IBM 6C4 - Manual (Page 7)

Service Processor System Monitoring - Surveillance . . . . . . . . . . . 65
System Firmware Surveillance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Operating System Surveillance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Call-Out (Call-Home) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Console Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Service Processor Error Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
LCD Progress Indicator Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Service Processor Operational Phases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Pre-Standby Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Standby Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Bring-Up Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Runtime Phase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 4. Using System Management Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Select Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Change Password Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Set Privileged-Access Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
View Error Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Setup Remote IPL (Initial Program Load) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Change SCSI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Select Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Select Boot Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Select Boot Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Display Current Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Restore Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Multiboot Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Exiting System Management Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Chapter 5. Using the Standalone and Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 91
Standalone and Online Diagnostics Operating Considerations . . . . . . . . 91
Selecting a Console Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Identifying the Terminal Type to the Diagnostics Programs . . . . . . . . 91
Undefined Terminal Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Running Online Diagnostics from CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Running Standalone Diagnostics from a Network Installation Management (NIM)
Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Running Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Running the Diagnostics from a TTY Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Online Diagnostics Mode of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Running the Online Diagnostics in Service Mode (Service Mode IPL) . . . . . 98
Running the Online Diagnostics in Concurrent Mode . . . . . . . . . . 99
Running the Online Diagnostics in Maintenance Mode . . . . . . . . . 100
Running System Verification When Connected to a Hardware Management
Console (HMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Standalone Diagnostic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Running the Standalone Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Chapter 6. Introducing Tasks and Service Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
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