Asset ID:	1-71-1003403.1
Update Date:	2009-09-22
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Solution  1003403.1 :   Sun Fire[TM] 15K/12K: CP1500 Nordica board LCD display characters and their meanings  


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204776

Description
The CP1500 board in a 12K/15K system controller has an LCD screen, labeled
the Display screen in the Sun[TM] System Handbook. This display screen
shows a letter or number, or cycle of letters depending on the current
status of the system controller. The table below describes what each of
these characters represent.

Steps to Follow

Character     Representation
----------------------------------------------------------
d             POST invoked.
1             Init System BSS
2             Ecache tests
3             all CPU basic tests
3             all basic MMU tests
3             all basic cache tests
4             memory Probe and Init
4             all FPU basic tests
4             memory tests
5             all basic CPU IO tests
6             all advanced CPU tests
6             all CPU error reporting tests
7             all advanced CPU IO tests
8             all basic PCIO tests
9             all basic I2C tests
9             all basic PCI-to-PCI Bridge tests
9             all basic Symbios 875 SCSI controller tests
P             POST exits with status = PASS.
F             POST exited with status = FAIL.
O             (The letter  O ) OBP is currently executing.
E             RED state exception encountered in OBP.
A             Detection of a BREAK combination.
b             Solaris boot has taken place.
H, E, L, P    This sequence (with each letter flashed at a 4-second
interval) is initiated if the system is at the ok prompt
for more than two minutes after power-on, without
booting. It does not appear after Solaris[TM] has booted.

Product
Sun Fire 15K Server
Sun Fire 12K Server

Internal Comments
References:
SPARCengine CP1500 360MHz/440MHz Technical Reference and Installation
Manual
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/nep/hardware/boards/cp1500/docs/techman.pdf

SPARCengine CP1500
http://sunsolve.central.sun.com/handbook_internal/Devices/System_Board/SYSBD_SPARCengine_CP1500.html#5473

Nordica, CP1500, SC, LCD, LED, Display, post, obp
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Change History
Date: 2004-02-17
User Name: 36260
Action: Approved
Comment: Added missing trademark and corrected some grammar.
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Date: 2004-02-17
User Name: 72607
Action: Approved
Comment: I agree with Josh to open this doc for free audience. I just fixed one of the internal references, because the FEHandbook URL has been moved. No more comments, please publish.
Version: 0
Date: 2004-02-13
User Name: 103287
Action: Approved
Comment: Made the doc Free so that a customer can tell what the status LCD represents without having to log a call. Depending on the status, they will be able to decide if a call is needed to support.
Version: 0
Date: 2004-02-13
User Name: 103287
Action: Updated
Comment: Changing audience
Version: 0
Date: 2003-07-31
User Name: 43660
Action: Approved
Comment: Useful article. Added trademarks.
Version: 0
Date: 2003-07-31
User Name: 101037
Action: Approved
Comment: Looks good
Version: 0
Date: 2003-07-30
User Name: 103287
Action: Approved
Comment: Ran across this info on the alias and haven't seen it on sunsolve, so thought it useful. Prompted by questions from HAS team ont he subject...
Version: 0
Date: 2003-07-30
User Name: 103287
Action: Created
Comment:
Version: 0
Product_uuid
29e4659c-0a18-11d6-9fa1-e67bbc033df8|Sun Fire 15K Server
077fd4c5-df8f-4320-ad69-7d01603a674d|Sun Fire 12K Server

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