    
  231 Attempting a normal mode IPL from Ethernet specified in IPL ROM.
2:30    
  Blank  
  606 Running the if_config command to bring up network interface.
  610 Attempting to NFS mount a remote file system.
  299 IPL ROM passed control to the loaded program code.
  608 Attempting to tftp the .info file from client's SPOT server.
  612 Accessing remote configuration files.
  622 Returning control to the /sbin/rc.boot program.
  520 Running bus configuration.
  890 SCSI-2 differential fast/wide adapter.
  620 Updating special device files.
3:00    
  890 SCSI-2 differential fast/wide adapter.
  570 Configuring virtual SCSI devices.
3:30    
  622 Returning control to the /sbin/rc.boot program
4:00    
  811 Identifying or configuring processor complex.
  Blank  
  570 Configuring virtual SCSI devices.
  727 Identifying or configuring unknown asynchronous device.
  538 The configuration manager is invoking a configuration method.
  622 Returning control to the /sbin/rc.boot program.
  c40 Restoring configuration files.
8:00    
  c42 Extracting data from diskette.
  c33 Selecting a tty terminal attached to serial ports S1 or S2.
  c44 Initializing installation database with target disk information.
8:30    
  c46 Normal installation processing.
  Blank  
9:00    
  c50 Creating root volume group on target disks.
  c46 Normal installation processing.
10:30    
  c54 Installing either BOS or additional packages.
19:00    
  c52 Changing from RAM environment to disk environment.
21:30    
  c46 Normal installation processing.
  570 Configuring virtual SCSI devices.
22:00    
  c46 Normal installation processing.
  731 Identifying or configuring PTY.
  539 The configuration method has terminated, returning to config.
  811 Identifying or configuring processor complex.
  538 The configuration manager is invoking a configuration method.
  570 Configuring virtual SCSI devices.
22:30    
  Blank  
23:00    
  u78 Running remote commands to complete node processing on boot/install server.
  u60 Creating /etc/ssp/server_name and updating /etc/hosts.
  u68 Copying kerberos realms file from boot/install server.
  u59 Running config_node to define adapters.
27:00    
  u65 SSP completing the install/customize/maint. Issuing shutdown.
27:30    
  c46 Normal installation processing.
28:00    
  292 Running SCSI POST.
  298 Attempting a software IPL.
  291 Running standard I/O POST.
  299 IPL ROM passed control to the loaded program code.
  Blank  
  890 SCSI-2 differential fast/wide adapter.
  820  
  538 The configuration manager is invoking a configuration method.
  570 Configuring Virtual SCSI devices.
28:30    
29:00    
  551 Running IPL varyon.
  517 Mounting client remote file system during network IPL.
29:30    
  553 IPL phase 1 is complete.
  570 Configuring virtual SCSI devices.
  538 The configuration manager is invoking a configuration method.
  c33 Selecting a tty terminal attached to serial ports S1 or S2.
30:00    
  Blank  
33:00    
  762 Running SSP configuration method for SP Switch Adapter
34:00    
  570 Configuring virtual SCSI devices.
  538 The configuration manager is invoking a configuration method.
34:30    
  Blank  

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