IBM eserver pSeries 690, User Manual

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Contents
Safety Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Electrical Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Laser Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Laser Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Data Integrity and Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Highlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
ISO 9000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Online Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Chapter 1. Introducing the
Eserver
pSeries 690 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Partitioned System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Partition Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Types of Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Processor on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Processor on Demand Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Processor on Demand Activation Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Capacity Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Software Licenses and Processor on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Activating Process for Processor on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2. Using the
Eserver
pSeries 690 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hardware Management Console (HMC) Overview and Setup . . . . . . . . . 9
System Power-on Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Powering the Server On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Powering On the Processor Subsystem using the HMC . . . . . . . . . 10
Powering Off the Processor Subsystem Using the HMC . . . . . . . . . 10
Graphics Console Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Reading the Operator Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Checkpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Disturbance or System Attention LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Understanding the Power-On Self-Test (POST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
POST Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
POST Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 3. Using the Service Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Service Processor Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Accessing the Service Processor Menus Locally. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Accessing the Service Processor Menus Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Saving and Restoring Service Processor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Menu Inactivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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