IBM BladeCenter JS12, Problem Determination And Service Manual

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System management services (SMS)
Use the system management services (SMS) utility to view information about
your system or partition and to perform tasks such as setting up remote IPL,
changing SCSI settings, and selecting boot options. The SMS utility can be used
for AIX or Linux partitions. See “Using the SMS utility” for more information.
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Default boot list
Use this utility to initiate a system boot in service mode through the default
service mode boot list. This mode attempts to boot from the first device of each
type that is found in the list.
Note: This is the preferred method of starting the stand-alone AIX diagnostics
from CD.
v Stored boot list
Use this utility to initiate a system boot in service mode, using the customized
service mode boot list that was set up by AIX when AIX was first booted, or
manually using the AIX service aids.
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Open firmware prompt
This utility is for advanced users of the IEEE 1275 specifications only.
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Management module
Use the management module to change the boot list, determine which firmware
image to boot, and perform other configuration tasks.
Using the SMS utility
Use the System Management Services (SMS) utility to perform a variety of
configuration tasks on the JS12 blade server.
Starting the SMS utility
Start the SMS utility to configure the blade server.
1. Turn on or restart the blade server, and establish an SOL session with it.
See the
BladeCenter Management Module Command-Line Interface Reference Guide
or the BladeCenter Serial-Over-LAN Setup Guide for more information.
2. When the POST menu and indicators are displayed, press the 1 key after the
word
Keyboard
is displayed and before the word
Speaker
is displayed .
3.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
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