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70 Configuring PowerConnect 3424/P and 3448/P
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Startup Procedures
Startup Menu Procedures
The procedures called from the Startup menu cover software download, flash handling and
password recovery. The diagnostics procedures are for use by technical support personnel
only
and
are not disclosed in the document.
You can enter the Startup menu when booting the device. The user input is to be entered
immediately after the POST test.
To enter the Startup menu:
1
Turn the power on and watch for the auto-boot message.
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***************** SYSTEM RESET *****************
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Boot1 Checksum Test...............................PASS
Boot2 Checksum Test...............................PASS
Flash Image Validation Test.......................PASS
BOOT Software Version 1.0.0.05 Built 06-Jan-2005 14:46:49
Carrier board, based on PPC8247
128 MByte SDRAM. I-Cache 16 KB. D-Cache 16 KB. Cache Enabled.
Autoboot in 2 seconds - press RETURN or Esc. to abort and enter prom.
2
When the auto-boot message appears, press
<Enter>
to get the Startup menu. The Startup
menu procedures can be done using the ASCII terminal or Windows HyperTerminal.
[1] Download Software
[2] Erase Flash File
[3] Password Recovery Procedure
[4] Enter Diagnostic Mode
[5] Set Terminal Baud-Rate
[6] Back
The following sections describe the available Startup menu options.
NOTE: When selecting an option from the Startup menu, take time-out into account: if no selection is
made within 35 seconds (default), the device times out. This default value can be changed through CLI.
NOTE: Technical support personnel only can operate the Diagnostics Mode (option[4]). For this
reason, Enter Diagnostics Mode is not described in this guide.