The following figure shows the bootstrap load process.
See 7210 SAS boot options and procedures for more information about platform-specific supported boot options, and how the specific system processes these options and loads the bootstrap image file (boot.tim), the TiMOS image (both.tim) and the configuration file to make the system operational and ready for use.
Figure: System initialization: bootstrap load process
Example
The following is a sample of console display when the boot.tim file is located on cf1:/ and the system boots successfully.
Nokia 7210 Boot ROM. Copyright 2016 Nokia.
All rights reserved. All use is subject to applicable license agreements.
Running POST tests from ROM
Testing ROM load area...done
Relocating code...Jumping to RAM
Performing second stage RAM test....passed
Board Serial Number is 'SN123456789'
Bootlog started for Version V-0.0.I317
Build V-0.0.I317 bootrom/mpc 7xxx
Built on Tue Jan 6 02:23:14 IST 2009 by panosbld in /panosbld/ws/panos/main
?Attempting to load from file cf1:/boot.tim
Version L-0.0.I312, Fri Jan 2 04:26:32 IST 2009 by panosbld in /panosbld/ws/panos/
main
text:(3002475-->12623392) + data:(550940-->2414128)
Starting at 0xb000000...
Total Memory: 512MB Chassis Type: sas Card Type: badami_7210
TiMOS-L-0.0.I312 boot/mpc NOKIA SAS-Sx 7210 Copyright (c) 2016 Nokia.
All rights reserved. All use subject to applicable license agreements.
Built on Fri Jan 2 04:26:32 IST 2016 by panosbld in /panosbld/ws/panos/main
TiMOS BOOT LOADER
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