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Error Messages (Netfinity 7000 - 8651)



Error Messages

Messages generated by the software the operating system or application programs-generally are text messages, but they also can be numeric. Basically, there are four types of error messages. These indude POST error messages, diagnostic error messages, POST beep codes, and software-generated messages.

Error
Message
Description
POST
Error
Messages
Appear when, during startup, POST finds
problems with the hardware or detects a
change in the hardware configuration. A list
of these error messages is given in
'Symptom-to-FRU Index'.
POST
Beep
Codes
Are sounds emitted from the speaker, if
POST finds a Problem. One beep indicates
The POST completed successfully. If the
server halts while running POST, one or
more beeps indicate that a Problem was
found by the POST. A list of the beep error
codes is given in 'Symptom-to-FRU Index'
Diagnostic
Error
Messages
Appear when a test program finds a problem
with a hardware Option. Normally, these
messages are text, but they can be numeric.
The test programe will generale one of the
following return codes:
0 A return code of '0'
indicates that the
device passed its test.
1 A return code of '1'
indicates that the
device failed its test.
2 or higher A return code of '2'
or higher indicates
that the test stopped.
Software-
Generated
Error
Messages
Appear if a problem or conflict is found by an
application program, the operating system, or
both. For an explanation of these
messages, refer to the information that
comes with the software package


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