IBM Enterprise Server S80, User Manual

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Powering On the System
Perform the following steps to power on your system rack and connected I/O Drawers:
1. Open the operator panel cover on the system rack.
2. Press the Power (white) pushbutton on the operator panel.
3. The Power On light on the operator panel starts blinking as the system is powered
on. The light stops blinking and stays on when power on is complete. Likewise, the
green LED on the I/O Drawer(s) starts blinking as the system is powered on. The
light stops blinking and stays on when power on is complete.
For more information, see “System Power-On Methods” on page 83.
Powering Off the System
If the system is operating under AIX, enter the
shutdown -F
command to power off the
system.
If you cannot use this method, you can power off the system by using the following
operator panel power Pushbutton procedure.
Attention: Using the operator-panel Power pushbutton to power off the system
without first shutting down the operating system may cause unpredictable results in the
data files, and the next IPL takes longer to complete.
1. Open the operator panel cover.
2. Press the Power pushbutton (white) on the operator panel.
The Data/Function display shows O ? (the international power-off symbol) with
the ? blinking.
3. Press the Power pushbutton (white) on the operator panel again to confirm.
Note: To cancel the power-off operation, do not press the Power pushbutton a
second time. Instead, press any other operator panel pushbutton.
4. The operator panel Power On light starts blinking as the system powers off. The
operator panel light stops blinking and stays off when the power-off operation is
complete. The green LED on the I/O Drawer(s) goes to a slow blink, indicating the
I/O Drawer power is now on standby.
Does the system power off successfully?
NO Go to Step 5.
Yes This ends the procedure.
5. Perform the following:
a. Press the or the pushbutton until
function 08
is shown in the operator
panel display.
b. Press the Enter pushbutton.
c. SRC A100 8008 is shown on the Data display.
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