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Running the Console Program: Invoking Console Mode
Running the Console Program: Invoking Console Mode
Overview You can invoke console mode on the system through the following
devices:
• Console terminal
• Remote access device: either a device connected to the
auxiliary serial port on your system’s I/O module or a device
that is on the same Ethernet segment as the system.
From the
Console
Terminal The system’s console terminal is the terminal that is plugged in
to the system’s console terminal port on the I/O module at the
rear of the system.
From a powered-down state, invoke console mode from the
console terminal as follows:
Step Action
1 Press the Halt button on the control panel to the in
position.
2 Power up the system (described in Chapter 1). After
the system performs a self-test, the console prompt
(
>>> ) will be displayed on the console terminal.
3 Press the Halt button on the control panel to the out
position.
4 You can begin entering console commands.
5 To continue to operating system mode, refer to Boot
Operating System Software in Chapter 1.
For information about invoking console mode from operating
system mode, refer to Invoke Console Mode in Chapter 1.
2–4 Console Subsystem