Beep sequences during system boot on Intel® RAID Controllers
Symptom(s):
Having beep sequences during boot up.
Beep codes during boot up - what are they?
Solution:
During system POST, the audible alarm on the controller will produce one of a number of beep sequences to indicate the status of the controller.
Below is a description of these beep sequences.
Beep Sequence
Status
beep - pause - beep, beep, beep
Controller startup was successful.
beep, beep, beep, beep, ....
RAID controller has a problem. A possible cause is disk failure. To diagnose the problem, run the Storage Console to check the status of the RAID controller and array.
beep, beep - pause - beep, beep - pause - ....
Memory or firmware may have a problem. More details may be available from the boot message. If necessary, recover the firmware.
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Solution ID: CS-000236
Date Created: 11-Nov-2002
Last Modified: 07-May-2012
