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3. For the serial terminal to show an FSP login screen, press any key on the keyboard. Log in using the
ASMI credentials:
• username: admin
• password: Serial number of server
4. Manually power on the server by pressing the power button on the front.
• After powering on the server, the terminal emulator (for example, PuTTY) will display messages
during the system boot.
If there is no output, press the Up Arrow key and the Down Arrow key a few times to make the
terminal respond.
• After the terminal starts showing output as the system boots, pay close attention to detect when the
system reaches the petitboot menu (it takes a few minutes before it discovers the disks):
– System pauses the boot process for a few seconds when it gets the petitboot menu.
– Immediately press the Up Arrow key and/or the Down Arrow key a few times while in the
petitboot menu.
– Boot process stops indefinitely and the user will be able to interact with the petitboot menu and
choose a boot option.
5. In the petitboot menu, press the Up Arrow key and/or the Down Arrow key to select the redhat boot
option:
• Do not select the
Rescue option.
• If several redhat boot options (besides the Rescue option) are shown, select the newest available.
• Press Enter and the server will start to boot the OS. You should see the output going across the
screen and come to a login.
6. Log in using the SSR credentials:
• username: essserv1
• password: <serial number of server>
Note: You must set the terminal variable correctly before attempting to run any commands. Within
PuTTY do the following:
export TERM=xterm
Continue with the rest of the flow (using essutils ) to check the EMS and set the management IP
address.
If there is an issue with the boot process, you will need to call the technical support.
EMS login issues
Note: The default password is
ibmesscluster and must be changed after the first login. Customers
should be advised to change the password once the SSR task is complete.
If you face issues logging in with username: essserv1 and password: <serial number of server>, perform
the following steps:
• Log in as a root user:
– username: root
– password: ibmesscluster
Note: You should only login as root when you cannot log in as essserv1 and it is an emergency. The root
password is set to expire so you will be prompted to change immediately.
• Run essutils manually by typing essutils and press Enter.
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