DEC 600s - Reviewing the Startup Display; Startup Display

Reviewing the Startup Display
Reviewing the Startup Display
Startup Display
As your system starts up, it performs a series of diagnostic tests.
A display similar to the one in Figure 6–2 appears on the screen
before the console prompt appears. The console prompt is three
greater-than symbols (>>>).
Figure 6–2 Startup Display
DEC 3000 - M600
Digital Equipment Corporation
System conducting power up tests.
----------------------------------------------------
Devnam Devstat
-------- ----------
CPU OK KN17-BA-V3.0-S4A3-IO77-sV2.1-DECchip 21064 P3.0
ASIC OK
MEM OK 80MB
NVR OK
SCC OK ptr(0) = Present keybd(2) = Present
NI OK Ethernet Address: 08-00-2B-1A-38-31, THICK
SCSI OK
ISDN OK
TC0 OK - PMAGB-BA
----------------------------------------------------
System power up OK.
Enter B to boot software from DKA200
>>>
Understanding
the Startup
Display
The startup display provides the status of hardware components
in your system. The two columns provide the following
information:
• Devnam indicates the device (or component) name
• Devstat lists the device status following the initial hardware
startup tests.
6–6 Starting Up Your System