IBM 6.00E+04, User Manual

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Understanding the Status Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Handling Compact Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Other Handling Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Loading a Compact Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening the Tray Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Playing an Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the Service Processor and Service Director Features . . . . . . . . . 24
Service Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Service Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 3. Using the Service Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Service Processor Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Accessing the Service Processor Menus Locally. . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Accessing the Service Processor Menus Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Saving and Restoring Service Processor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Menu Inactivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
General User Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Privileged User Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Service Processor Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
System Power Control Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
System Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Language Selection Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Call-In/Call-Out Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Modem Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Serial Port Selection Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Serial Port Speed Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Telephone Number Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Call-Out Policy Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Customer Account Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Call-out Test Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Service Processor Parameters in Service Mode (Full System Partition) . . . . . 57
System Power-On Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Service Processor Reboot/Restart Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Boot (IPL) Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Failure During Boot Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Failure During Normal System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Service Processor Reboot/Restart Policy Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 59
System Firmware Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
General Information on System Firmware Updates . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Determining the Level of Firmware on the System . . . . . . . . . . . 62
System Firmware Update Using a Locally Available Image . . . . . . . . 62
Updating System Firmware From the Service Processor Menus . . . . . . 63
Updating System Firmware from the AIX Service Aids . . . . . . . . . . 63
Updating System Firmware from the AIX Command Line . . . . . . . . . 63
Updating System Firmware from a NIM Server . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Recovery Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Configuring and Deconfiguring Processors or Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Run-Time CPU Deconfiguration (CPU Gard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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