The systems administrator received an alert that one of the servers went offline. The systems administrator logged on remotely to the machine using the IPMI connection and noticed the following…

Question

Options

• ACheck the array controller to see if the disks are visible.
• BVerify the array controller to determine if it is seen by the BIOS.
• CEnter the BIOS and enable the disk.
• DResume the server reboot by pressing F1.

• A
  17% (5)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  7% (2)
• D
  72% (21)

Explanation

The message 'No logical volumes present. Press F1 to continue' is a POST (Power-On Self-Test) pause - the server is halted waiting for operator acknowledgment before it can proceed. The best immediate step is to press F1 to allow the boot sequence to continue. Once the system progresses past POST, the administrator can then access the array controller's management utility, review logs, or determine whether the OS loads. Taking actions like entering BIOS (C) or investigating the array controller (A or B) cannot happen until the current POST pause is cleared. Pressing F1 is the necessary first action; diagnosis follows after the system continues booting. Skipping this step and going straight to deeper investigation would be premature since the system hasn't been given a chance to complete initialization.

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