IBM Personal Computer RS 6000 7025 User Manual

IBM RS/6000 7025 F50 Series

IBM

User's Guide

SA38-0540-01

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Contents

Communications Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Statement

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United Kingdom Telecommunications Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

European Union (EU) Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Avis de conformité aux normes du ministère des Communications du Canada

Canadian Department of Communications Compliance Statement

VCCI Statement

Radio Protection for Germany

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European Union (EU) Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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VCCI Statement

Safety Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Electrical Safety

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Laser Safety Information

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Power Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

About This Book

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ISO 9000

Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Chapter 1. System Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Unpacking Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Connecting the Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Starting the System

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Finishing the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Chapter 2. Using the System Unit

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Starting the System Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Stopping the System Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Reading the Operator Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Using the Keyboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Using the Three–Button Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Using the 3.5–Inch Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Using the CD–ROM Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Using the Hot Swap Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

General Information for 8-mm Tape Drive

Using the 5.0GB 8-mm Tape Drive

General Information for 4.0GB 4-mm Tape Drive

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Using the 4.0GB 4-mm Tape Drive

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Chapter 3. System Management Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Graphical System Management Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Config

MultiBoot:

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Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Password

Error Log

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RIPL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

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SCSI ID

Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

Text-Based System Management Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24

Chapter 4. Service Processor Menus

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Service Processor Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

General User Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Privileged User Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Service Processor Functions and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

Chapter 5. Installing Options

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Safety Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Handling Static-Sensitive Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Expansion Bays

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Input/Output Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

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Removing the Front Covers Only

Removing Both the Front and Side Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Removing the I/O Planar Cover

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Option List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

Installing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18

Memory-Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28

Installing Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30

Removing Adapters

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Upgrading or Adding a CPU Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37

Installing Internal Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41

Installing a Disk Drive, Tape Drive, or CD-ROM in Bay A or Bay B . . . . . . . 5-44

Installing a SCSI Disk Drive in Bank C, D, or E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51

Installing a SSA Disk Drive in Bank C, D, or E.

Installing a SCSI Backplane in Bank D or E

Installing a SSA Backplane in Bank D, or E

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Removing Internal Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81

. . . . 5-82

Removing a Disk Drive, Tape Drive, or CD-ROM from Bay A or Bay B

Removing a SCSI Disk Drive from Bank C, D, or E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-83

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Removing a SSA Disk Drive from Bank C, D, or E

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Installing a U-Bolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-91

Replacing the Front Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-93

Replacing Both the Front and Side Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-96

Replacing the I/O Planar Cover

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Chapter 6. Using the Online and Standalone Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Sources for the Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Standalone and Online Diagnostics Operating Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Online Diagnostics Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

Standalone Diagnostic Operation

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Location Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

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Physical Location Codes

AIX and Physical Location Code Reference Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15

AIX Location Codes

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Chapter 7. Using the Service Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Introduction to Service Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

AIX Shell Prompt Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Backup/Restore Media Service Aid

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Configure Remote Maintenance Policy Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Configure Ring Indicate Power On Policy Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

Configure Surveillance Policy Service Aid

Configure Reboot Policy Service Aid

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Save or Restore Hardware Management Policies Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Diagnostic Package Utility Service Aid

Dials and LPFK Configuration Service Aid

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Disk Based Diagnostic Update Service Aid and Update Disk Based Diagnostic

Task

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Disk Media Service Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12

Disk Maintenance Service Aid

Diskette Media Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13

Display or Change Configuration or Vital Product Data (VPD) Service Aid . . . 7-13

Display and Change Diagnostic Test List Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15

Display Previous Diagnostic Results Service Aid

Display Test Patterns Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16

Enhanced SCSI Display Configuration Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16

Generic Microcode Download Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17

Hardware Error Report Service Aid and Display Hardware Error Log Task

ISA Adapter Configuration Service Aid

Machine Check Error Log Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18

Microcode Download Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18

Periodic Diagnostics Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19

SCSI Bus Analyzer Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20

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SCSI Tape Utilities Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22

Service Hints Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23

Update System or Service Processor Flash Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23

Display Firmware Device Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24

Display Resource Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24

7135 RAIDant Array Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25

PCI RAID Physical Disk Identify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25

Chapter 8. Using the System Verification Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

Step 1. Considerations before Running This Procedure

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

Step 2. Loading the Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Step 3. Running System Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Step 4. Additional System Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Step 5. Stopping the Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Chapter 9. Hardware Problem Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

Problem Determination Using the Standalone or Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . 9-1

Problem Determination When Unable to Load Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10

Appendix A. System Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Record the Identification Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Device Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Appendix B. Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Appendix C. Service Processor Setup and Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

Testing the Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Appendix D. Modem Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

Sample Modem Configuration Files

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Configuration File Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

Seamless Transfer of a Modem Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6

Modem Configuration Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9

Appendix E. Service Processor Operational Phases . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X-1

Reader's Comments — We'd Like to Hear From You . . . . . . . . . . . . . X-3

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Communications Statements

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement

Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a

Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are

designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the

equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates,

uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in

accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio

communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause

harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the

interference at his own expense.

Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors must be used in order to

meet FCC emission limits. Neither the provider nor the manufacturer are responsible

for any radio or television interference caused by using other than recommended

cables and connectors or by unauthorized changes or modifications to this

equipment. Unauthorized changes or modifications could void the user's authority to

operate the equipment.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the

following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference,and (2)

this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may

cause undesired operation.

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Statement

This product has been designed and built to comply with IEC Standard 950.

United Kingdom Telecommunications Safety Requirements

This equipment is manufactured to the International Safety Standard EN60950 and

as such is approved in the UK under the General Approval Number

NS/G/1234/J/100003 for indirect connection to the public telecommunication network.

The network adapter interfaces housed within this equipment are approved

separately, each one having its own independent approval number. These interface

adapters, supplied by the manufacturer, do not use or contain excessive voltages. An

excessive voltage is one which exceeds 70.7 V peak ac or 120 V dc. They interface

with this equipment using Safe Extra Low Voltages only. In order to maintain the

separate (independent) approval of the manufacturer's adapters, it is essential that

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other optional cards, not supplied by the manufacturer, do not use main voltages or

any other excessive voltages. Seek advice from a competent engineer before

installing other adapters not supplied by the manufacturer.

European Union (EU) Statement

This product is in conformity with the protection requirements of EU Council Directive

89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to

electromagnetic compatibility.

Neither the provider nor the manufacturer can accept responsibility for any failure to

satisfy the protection requirements resulting from a non–recommended modification

of the product, including the fitting of option cards not supplied by the manufacturer.

This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B

Information Technology Equipment according to CISPR 22 / European Standard EN

55022. The limits for Class B equipment were derived for typical residential

environments to provide reasonable protection against interference with licensed

communication devices.

Avis de conformité aux normes du ministère des Communications du

Canada

Cet appareil numérique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement

sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada.

Canadian Department of Communications Compliance Statement

This Class A digital apparatus meets the requirements of the Canadian

Interference–Causing Equipment Regulations.

VCCI Statement

The following is a summary of the VCCI Japanese statement in the box above.

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This is a Class B product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for

Interference from Information Technology Equipment (VCCI). If this is used near a

radio or television receiver in a domestic environment, it may cause radio

interference. Install and use the equipment according to the instruction manual.

When used near a radio or TV receiver, it may become the cause of radio

interference.

Read the instructions for correct handling.

Radio Protection for Germany

Dieses Gerät ist berechtigt in Übereinstimmung mit dem deutschen EMVG vom

9.Nov.92 das EG–Konformitätszeichen zu führen.

Der Aussteller der Konformitätserklärung ist die IBM Germany.

Dieses Gerät erfüllt die Bedingungen der EN 55022 Klasse B.

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Note: If any of the following Feature Codes are installed:

3615, 4356, 4357, 4358, 4359, 6218, 8130, or 8134,

or if a configuration using more than one SysKonnect FDDI adapter (Feature

Codes 2741, 2742, or 2743) where any one of them is Feature Code 2743

(SysKonnect SK-NET FDDI-UP SAS PCI), the following statement applies:

European Union (EU) Statement

This product is in conformity with the protection requirements of EU Council Directive

89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to

electromagnetic compatibility. The manufacturer cannot accept responsibility for any

failure to satisfy the protection requirements resulting from a non-recommended

modification of the product, including the fitting of option cards supplied by third

parties. Consult with your dealer or sales representative for details on your specific

hardware.

This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A

Information Technology Equipment according to CISPR 22 / European Standard EN

55022. The limits for Class A equipment were derived for commercial and industrial

environments to provide reasonable protection against interference with licensed

communication equipment.

Attention: This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may

cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate

measures.

VCCI Statement

The following is a summary of the VCCI Japanese statement in the box above.

This is a Class A product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for

Interference by Information Technology Equipment (VCCI). If this equipment is used

in a domestic environment, radio disturbance may arise. When such trouble occurs,

the user may be required to take corrective actions.

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Safety Notices

A danger notice indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing

death or serious personal injury.

A caution notice indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing

moderate or minor personal injury.

Electrical Safety

Observe the following safety instructions any time you are connecting or

disconnecting devices attached to the workstation.

DANGER

An electrical outlet that is not correctly wired could place hazardous

voltage on metal parts of the system or the devices that attach to the

system. It is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that the outlet

is correctly wired and grounded to prevent an electrical shock.

Before installing or removing signal cables, ensure that the power

cables for the system unit and all attached devices are unplugged.

When adding or removing any additional devices to or from the system,

ensure that the power cables for those devices are unplugged before

the signal cables are connected. If possible, disconnect all power

cables from the existing system before you add a device.

Use one hand, when possible, to connect or disconnect signal cables

to prevent a possible shock from touching two surfaces with different

electrical potentials.

During an electrical storm, do not connect cables for display stations,

printers, telephones, or station protectors for communication lines.

CAUTION:

This product is equipped with a three–wire power cable and plug for the user's

safety. Use this power cable with a properly grounded electrical outlet to avoid

electrical shock.

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DANGER

To prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from

the electrical outlet before relocating the system.

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Laser Safety Information

The optical drive in this system unit is a laser product. The optical drive has a label

that identifies its classification. The label, located on the drive, is shown below.

CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT

LASER KLASSE 1

LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE

APPAREIL A LASER DE CLASSE 1

IEC 825:1984 CENELEC EN 60 825:1991

The optical drive in this system unit is certified in the U.S. to conform to the

requirements of the Department of Health and Human Services 21 Code of Federal

Regulations (DHHS 21 CFR) Subchapter J for Class 1 laser products. Elsewhere,

the drive is certified to conform to the requirements of the International

Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 825 (1st edition 1984) and CENELEC EN 60

825:1991 for Class 1 laser products.

CAUTION:

A class 3 laser is contained in the device. Do not attempt to operate the drive

while it is disassembled. Do not attempt to open the covers of the drive as it

is not serviceable and is to be replaced as a unit.

Class 1 laser products are not considered to be hazardous. The optical drive

contains internally a Class 3B gallium-arsenide laser that is nominally 30 milliwatts at

830 nanometers. The design incorporates a combination of enclosures, electronics,

and redundant interlocks such that there is no exposure to laser radiation above a

Class 1 level during normal operation, user maintenance, or servicing conditions.

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Power Cables

Index

Part Number

Country

1838574

Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica,

Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana,

Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Netherlands Antilles, Panama,

Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad, Tobago, U.S.A.

(except Chicago), Venezuela

6952300

Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cayman

Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El

Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan,

Korea (South), Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama,

Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Trinidad,

Taiwan, U.S.A. (except Chicago), Venezuela

62X1045

6952311

13F9979

Chicago, U.S.A.

Argentina, Australia, New Zealand

Abu Dhabi, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Botswana, Egypt, Finland,

France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Indonesia, Korea (South),

Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macau, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,

Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Turkey, Yugoslavia

13F9997

14F0015

14F0033

Denmark

Bangladesh, Burma, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka

Bahrain, Bermuda, Brunei, Channel Islands, Cyprus, Ghana,

Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malawi,

Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, People's Republic of China, Qatar,

Sierra Leone, Singapore, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab

Emirates (Dubai), United Kingdom, Zambia

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Index

Part Number

14F0051

Country

Liechtenstein, Switzerland

Chile, Ethiopia, Italy

Israel

14F0069

14F0087

6952291

Paraguay, Colombia, Uruguay

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About This Book

This book provides information on how to install and remove options, use the

system, use diagnostics, use service aids, and verify system operation. This book

also provides information to help you solve some of the simpler problems that might

occur.

ISO 9000

ISO 9000 registered quality systems were used in the development and

manufacturing of this product.

Related Publications

The following publications are available:

Ÿ The IBM RS/6000 7025 F50 Series Service Guide contains reference

information, maintenance analysis procedures (MAPs), error codes, removal and

replacement procedures, and a parts catalog.

Ÿ The IBM RS/6000 Diagnostic Information for Multiple Bus Systems contains

diagnostic information, service request numbers (SRNs), and failing function

codes (FFCs).

Ÿ The IBM RS/6000 Adapter, Device, and Cable Information for Multiple Bus

Systems contains information about adapters, devices, and cables for your

system. This manual is intended to supplement the service information found in

the IBM RS/6000 Diagnostic Information for Multiple Bus Systems.

Ÿ The Site and Hardware Planning Information contains information to help you

plan your installation.

Trademarks

Ÿ AIX is a registered trademark of the International Business Machines

Corporation.

Ÿ PowerPC is a trademark of the International Business Machines Corporation.

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Chapter 1. System Startup

Thank you for selecting an IBM RS/6000 7025 F50 Series system!

The IBM RS/6000 7025 F50 Series system combines PowerPC 604 microprocessor

performance and system expandability, ensuring that your system adapts to handle

ever-changing operating requirements. The system is specifically designed to

support the demands of network environments.

The IBM RS/6000 7025 F50 Series system incorporates the new, advanced

peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus, which is faster than the industry

standard architecture (ISA) bus. But the system also offers ISA as a additional bus

architecture, to accommodate businesses that already have invested in ISA and

ISA-based devices.

This book helps you set up and use the system, install and remove options,

configure the system, and use the system programs that are provided. This book

also provides information to help you solve some of the simpler problems that might

occur, and how to obtain assistance and service. Appendix A, “System Records” on

page A-1 provides a section for you to record all the important information about

your system.

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Before You Begin

Ÿ Make sure you have an adequate number of properly grounded electrical outlets

for your system, display, and any other options you intend to install.

Ÿ Place your system in a location that is dry. Rain or spilled liquids might damage

your system.

Ÿ Always operate your system in the upright position and do not place any heavy

objects on top of your system.

Ÿ Leave about 51 mm (2 in.) of space on all sides of the system to allow the

system's cooling system to work properly.

Ÿ Collect the following tools, and keep them handy:

– Small flat-blade screwdriver

– Medium flat-blade screwdriver

– Trays to hold screws

Ÿ Before continuing, refer to the System Unit Safety Information book for Danger

and Caution notices. Do not plug any cables into system unit, adapters, or

electrical outlets until you have reviewed this information.

Make sure none of the power cords are connected before continuing.

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Unpacking Your System

CAUTION:

To avoid possible injury while moving or lifting the system, ask another person

to help you.

Moving the System

When the system is in the normal upright position, move it by lifting up on the handle

on the front and moving it forward or backward as shown. (There is a roller built into

the rear of the system's base.)

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Preinstallation Checklist

After you unpack your system, display or ASCII terminal, and optional devices, make

sure you have the following items:

System and power cord

ASCII terminal (or keyboard, keyboard cable, display, display cable, and

display power cord)

Mouse (if using display and keyboard)

Other publications and media (for example, CD-ROM) that came with the

system

Options you want to install

Contact your authorized reseller or marketing representative if any items are missing

or damaged.

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Connecting the Cables

1. If you are using a keyboard, attach the keyboard cable to the keyboard

connector (

2. If you are installing a mouse or other pointing device, connect that cable to the

mouse connector ( ).

3. If you are using a display, attach the display to the display connector on the back

of the display adapter in one of the expansion slots. See the About Your

Machine document for information on preinstalled adapters.

4. If you are using an ASCII terminal, connect the terminal to serial port 1 (

5. Connect the display or ASCII terminal power cord to the display or ASCII

terminal.

6. Attach adapter cables to any adapters installed in the expansion slots. See the

About Your Machine document for information on preinstalled adapters. For

more instructions on adapter cabling, see the documentation that came with your

adapter, or to the IBM RS/6000 Adapter, Device, and Cable Information for

Multiple Bus Systems.

7. Make sure the system's power is turned off.

8. Connect the system connector power cord to the power connector. Secure all

these connections, then plug the display power cord and the system power cord

into properly grounded electrical outlets.

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Starting the System

1. Open the door. If the diskette drive contains packing material or a diskette,

remove it from the drive.

2. Remove the extra key and ID tag that is taped inside the door and store them in

a secure place.

3. Turn on all external devices, such as printers, plotters, or modems.

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4. Press the Power On switch.

5. Check your display or ASCII terminal for configuration information displayed as

the power-on self-test (POST) begins. The system beeps once to indicate it is

working properly.

If no operating system is installed, you are prompted to select the operating

system installation device.

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Finishing the Installation

Important

Ÿ Be sure to maintain at least 51 mm (2 in.) of space on all sides of the system

to allow the system's cooling system to work properly. Blocking the air vents

can cause overheating, which might result in a malfunction or permanent

damage.

Your system hardware is set up, and you are ready to learn about your system and

make backup copies of important software. The order in which you do these tasks is

up to you. Use the following checklist as a guide.

Record your identification numbers

Your system has important identification information that you might need if you

have it serviced. Appendix A, “System Records” on page A-1 shows where to

find these numbers, and provides space to record and retain this information.

Install options

If you decided earlier to delay installing your options, you might want to

complete these installations now. See Chapter 5, “Installing Options” on

page 5-1 for handling and installation instructions.

Install the Operating System

If AIX is preinstalled in your system unit, or if you plan to install AIX yourself,

refer to the Quick Installation and Startup Guide for instructions.

Some options that you might install come with a diskette that contains device

drivers, configuration files, or test programs. To install these files (after your

operating system is installed), follow the instructions that come with the

diskettes.

Install application programs

To install application programs, follow the instructions supplied with each

application program.

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Chapter 2. Using the System Unit

Starting the System Unit

1. Set the power switches of the attached devices to On.

Note: When the system is plugged in but not powered on, the Power On LED

flashes slowly.

2. Press the Power On switch.

When you press the Power On switch, the Power On LED comes on and the

system starts a POST (power-on self test).

During POST, progress codes display in the operator panel display.

3. If the Power On light does not come on and there is no indication of power when

you press the Power On switch, ensure that the power cord, located at the back

of the system unit, is plugged into a grounded electrical outlet. If this does not

solve the problem, go to Chapter 9, “Hardware Problem Determination” on

page 9-1. If the LED is not flashing and OK is not displayed in the display, go to

the section on running the diagnostics.

Stopping the System Unit

Attention: When using the shutdown procedure for your system, enter the correct

command before you stop the system unit. Failure to do so may result in the loss of

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data. If you need information on the shutdown procedure for your operating system,

see your operating system documentation.

1. Before stopping the system unit, you must first perform a shutdown procedure of

the operating system to prevent the loss of data.

2. After you shut down the operating system, set the power switches of the

attached devices to Off.

3. The system unit is powered down by the shut down procedure.

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Reading the Operator Panel Display

The operator panel display is used to:

Ÿ Track the progress of the system unit self tests and configuration program.

Ÿ Display codes when the operating system comes to an abnormal end.

Ÿ Display system messages.

During power-on self-test (POST), 4 characters display indicating the progress of the

testing. If an error is detected that requires attention, the system unit halts and an 8

digit number displays in the operator panel display to identify the error.

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Using the Keyboards

There are several keyboards available for the system unit. The keyboards have

various keys that enter data and control the cursor location. The keyboards can be

engraved for the languages of different countries.

The functions of each keyboard depend on the software used. The character sets for

the keyboards are contained and explained in the information for your operating

system.

The keyboard is divided into four sections:

Ÿ Function keys are multipurpose keys and their function is controlled by the

operating system.

Ÿ Typewriter keys are similar to a standard typewriter. Their function is controlled

by the software.

Ÿ Control keys move the cursor on the screen and do programmed control

functions. The movement and functions depend upon the application used.

Ÿ Numeric keypad is arranged like a calculator to help when typing numbers.

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On all of the keyboards, you can adjust the tilt position for typing comfort. To tilt the

keyboard, pull out on the keyboard legs. The legs snap into position. To decrease

the tilt of the keyboard, rotate the keyboard legs until they snap into the bottom of

the keyboard case.

The keyboard cable plugs into the keyboard connector at the rear of the system unit.

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Using the Three–Button Mouse

The mouse is a hand–operated locating device. A three–button mouse is available

for use with the system unit.

Consult your application publication for the exact use of the three–button mouse.

You can use the mouse to perform such functions as positioning a cursor, selecting

items from a menu, or moving around in your document much easier and faster than

if you used only the keyboard. The cursor moves exactly as you move the mouse on

a flat surface, such as a desktop.

When you move the mouse around on a flat surface as shown in this illustration, the

cursor moves on the display screen; the movement changes the position of the

cursor.

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With the mouse buttons, you can perform functions such as selecting and

deselecting options, extending your selection, or choosing a command. The precise

function of your mouse depends on the software you are using.

The mouse has a cable that plugs into the mouse connector at the rear of the

system unit.

Handling the Mouse Correctly

For best operation, handle the mouse with care. Incorrect handling can damage the

mouse.

Do not:

Ÿ Operate the mouse on cloth, unfinished wood, newspaper, or carpet.

Ÿ Drop or hit the mouse.

Ÿ Carry the mouse by holding onto the cable.

Ÿ Expose the mouse to extreme temperatures or direct sunlight.

Ÿ Place the mouse in liquid spills.

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Care of the Mouse

The operating surface for the mouse should be smooth, clean, and flat. For

example, you can operate the mouse on the following surfaces:

Ÿ Finished wood

Ÿ Glass

Ÿ Enamel

Ÿ Plastic

Ÿ Paper (except newspaper)

Ÿ Metal

Rough surfaces collect contaminants that can be transferred to the interior of the

mouse by the ball. The surface you use should be free from spills, dirt, dust, lint,

wax, eraser dust, and other foreign matter. Rough surfaces can also cause the pads

located on the bottom of the mouse to prematurely wear. A deeply pitted surface

could cause erratic operation of the mouse.

Ÿ Inspect the work surface for spills or other contaminants.

Ÿ Dust the work surface.

Ÿ If you are using a paper pad, inspect it for wear and replace it if necessary.

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Cleaning the Mouse

1. Remove the retaining ring by turning it counterclockwise, in the direction of the

arrow as shown in the illustration.

2. Remove the ball.

3. Inspect the ball for contaminants. Wipe it clean with a dry, lint–free cloth.

4. If the ball is dirty, wash it in warm, soapy water. Rinse and wipe the ball with a

lint–free cloth until dry.

5. Inspect the ball cavity in the mouse for foreign materials. If there are any foreign

materials, remove them.

6. Replace the ball.

7. Replace the retaining ring on the mouse and align it with the open slots in the

ball cavity.

8. Turn the retaining ring clockwise until the open slots are covered and you hear

the ring snap into place.

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Using the 3.5–Inch Diskette Drive

Diskette Compatibility

The system unit has a 1.44MB diskette drive installed vertically in the front.

The 1.44MB diskette drive can format, read, and write diskettes compatible with the

following diskette drives:

Ÿ 1.0MB diskettes with 720KB formatted data capacity.

Ÿ 2.0MB diskettes with 1.44MB formatted data capacity (HD).

Format the diskette according to its specified capacity.

Write–Protecting 3.5–Inch Diskettes

Write–protecting diskettes is necessary so that important information is not

accidentally lost.

When diskettes are write–protected, you can read information from the diskettes, but

you cannot write information on to them.

There is a write–protect tab on the 3.5–inch diskette.

To locate the write–protect tab, turn the diskette over with the label facing down.

Ÿ To prevent writing onto a diskette, slide the write–protect tab, to open the protect

slot.

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Ÿ To allow writing onto a diskette, slide the write–protect tab to cover the protect

slot.

Loading and Unloading the 3.5–Inch Diskette

To load a diskette into the drive, insert the diskette in the diskette drive with the

labeled metal shutter first. Push the diskette into the drive until you hear a click.

The click indicates that the diskette is securely in position in the drive.

To unload the diskette, push the diskette–unload button. The diskette unloads

partially from the drive. Pull the diskette out.

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Using the CD–ROM Drive

CAUTION:

A Class 3 laser is contained in the device. Do not attempt to operate the device

while it is disassembled. Do not attempt to open the covers of the device, as it

is not serviceable and is to be replaced as a unit.

The CD–ROM is located in bay A1 of the system unit, see page 2-15. Your

CD–ROM drive looks like the one shown in the illustration, and the controls are

located as indicated.

When the CD–ROM is set to On, the status light indicates one of several conditions.

The following are status light states and the respective conditions of the CD–ROM

drive:

Ÿ Off during standby with the tray loaded or unloaded.

Ÿ Blinks from insertion of the tray to completion of initialization.

Ÿ Blinks slowly when disc is dusty.

Ÿ Blinks fast when in the audio mode.

Ÿ Lights during data transfer operations.

Ÿ Lights steady when:

– No disc is in the tray.

– The disc is in the tray upside down.

– Some condition exists that should be checked. If this occurs, contact your

service representative.

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Loading the CD–ROM Drive

Press the unload button to open the tray. Place the disc, with the printed side away

from the tray, into the tray. Slip out the bottom tabs to hold the disc in place. Push

gently on the load/unload button. The drive automatically pulls the tray into the drive

and prepares the disc for reading.

Unloading the CD–ROM Drive

Push and hold the unload button until the drawer comes out and then remove the

disc.

Cleaning the CD–ROM Drive

This CD–ROM drive has an internal head–cleaning mechanism, and therefore does

not require an external cleaning device. The internal cleaning mechanism cleans the

head every time the tray is operated.

Always handle discs carefully by the edges to avoid leaving fingerprints or scratching

the disc. (This helps the disc to maintain good readability.) Discs can be wiped with a

soft, lint–free cloth or lens tissue. Always wipe in a straight line from the inner hub to

the outer rim.

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Emergency Eject

Note: Execute the following procedure only in an emergency (tray will not eject

although pressing the unload button).

1. Insert a small diameter rod, such as a straightened paper clip, into the

emergency eject hole. (Refer to the illustration below for the location of the

emergency eject hole.)

2. Push the tool in until some resistance is felt.

3. Maintain a small amount of pressure on the rod while pulling on the tray with

your finger nail.

4. Pull the tray open and remove the disc.

Note: Normally the tray makes a ratcheting sound when pulling it open using the

above procedure.

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Using the Hot Swap Disk Drives

For information on installing hot swap drives refer to “Installing a SCSI Disk Drive in

Bank C, D, or E.” on page 5-51.

For information on removing hot swap drives refer to “Removing a SCSI Disk Drive

from Bank C, D, or E” on page 5-83.

Relationship of AIX Prompts and Physical Drive Location

A SCSI adapter and a SCSI drive address can be displayed on a user display. The

AIX command lscfg list the attached devices on the system display. A SCSI adapter

and drives might be listed as:

Labels on the right side of each bank, identify the PCI Bus indicator and PCI Slot

address for the SCSI adapter attached to each bank.

Physical Slot of SCSI Adapter

Bank Label

30 - 78

30 - 70

30 - 68

30 - 60

10 - 78

10 - 70

10 - 68

20 - 60

20 - 58

30 - 58

10 - 60

9I/P

8I/P

Second Integrated SCSI Controller

First Integrated SCSI Controller

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Handling Guidelines

The hot-swap disk drive is a sensitive device. Handle the hot-swap carrier and disk

drive with care.

Ÿ Do not drop the disk drive or subject the drive to excessive shock.

Ÿ Do not expose the disk drive to temperatures lower than -40° F (-40° C) or

higher than 158 ° F (70° C).

Ÿ If drive temperature changes, allow approximately one hour of temperature

acclimatization for every 18° F (10° C) of temperature change.

Ÿ Never allow moisture to condense on the drive.

Ÿ Static electricity can damage your equipment. Take these precautions to avoid

static electricity damage:

– Always handle your disk drive carefully.

– Handle the drive by the edges and never touch any exposed circuitry.

– Prevent others from touching the drive.

Ÿ Store the hot-swap disk drive in a protective container such as an instrument

case or in a protected area.

Ÿ Failure to observe these precautions may lead to product failure, damage, and

invalidation of all warranties.

Ÿ Media can take as link as 30 seconds to spin down. Make sure that there is at

least a 30 second delay before switching off the hot-swap drives for removal.

Labels

Several labels are included in your system ship group which may be attached to the

handle of the hot-swap drive. The labels may be marked in any way that the user

can easily identify the drive for removal or installation.

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Disk Drive Status LED States

SCSI Disk Drives: The following table explains the meaning of the green and

amber status LEDs and spin down button.

Status LEDs

LED or Button

Status

Definition

Amber

Drive spinning

Off

Drive not spinning

Power On

Green

Off

Power Off

Blinking

Depressed

Power Off/Drive identify

Spin down drive and remove power

Spin down

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SSA Disk Drives: The following table explains the meaning of the Power, Ready

and Check status LEDs.

Status LEDs

LED

Status

Definition

Power On

Power Off

Power

Off

Ready

Check

Both SSA connections good and

drive is ready

Blinking

Flickering

Only one SSA connection good

Drive is executing a command

Disk drive failure

Self-test running

Drive in service mode

Disk drive selected

Blinking

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General Information for 8-mm Tape Drive

Recommendations

Ÿ Use only Data Grade 8-mm tape cartridges. These cartridges are identified by

either a Data, D, or D8 marking on the data cartridge. Use of video grade

cartridges can damage the 8-mm tape drive and can void the warranty of your

8-mm tape drive, and data written on these tapes may be lost over a short period

of time.

Ÿ Remove the tape cartridge from the tape drive when it is not in use, and store

the cartridge in the cartridge case.

Ÿ Do not open the door on the data tape cartridge. This door covers and protects

the magnetic tape material from dirt, dust, and damage.

Ÿ Avoid touching the tape since this can cause loss of data.

Ÿ Keep the tape drive door closed except when loading or unloading a tape

cartridge.

Ÿ Back up and then discard any tape cartridge that repeatedly produces error

messages. The error information is in the system error log.

Ÿ Clean the tape path regularly according to the cleaning procedure of the 8-mm

tape drive. Use only recommended cleaning cartridges; other cleaning cartridges

can permanently damage your 8-mm tape drive.

Attention: Do not use video grade cartridges in the 8-mm tape drive. Video grade

tapes may be unreliable and may cause permanent damage to the 8-mm tape drive.

Types of 8-mm Tape Cartridges

Ÿ Test Tape Cartridge: This is a specially labeled tape cartridge that is in the

media kit with the 8-mm tape drive. Use this cartridge only when checking the

operation of the drive or running diagnostics; do not use it to save programs or

data.

Ÿ Data Tape Cartridge: This is a non-labeled blank tape cartridge that is in the

media kit. Use this cartridge for saving your programs or data. The same data

tape cartridge can be used in either a 2.3GB 8-mm tape drive or a 5.0GB 8-mm

tape drive.

Ÿ Cleaning Tape Cartridge: Use this cartridge for cleaning the 8-mm tape path. For

more information, see “Cleaning the Tape Path on the 5.0GB 8-mm Tape Drive”

on page 2-29.

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Tape Cartridge Compatibility

The 8-mm tape drive is compatible with existing 8-mm tape subsystems that comply

to the American National Standard (ANSI) X3B5/89-136, Helical-scan Digital

Computer Tape Cartridge, 8-mm for Information Exchange. Data compression

effectively increases the cartridge capacity and data transfer rate for the 5.0GB tape

cartridges.

Note: 160 meter cartridges are not processed and are automatically ejected by the

drive.

Format Modes (C=compression mode)

8-mm Tape Drive

2.3GB

2.3GB (C)

5.0GB

5.0GB (C)

Read/Write

5.0GB

Read only

Read/Write

Setting the Write-Protect Tab on 8-mm Tape Cartridges

Setting the write-protect tab on a tape cartridge is necessary so that information is

not accidentally lost. When the write-protect tab of a tape cartridge is set (window

closed), information can be read from the tape, but cannot be written to it.

The window on the tape cartridge controls write-protection.

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Environment Considerations for 8-mm Data Cartridges

Information in this section describes operating and storage conditions including

temperature, relative humidity, and maximum wet bulb data.

Attention: The manufacturer has specified a set of temperature and humidity

ranges in which the 8-mm data cartridge can operate with ease. Only regular

cleaning procedures are required when operating the cartridge within this range. The

risk of possible data loss is increased if 8-mm tape cartridges are operated, stored,

or shipped outside the temperature or humidity ranges shown in the following table.

Before using a cartridge, always let it adjust (acclimate) to the operating

environment. Do this by placing the cartridge with its container in the operating

environment for as long as it has been away from this environment or for 24 hours,

whichever is less.

Acclimation is necessary for any data cartridge that has been exposed to a different

humidity environment or a temperature change of 11°C or 20°F or more.

Operating Ranges

Storage

Shipping

Temperature

16°C to 32°C

(60°F to 90°F)

20 to 80%

5°C to 32°C

(40°F to 90°F)

20 to 80%

-40°C to 52°C

(-40°F to 125°F)

5 to 80%

Relative Humidity

(non-condensing)

Maximum Wet Bulb

26°C (79°F)

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The 8-mm tape drive is ideally suited to streaming operations, as opposed to tape

movement operations involving multiple stop/starts and random searches. When the

tape is used for frequent stop and start operations, streaming movement is beneficial

and should be used whenever possible. This can be accomplished by ensuring that

any save or restore operation is the only active operation performed by a device

connected to this SCSI I/O controller.

Any tape that has been used outside the ranges specified in the table on 2-22 for an

extended period of time (50 passes in 40 hours of nonstop operation) should not be

used as an archival tape. Exposure to the environment will deteriorate the magnetic

and physical strength of the tape. Do not store important data on a tape that has

been used outside the specified ranges; transfer the data to a new tape for reliable

archiving.

8-mm Data Cartridge Erasure

Most bulk eraser devices do not have the capability to erase 8-mm data cartridges.

To properly erase an 8-mm data cartridge with a bulk eraser device, the erasure

rating must be at least 1500 oersted.

The 2.3GB and the 5.0GB 8-mm tape drives erase residual data before writing new

data on the data tape.

Tape Cartridge Data Efficiency

The 8-mm tape cartridge efficiency is defined as the amount of data that can be

stored on the cartridge. The following variables affect the amount of data that can be

stored on a tape cartridge:

Ÿ Size of the data file

Ÿ Number of file marks per file

Ÿ File mark size used

Ÿ Compatibility mode (2.3GB or 5.0GB)

Ÿ Media rewrites.

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Using the 5.0GB 8-mm Tape Drive

The optional 5.0GB 8-mm tape drive is a half-height device.

Status Lights

The 5.0GB 8-mm tape drive has two green status lights and one amber status light.

The on and off combinations of the status lights indicate the conditions of the 8-mm

tape drive.

Each of the International Organization for Standards (ISO) symbols located next to a

status light indicates a specific condition of the tape drive as follows:

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Status Light States

The following table explains the meaning of the green and amber status lights.

Status Lights on the 5.0GB 8-mm Tape Drive

Status

Ready

(green)

Busy

(green)

Disturbance

(amber)

The power-on self-test (POST) is running or the

system has issued a Reset to the drive.

Off

One of the following has occurred:

Off or On

Ÿ The power is off.

Ÿ The POST has completed successfully, but

no tape cartridge has been inserted.

A tape cartridge has been inserted and the 8-mm

tape drive is ready to receive commands from the

system.

Off

Off or On

A tape cartridge has been inserted and the 8-mm

tape drive is performing a tape load or unload

operation.

Flashing

The tape is in motion and the 8-mm tape drive is

busy running a device operation.

Off

Flashing

Off

Off or On

Flashing

The 8-mm tape drive has detected an internal

fault that requires corrective action. If this occurs,

see the following note.

The tape path requires cleaning. Refer to

“Cleaning the Tape Path on the 5.0GB 8-mm

Tape Drive” on page 2-29.

Off or On

Off or

Flashing

Note: If a fault or an error condition occurs, first try to recover by pressing the

unload button. If this does not correct the fault, switch off the power to the 8-mm

tape drive and then switch on the power to the drive. If the condition continues, call

your service representative.

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Loading the 8-mm Tape Cartridge

Before loading the tape cartridge, make sure the power is on and the write-protect

tab on the tape cartridge is properly set. Refer to “Setting the Write-Protect Tab on

8-mm Tape Cartridges” on page 2-21. The tape drive loads the tape from the

cartridge and prepares it for reading and writing.

To load the 8-mm tape cartridge, do the following:

1. Grasp the edges of the 8-mm tape cartridge with the write-protect tab toward you

and the window side of the cartridge facing to the right.

2. Slide the tape cartridge into the opening on the front of the 8-mm tape drive until

the loading mechanism pulls the cartridge into the drive and the drive door

closes. The ready status light (green) goes on if the load operation was

successful.

The 8-mm tape drive is ready for data operations when the tape cartridge is inserted.

After the cartridge is inserted into the tape drive, the tape takes about 25 seconds to

load; this does not interfere with beginning the data operations.

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Commands can be entered while the tape is loading. Any commands to the tape

drive start running once the tape has finished loading. Commands not requiring the

tape cartridge are run immediately.

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Unloading the 8-mm Tape Cartridge

Before performing the unload operation, make sure the power to the 8-mm tape drive

is on.

To unload and eject the tape cartridge, press the unload button. The 8-mm tape

drive rewinds the tape and then ejects the tape cartridge from the tape drive.

After pressing the unload button, the following occurs:

1. The ready status light goes off.

2. The busy status light flashes during the unload operation.

3. The busy status light will goes off when the cartridge is ejected from the tape

drive.

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The time required for a tape to rewind and unload is between 18 seconds and 3

minutes, depending on the position of the tape when the unload button is pushed.

If the tape cartridge cannot unload and has to be removed manually from the drive,

contact your service representative.

Cleaning the Tape Path on the 5.0GB 8-mm Tape Drive

Attention: Do not use video cleaning cartridges in the 8-mm tape drive. Video

cleaning cartridges can damage the 8-mm tape drive.

The 8-mm tape path should be cleaned either approximately every 30 hours of tape

motion or once a month, whichever occurs first. The 5.0GB 8-mm tape drive counts

the number of hours of tape motion and indicates when the tape path requires

cleaning when the lighted disturbance status light (amber) is on.

More frequent cleaning may be required if the drive is operated in a dusty

environment or in humid conditions. If the dust is allowed to accumulate, the drive

has to perform more reads and writes. This can cause data loss, and may be

prevented by regularly scheduled cleaning of the drive.

The cleaning cartridge cleans the 8-mm tape drive. If you attempt to use an 8-mm

cleaning cartridge more times than allowed, the tape drive automatically detects the

error and ejects the cleaning cartridge. The disturbance status light (amber) remains

on if it was on prior to the cleaning operation being attempted.

Some video cleaning cartridges are extremely abrasive. An 8-mm tape drive may be

permanently damaged after only a few cleaning operations using an abrasive-type

cleaning cartridge.

Before loading the cleaning cartridge, make sure the power to the 8-mm tape drive is

on.

To load the 8-mm cleaning cartridge, do the following:

1. Grasp the edges of the 8-mm cleaning cartridge with the window side of the

cartridge facing to the right.

2. Slide the cleaning cartridge into the opening on the front of the 8-mm tape drive

until the loading mechanism pulls the cartridge into the drive.

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After the 8-mm cleaning cartridge has been fully inserted into the 8-mm tape drive,

the following cleaning operations are performed automatically:

1. The cleaning tape is loaded into the tape path.

2. The drive is cleaned by moving the cleaning tape forward for approximately two

minutes.

3. The tape is unloaded and the cleaning cartridge is ejected from the tape drive

when the cleaning operation is complete.

4. A successful cleaning operation is indicated when the disturbance status light

(amber) goes off.

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General Information for 4.0GB 4-mm Tape Drive

The 4.0GB 4-mm tape drive is a streaming tape drive that is used to:

Ÿ Save and restore system data files.

Ÿ Archive important records.

Ÿ Distribute operating system software upgrades.

The 4-mm tape drive can be attached to any system using a single-ended interface

meeting the Small Computer System Interface ll (SCSI-ll) Standard ANSI

X3.131-199X Rev. 10h.

The 4-mm tape drive has the following features:

Ÿ Capacity of 4.0 GB per cartridge. 8 GB is typical with data compression and with

DDS2 data cartridges.

The actual capacity per cartridge varies depending on the application and the

type of data cartridge being used.

Ÿ Data transfer rate is 400 KBps. 800 KBps is typical with data compression.

Note: Data compression activated is the default setting from the factory. Data

compression is usually controlled by the application software.

Ÿ Read and write of DDS|||| tape cartridges in 2.0 GB per cartridge format.

Ÿ A status light that indicates when it is time to clean the tape path.

Ÿ Internal diagnostics that are activated when the 4 mm Diagnostic Cartridge is

inserted and loaded into the drive.

Ÿ Media recognition system: only data grade media can be written with this tape

drive.

The 4-mm tape drive uses a 4-mm data cartridge for saving and restoring your

system data. The 4-mm tape drive writes and reads only 4-mm Digital Data Storage

(DDS|||| or DDS2) cartridges.

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Recommendations

Attention: Tape cartridges that do not carry the proper DDS symbol cannot be

written to and their use may cause the 4-mm tape drive to report an error.

Ÿ Use only 4-mm Digital Data Storage (DDS|||| or DDS2) cartridges.

Attention: Use of other than recommended cleaning cartridges can damage

your tape drive and will void the drive warranty.

Ÿ Clean the tape path by using the recommended cleaning cartridge. Follow the

instructions on the cartridge.

Ÿ Back up and then discard any tape cartridge that repeatedly produces error

messages. The error information is in the system error log.

Ÿ Do not open the door on the data cartridge that covers the tape. This door

protects the magnetic tape material from dirt, dust, and damage.

Ÿ Do not operate in a dusty environment.

Ÿ Do not touch the tape material. Any substance transferred to the tape by

touching it could cause loss of data.

Types of 4-mm Tape Cartridges

The 4-mm tape drive is shipped with three 4-mm cartridges to help start your tape

operations immediately.

4-mm Data Cartridge:

4-mm Diagnostic Cartridge:

Cleaning Cartridge:

Use this non-labeled cartridge for saving or

restoring your programs or data. Additional data

cartridges can be ordered.

Use this specially labeled cartridge to perform

diagnostics on the drive. Do not use it to save or

restore programs or data.

Use this cartridge for cleaning the 4-mm tape path.

For more information, see “Cleaning the Tape Path

on the 4.0GB 4-mm Tape Drive” on page 2-41.

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Tape Cartridge Compatibility

The 4-mm Tape Drive is compatible with existing 4mm tape subsystems that are

designed to operate with Digital Data Storage approved media, which meet the

following standards:

Ÿ For DDS||||

– American National Standard (ANSI) standard, X3.203-191, Helical-scan

Digital Computer Tape Cartridge, 3.81mm.

– European Computer Manufacturers Association (EMCA) standard,

EMCA-150 , 3.81mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge and DDS|||| format.

Ÿ For DDS2

– European Computer Manufacturers Association (EMCA) standard,

EMCA/TC17/93/20, 3.81mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information

Interchange Helical Scan Recording, DDS2 format.

You cannot change the density setting of the drive, because the device reconfigures

itself automatically, depending on the media type installed, as follows:

Media Type

Non-DDS

DDS||||

Device Configuration

Read-only

Read/write in 2.0GB mode only.

Read in either density; write in 4.0GB mode only.

DDS2

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Setting the Write-Protect Tab on 4-mm Tape Cartridges

The window on the tape cartridge controls write-protection. When the write-protect

tab of a tape cartridge is set (window open), information can be read from the tape,

but cannot be written to it. When the write-protect tab of a tape cartridge is not set

(window closed), information can be both written to and read from the tape. Trying to

write to a 4-mm data cartridge with the window open causes an error.

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Environmental Considerations for 4-mm Data Cartridges

Information in this section describes operating and storage conditions including

temperature, relative humidity, and maximum wet bulb data.

Attention: The manufacturer has specified a set of temperature and humidity

ranges in which the 4-mm data cartridge can operate with ease. Only regular

cleaning procedures, as described in “Cleaning the Tape Path on the 4.0GB 4-mm

Tape Drive” on page 2-41 are required when operating the cartridge within this

range. The risk of possible data loss is increased if 4-mm tape cartridges are

operated, stored, or shipped outside the temperature or humidity ranges shown in

the following table.

Before using a cartridge, always let it adjust (acclimate) to the operating

environment. Do this by placing the cartridge with its container in the operating

environment for as long as it has been away from this environment or for 24 hours,

whichever is less.

Acclimation is necessary for any data cartridge that has been exposed to a different

humidity environment or a temperature change of 11°C or 20°F or more.

Operating Ranges

Storage

Shipping

Temperature

16°C to 32°C

(60°F to 90°F)

20 to 80%

5°C to 32°C

(40°F to 90°F)

20 to 80%

-40°C to 52°C

(-40°F to 125°F)

5 to 80%

Relative Humidity

(non-condensing)

Maximum Wet Bulb

26°C (79°F)

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The 4-mm tape drive is ideally suited to streaming operations, as opposed to tape

movement operations involving multiple stop/starts and random searches. When the

tape is used for frequent stop and start operations, streaming movement is beneficial

and should be used whenever possible. This can be accomplished by ensuring that

any save or restore operation is the only active operation performed by a device

connected to this SCSI I/O controller.

Any tape that has been used outside the ranges specified in the previous table for an

extended period of time (50 passes in 40 hours of nonstop operation) should not be

used as an archival tape. Exposure to the environment will deteriorate the magnetic

and physical strength of the tape. Do not store important data on a tape that has

been used outside the specified ranges; transfer the data to a new tape for reliable

archiving.

4-mm Data Cartridge Erasure

Most bulk eraser devices do not have the capability to erase 4-mm data cartridges.

To properly erase an 4-mm data cartridge with a bulk eraser device, the erasure

rating must be at least 2000 oersted.

The 4-mm tape drive erases residual data before writing new data on the data tape.

Tape Cartridge Data Capacity

The 4-mm tape cartridge capacity is defined as the amount of data that can be

stored on the cartridge. The following variables affect the amount of data that can be

stored on a tape cartridge:

Ÿ Size of the data file

Ÿ Number of file marks per file

Ÿ Compatibility mode (2GB or 4GB)

Ÿ Media rewrites.

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Using the 4.0GB 4-mm Tape Drive

The optional 4.0GB 4-mm tape drive is a half-high device.

Status Lights

The 4.0GB 4-mm tape drive has two green status lights and one amber status light.

The on and off combinations of the status lights indicate the conditions of the 4-mm

tape drive.

Each of the International Organization for Standards (ISO) symbols located over a

status light indicates a specific condition of the tape drive as follows:

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Status Light States

The following tables explain the meaning of the green and amber status lights.

Ready (green)

Read-Write (green)

Disturbance (amber)

Off

No cartridge installed or

error condition

No cartridge or no activity

No error condition

Steady

Flashing

Cartridge installed or

loading/unloading

Cleaning required or worn

media

Power-on self- test in

progress

Cartridge activity

Error condition

Status Lights on the 4.0GB 4-mm Tape Drive

Ready

Status

Read-Write

(green)

Disturbance

(amber)

(green)

LED test.

On 2

seconds at

power on

seconds at

power on

seconds at

power on

The power-on self-test (POST) is running or the

Diagnostic Cartridge is running.

Flashing

Off

One of the following has occurred:

Off

Off or On

Ÿ The power is off.

Ÿ The POST has completed successfully, but

no tape cartridge has been loaded.

A tape cartridge has been inserted and the 4-mm

Tape Drive is Ready to receive commands from

the system.

Off

Off or ON

The tape is in motion and the 4-mm Tape Drive is

running a device operation or cleaning.

Off

Flashing

Off

Off or On

Flashing

The 4-mm Tape Drive has detected an internal

error that requires corrective action such as tape

cartridge failure, high humidity, or no SCSI

terminator. Refer to the service guide or contact

your service representative. (See note below)

The tape path requires cleaning or a poor quality

tape cartridge is being used. See “Cleaning the

Tape Path on the 4.0GB 4-mm Tape Drive” on

page 2-41.

Off or On

Off or

Flashing

Note: If an error condition occurs, first try to recover by pressing the unload button.

If this does not correct the error, switch off the power to the 4-mm tape drive and

then switch on the power to the drive. If the condition continues, call your service

representative.

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Loading the 4-mm Tape Cartridge

Before loading the tape cartridge, make sure the power is on and the write-protect

switch on the tape cartridge is properly set. Refer to “Setting the Write-Protect Tab

on 4-mm Tape Cartridges” on page 2-34. The tape drive loads the tape from the

cartridge and prepares it for reading and writing.

To load the 4-mm tape cartridge, do the following:

1. Grasp the edges of the 4-mm tape cartridge with the write-protect tab towards

you and the window side of the cartridge facing up.

2. Slide the tape cartridge into the opening on the front of the 4-mm tape drive until

the loading mechanism pulls the cartridge into the drive and the drive door

closes. The ready status light (green) goes on if the load operation was

successful.

The 4-mm tape drive is ready for data operations when the tape cartridge is inserted.

After the cartridge is inserted into the tape drive, the tape takes about 15 seconds to

load.

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Unloading the 4-mm Tape Cartridge

Before performing the unload operation, make sure the power to the 4-mm tape drive

is on.

To unload and eject the tape cartridge, press the unload button. The 4-mm tape

drive rewinds the tape and then ejects the tape cartridge from the tape drive.

After pressing the unload button, the following occurs:

1. The Read-Write status light flashes during the unload operation.

2. The Ready status light and the Read-Write status light turns off when the

cartridge is ejected from the tape drive.

The time required for a tape to rewind and unload is between 10 seconds and 1.5

minutes, depending on the position of the tape when the unload button is pushed.

If the tape cartridge cannot unload and has to be removed manually from the drive,

contact your service representative.

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Cleaning the Tape Path on the 4.0GB 4-mm Tape Drive

The 4-mm tape path should be cleaned either approximately every 30 hours of tape

motion or once a month, whichever occurs first. The 4-mm tape drive monitors the

recording quality of the tape cartridge and indicates that the tape path requires

cleaning when the disturbance status light (amber) is on.

More frequent cleaning may be required if the drive is operated in a dusty

environment or in humid conditions. If the dust is allowed to accumulate, the drive

has to perform more reads and writes. This can cause data loss, and may be

prevented by regularly scheduled cleaning of the drive.

The cleaning cartridge cleans the 4-mm tape drive 50 times before it needs to be

discarded. If you attempt to use a 4-mm cleaning cartridge more than 50 times, the

tape drive automatically detects the error and ejects the cleaning cartridge with the

disturbance status light (amber) remaining on.

Before loading the cleaning cartridge, make sure the power to the 4-mm tape drive is

on.

To load the 4-mm cleaning cartridge, do the following:

1. Grasp the edges of the 4-mm cleaning cartridge with the window side of the

cartridge facing up.

2. Slide the cleaning cartridge into the opening on the front of the 4-mm tape drive

until the loading mechanism pulls the cartridge into the drive.

After the 4-mm cleaning cartridge has been fully inserted into the 4-mm tape drive,

the following cleaning operations are performed automatically:

1. The cleaning tape is loaded into the tape path.

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2. The drive is cleaned by moving the cleaning tape forward for approximately 30

seconds.

3. The tape is unloaded and the cleaning cartridge is ejected from the tape drive

when the cleaning operation is complete.

4. A successful cleaning operation is indicated when the disturbance status light

(amber) goes off (if it was activated before the cleaning operation).

If the cleaning cartridge has been used more than 50 times the disturbance status

light (Amber) will flash.

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Chapter 3. System Management Services

The System Management Services make it possible for you to view information

about your computer and to perform such tasks as setting passwords and changing

device configurations.

If you have chosen a graphical display as your system console, you can use the

graphical System Management Services described below. If you are using an ASCII

display as your system console, see “Text-Based System Management Services” on

page 3-24.

Graphical System Management Services

To start the Open Firmware command line or graphical System Management

Services, turn on or restart the computer.

After the logo is displayed, initialization icons appear across the bottom of the

screen.

To enter the Open Firmware command line, you must press the F8 key after the

keyboard icon appears during startup.

If you have pressed the F8 key, the Open Firmware command line (an "OK" prompt)

appears after the initialization and power-on self test (POST) are complete.

The Open Firmware command line is used to set up adapters that are not

configurable with the System Management Services. Your adapter documentation

directs you to use this option if it is needed.

To exit from the Open Firmware command enter reset-all or power the system

down and reboot.

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To enter the graphical System Management Services instead of the Open Firmware

command line, you must press the F1 key after the keyboard icon appears during

startup.

After the System Management Services starts, the following screen appears.

You may also press F8 here to enter the OK> prompt.

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The System Management Services screen contains the following choices.

Config: Enables you to view your system configuration.

MultiBoot: Invokes the Mulitboot menu which provides several

functions:

Ÿ To Select a particular operating system to boot.

In the case of AIX this is a supported option, if you receive

a an informational icon after making this selection this

would mean that information in non-volatile storage could

have been lost, as would happen if the battery had been

removed. In order to recreate this value, issue the bootlist

command under AIX with the appropriate parameters as to

the location of the operating system in a particular hard

disk. Please see the explanation of the bootlist command

in your AIX documentation.

Ÿ To select a particular operating system as the default

operating system

Ÿ To install from the list of possible devices

Ÿ To set the sequence in which devices are searched for

operating system startup code

Ÿ To go to the Open Firmware command prompt

Ÿ To set the Multiboot menu so that it comes up immediately

as the system powers up

Utilities: Enables you to set and remove passwords, enable

the unattended start mode, set and view the addresses of your

system's SCSI controllers, select the active console, view or

clear the error log, and update your system firmware.

Exit: Returns you to the previous screen.

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To select an icon, move the cursor with the arrow keys to choose which icon is

highlighted, then press the Enter key. You can also select an icon by clicking on it

with your left mouse button. To leave the current screen, either press the Esc key or

select the Exit icon.

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Config

Selecting this icon makes it possible for you to view information about the setup of

your system unit. A list similar to the following appears when you select the Config

icon.

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Selecting the down arrow key or Page Down key displays the next configuration

screen, which lists your computer's firmware version, the date of its development,

and the firmware part number.

The following screen is provided by the service processor.

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MultiBoot:

This selection invokes the Mulitboot menu which provides several functions:

Ÿ To Select a particular operating system to boot.

In the case of AIX this is a supported option, if you receive a an informational

icon after making this selection this would mean that information in non-volatile

storage could have been lost, as would happen if the battery had been removed.

In order to recreate this value, issue the bootlist command under AIX with the

appropriate parameters as to the location of the operating system in a particular

hard disk. Please see the explanation of the bootlist command in your AIX

documentation.

Ÿ To select a particular operating system as the default operating system

Ÿ To install from the list of possible devices

Ÿ To set the sequence in which devices are searched for operating system startup

code

Ÿ To go to the Open Firmware command prompt

Ÿ To set the Multiboot menu so that it comes up immediately as the system powers

The Select Software option, if supported by the operating system, shows the names

of the operating system installed. This option may not be supported by all operating

systems.

In the case of AIX this is a supported option, if you receive a message saying that:

No Operating System Installed

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this would mean that information in non-volatile storage could have been lost, as

would happen if the battery had been removed. In order to recreate this value issue

the bootlist command under AIX with the appropriate parameters as to the location of

the operating system in a particular Hard disk. Please see the explanation of the

bootlist command in your AIX documentation.

The Software Default option, if supported by the operating system, lets you select the

default operating system to start the system. This option may not be supported by

all operating systems.

The Install From option produces a list of devices, for example the CD-ROM, where

the operating system is installed from. You select one of the devices and the system

searches the device for an operating system to install and if supported by the

operating system in that device, the name of the operating system displays.

The Select Boot Device option provides a list of devices that can be selected to be

stored on the boot list. Up to 5 devices are supported.

The OK Prompt procvides access to the Open Firmware command prompt. The

Open Firmware command prompt is used for debug purposes, and device driver

development. Information about the commands that are available in the IEEE

Standard 1275.

The Multiboot Start option toggles between OFF and ON and selects if the Multiboot

menu invokes automatically on startup or not.

Boot

This selection enables you to view and change the custom boot list (the sequence in

which devices are searched for operating system startup code).

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Attention: If you change your startup sequence, you must be extremely careful

when performing write operations (for example, copying, saving, or formatting). You

can accidentally overwrite data or programs if you select the wrong drive.

The default boot sequence is:

Ÿ The primary diskette drive

Ÿ CD-ROM drive

Ÿ Tape id=5 (slot=1)

Ÿ Hard disk drive id=6 (Slot=1)

Ÿ Network device.

To change the custom boot list, enter a new order in the New column, then select

Save. The List of Boot Devices is updated to reflect the order you have chosen.

You can choose 1 to 5 devices for the custom boot list. To change the boot

sequence back to the default values, select Default. (The default sequence is

automatically saved.)

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Utilities

Selecting this icon enables you to perform various tasks and view additional

information about your computer.

The following describes the choices available on this screen.

Password: Enables you to set password protection for turning

on the computer and for using system administration tools.

Error Log: Enables you to view and clear error log information

for your computer.

RIPL (Remote Initial Program Load): Allows you to select a

remote system from which to load programs via a network

adapter when your system unit is first turned on. This option

also allows you to configure network adapters which require

setup.

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Update: Allows you to update the firmware programs on your

computer.

Console: If you have more than one display attached to your

system unit, or if you have an ASCII terminal attached to your

system unit in addition to a keyboard and display, this tool

allows you to define which one is active.

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Password

When you select this icon, the following screen is displayed.

Power-On Password: Setting a power-on password helps protect information stored

in your computer. If a power-on password is set for your computer, the Power On

icon is shown in the locked position; if a power-on password is not set, then the

Power On icon is shown in the unlocked position (as in the screen above).

When you select the Entry icon, a screen with 8 empty boxes appears. Type your

password in these boxes. You can use any combination of up to eight characters

(A–Z, a–z, and 0–9) for your password. As you type a character, a key appears in

the box.

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Press Enter when you are finished; you are required to type the password again for

verification.

If you make a mistake, press the Esc key and start again.

After you have entered and verified the password, the power-on password icon

flashes and changes to the locked position to indicate that the power-on password is

set.

If you previously had set a power-on password and want to remove it, select the

Remove icon.

Note: If you forget the power-on password, you have to remove the battery for at

least 30 seconds to disable this password. See Appendix B, “Replacing the

Battery” on page B-1 for details.

Attention: After you remove the battery, you must reconfigure your system (bootlist,

IP parameters, console information, support processor, etc).

A password can be set only after the system is turned off and on again.

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Remote Mode: The remote mode, when enabled, allows the system to start from

the defined boot device. This mode is ideal for network servers and other computers

that operate unattended. You must set a power-on password before you can enable

the remote mode. When the remote mode is set, the icon changes to Remote

<On>.

If you remove the power-on password, the remote mode is automatically reset, and

the icon returns to Remote <Off>.

Privileged-Access Password: The privileged-access password protects against the

unauthorized starting of the system programs.

When you select the Entry icon, a screen with 8 empty boxes appears. Type your

password in these boxes. You can use any combination of up to eight characters

(A–Z, a–z, and 0–9) for your password. As you type a character, a key appears in

the box.

Press Enter when you are finished; you are required to type the password again for

verification.

If you make a mistake, press the Esc key and start again.

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After you have entered and verified the password, the privileged-access password

icon flashes and changes to the locked position to indicate that your computer now

requires the password you just entered before running system programs.

Note: If you forget the power-on password, you have to remove the battery for at

least 30 seconds to disable this password. See Appendix B, “Replacing the

Battery” on page B-1 for details.

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Error Log

Selecting this icon displays the log of errors your computer has encountered during

operations.

Selecting the Clear icon erases the entries in this log.

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RIPL

Selecting the Remote Initial Program Load (RIPL) icon above gives you access to

the following selections.

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The Set Address icon allows you to define addresses from which your computer can

receive RIPL code.

Notes:

1. Some applications may require that IP addresses contain leading zeroes for

numbers less than 100. For example, 129.132.4.20 may need to be entered as

123.132.004.020.

If any of the addresses is incomplete or contains a number other than 0 to 255, an

error message is displayed when you select the Save icon. To clear this error,

change the improper address and select Save again.

Note: You should save a copy of your changes in case you need to replace your

battery.

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The Ping icon allows you to confirm that a specified address is valid by sending a

test transmission to that address.

After choosing the Ping option, you may be asked to indicate which communications

adapter (Token Ring or Ethernet) should be used to send the test transmission.

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The Config icon allows you to configure network adapters which require setup.

Selecting the Config icon presents a list of the adapters requiring configuration. Use

the arrow keys to highlight an adapter, press the spacebar to select the adapter, then

highlight the OK icon and press the Enter key.

The next screen allows you to select the configuration of the adapter you have just

chosen (or allow the system to select the configuration automatically). As on the

previous screen, use the arrow keys to highlight, press the space bar to select, then

highlight the OK icon and press enter.

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SCSI ID

This selection allows you to view and change the addresses (IDs) of the SCSI

controllers attached to your system unit. To change an ID, highlight the entry by

moving the arrow keys, then use the space bar to scroll through the available ID's.

After you have entered the new address, use the arrow keys to highlight the Save

icon and press the Enter key.

At any time in this process, you can select the Default icon to change the SCSI IDs

to the default values.

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Update

This selection allows you to update the service processor and system firmware in

your system unit from an image on a 3.5 inch diskette. After choosing to update the

firmware and confirming this choice, you must insert the diskette containing the

firmware image.

ATTENTION: While the new firmware image is being copied into your system unit,

you must not turn off the system unit. Turning off the system unit during the

update process may render your system unit inoperable.

After the flash update is complete, the system unit restarts.

If the flash update does not complete successfully or the system unit does not restart

after the flash update, contact your authorized reseller or marketing representative.

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Firmware Recovery

If a troubleshooting procedure has indicated that the firmware information in your

system unit has been corrupted, then you must perform a firmware recovery.

To perform a firmware recovery, do the following:

1. Locate your firmware update diskette.

2. Using another system unit, rename the

*.img ,br file on the firmware update diskette to

precover.img

3. Make sure your system unit is turned off.

4. Insert the firmware recovery diskette into your system unit.

5. Turn on your system unit.

6. When the keyboard indicator appears, press the 1 key if the system console is

an ASCII terminal, or the F1 key if the system console is a directly-attached

keyboard.

7. When the System Management Services appear, choose Utilities and perform a

Firmware Update as described above.

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Text-Based System Management Services

The text-based Open Firmware command line and System Management Services are

available if an ASCII terminal is attached to your system unit. The text-based Open

Firmware command line allows you to configure some adapters, and the System

Management Services makes it possible for you to view information about your

system unit and to perform such tasks as setting passwords and changing device

configurations.

To enter the Open Firmware command line, you must press the 8 key after the

keyboard text symbol appears during startup.

If you have pressed the 8 key, the Open Firmware command line (an "OK" prompt)

appears after the initialization and power-on self tests (POST) are complete.

The Open Firmware command line can be used to set up adapters that are not

configurable with the System Management Services. Your adapter documentation

directs you to use this option if it is needed.

To exit from the Open Firmware command enter reset-all or power the system

down and reboot.

To start the text-based System Management Services instead of the Open Firmware

command line, press 1 on the ASCII terminal keyboard when the keyboard text

symbol appears during startup.

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After the text-based System Management Services starts, the following screen

appears.

System Management Services

1. Display Configuration

2. Multiboot

3. Utilities

4. Select Language

.------.

|X=Exit|

------'

====>

Selecting the numbered options provide capabilities described on the following

pages.

After you have finished using the text-based System Management Services, entering

x (for exit) boots your computer.

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Display Configuration

This option provides information about the setup of your computer. A screen similar

to the following is displayed.

Device

PowerPC 6ð4

L2-Cache, ð512K

Memory

slotA=8MB

slotB=8MB

LPT

addr=3BC

COM

addr=3F8

COM

addr=2F8

Audio

Keyboard

Mouse

Diskette

addr=3Fð

Integrated Ethernet

addr=8ððð5AF67BD

SCSI cntlr id=7

PCI Adapters

.-----------. .-----------.

|P=prev-page| |N=next-page|

-----------' -----------'

.------.

|x=Exit|

------'

Note that this configuration information does not include ISA adapters installed in the

system unit.

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MultiBoot Menu

Multiboot Menu

1. Select Software

2. Software Default

3. Install From

4. Select Boot Devices

5. OK Prompt

6. Mulitboot Startup <OFF> (or <ON>)

.------.

|X=Exit|

------'

===>

The Select Software option, if supported by the operating system, shows the names

of the operating system installed. This option may not be supported by all operating

systems.

In the case of AIX this is a supported option, if you receive a message saying that:

No Operating System Installed

this would mean that information in non-volatile storage could have been lost, as

would happen if the battery had been removed. In order to recreate this value issue

the bootlist command under AIX with the appropriate parameters as to the location of

the operating system in a particular Hard disk. Please see the explanation of the

bootlist command in your AIX documentation.

The Software Default option, if supported by the operating system, lets you select the

default operating system to start the system. This option may not be supported by

all operating systems.

The Install From option produces a list of devices, for example the CD-ROM, where

the operating system is installed from. You select one of the devices and the system

searches the device for an operating system to install and if supported by the

operating system in that device, the name of the operating system displays.

The Select Boot Device option provides a list of devices that can be selected to be

stored on the boot list. Up to 5 devices are supported.

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The OK Prompt procvides access to the Open Firmware command prompt. The

Open Firmware command prompt is used for debug purposes, and device driver

development. Information about the commands that are available in the IEEE

Standard 1275.

The Multiboot Start option toggles between OFF and ON and selects if the Multiboot

menu invokes automatically on startup or not.

Select Boot Devices

This selection enables you to view and change the custom boot list, which is the

sequence of devices read at startup time.

Select Boot Devices

1. Display Current Settings

2. Restore Default Settings

3. Configure 1st Boot Device

4. Configure 2nd Boot Device

5. Configure 3rd Boot Device

6. Configure 4th Boot Device

7. Configure 5th Boot Device

.------.

|X=Exit|

------'

====>

Selecting the Display Current Settings option lists the current order of devices in the

boot list. The following screen shows an example of this display.

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Current Boot Sequence

1. Diskette

2. Ethernet (Integrated)

3. SCSI CD-ROM

4. SCSI 5ððMB Hard Disk

5. SCSI 5ððMB Hard Disk

id=3

id=6

id=5

(slot=1)

(slot=5)

.------.

|X=Exit|

------'

===>

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Selecting any of the Configure Boot Device options displays the following screen.

Configure Nth Boot Device

Device Number

Current Position

Device Name

Diskette

Ethernet

SCSI CD-ROM

SCSI 4.5GB Hard Disk

.-----------. .-----------.

|P=prev-page| |N=next-page|

-----------' -----------'

.------.

|X=Exit|

------'

===>

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Utilities

The Utilities screen enables you to select from the following system management

tools.

Utilities

1. Set Password and Unattended Start Mode

2. Audio <ON>

3. Display Error Log

4. Remote Initial Program Load Setup

5. Change SCSI id

6. Update System Firmware

7. Update Service Processor

8. Select Console

.------.

|X=Exit|

------'

===>

Set Password and Unattended Start Mode: Entering this selection permits

access to the following options.

Password Utilities

1. Set Power On Password

2. Remove Power On Password

3. Unattended Start Mode <OFF>

4. Set Privileged-Access Password

5. Remove Privileged-Access Password

.------.

|X=Exit|

------'

===>

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Set Power On Password: Setting a power-on password helps protect information

stored in your computer. You can use any combination of up to eight characters

(A–Z, a–z, and 0–9) for your password. The password you type is not displayed on

the screen. Press Enter when you are finished; you are required to type the

password again for verification.

If you previously had set a power-on password and wanted to remove it, select

Remove Power-On Password.

Note: If you forget your password, you have to shut down the computer and

remove the battery for at least 30 seconds to disable the password. See

Appendix B, “Replacing the Battery” on page B-1 for details.

A password can be set only after the system is turned off and on again.

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Set Privileged-Access Password: The privileged-access password protects against

the unauthorized starting of the system programs.

If you previously had set a privileged-access password and want to remove it, select

Remove Privileged-Access Password.

Note: If you forget your password, you have to shut down the computer and

remove the battery for at least 30 seconds to disable the password. See

Appendix B, “Replacing the Battery” on page B-1 for details.

Audio: Selecting this utility turns on or off the system tones heard at power-on

time.

Remote Initial Program Load Setup: This option allows you to enable and set

up the remote startup capability of your computer. First, you are asked to specify the

network parameters.

Network Parameters

1. IP Parameters

2. Adapter Parameters

3. Ping

.------.

|X=Exit|

------'

===>

Note: Some applications may require that IP addresses contain leading zeroes for

numbers less than 100. For example, 129.132.4.20 may need to be entered as

123.132.004.020.

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Selecting the IP Parameters option displays the following screen.

IP Parameters

1. Client IP Address

2. Server IP Address

3. Gateway IP Address

4. Subnet Mask

ððð.ððð.ððð.ððð

.------.

|X=Exit|

------'

===>

Selecting the Adapter Parameters option allows you to view an adapter's hardware

address as well as configure network adapters that require setup.

Adapter Parameters

Device

HW Address

1. 3Com,3C9ð5

2. Token-Ring

8ððð5AFC67BD

8ððð32E54A12

.------.

|X=Exit|

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Selecting option 1 (3Com,3C905) displays the following 100Mb Ethernet

configuration menus:

3Com Etherlink Fast XL

1. Media Type

2. Full Duplex

[Auto]

.------.

|X=Exit|

------'

Selecting the Media Type option allows you the change the media employed by the

Ethernet adapter:

.----------------.

| MEDIA TYPE

| 1. 1ð BaseT

| 2. 1ðð Base TX |

| 3. Auto

----------------'

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Selecting the Full Duplex option allows you to change how the Ethernet adapter

communicates with the network:

.----------------.

| Full Duplex

| 1. Yes

| 2. No

| 3. Auto

----------------'

Ping, the last option available from the Network Parameters menu, allows you to test

a connection to a remote system unit. After selecting the Ping option, you must

choose which adapter communicates with the remote system.

Interface

1. Ethernet (Integrated)

2. Token Ring (Slot=3)

===>

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After choosing which adapter to use to ping the remote system, you must provide the

addresses needed to communicate with the remote system.

Ping

1. Client IP Address

129.132.4.2ð

129.132.4.1ð

129.132.4.3ð

255.255.255.ð

2. Server IP Address

3. Gateway IP Address

4. Subnet Mask

.---------.

|E=Execute|

---------'

.------.

|X=Exit|

------'

===>

Display Error Log: A screen similar to the following is displayed when you select

this option. Here, you can view or clear your computer's error log.

.----------------------------------------------------------.

Error Log

Date

Time

12:13:22

ErrorCode

25A8ðð11

Location |

| Entry 1. 96/ð4/ð1

ðð-ðð

| Entry 2. no error logged

----------------------------------------------------------'

.-----------------.

|C=Clear Error Log|

-----------------'

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|X=Exit|

------'

Change SCSI ID: This option allows you to view and change the addresses of the

SCSI controllers attached to you computer.

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Update System Firmware: This option allows you to update your system

firmware. Note that you must insert a diskette containing the firmware update image

after you see the following confirmation screen.

.--------------------------------------------------------------.

| This selection will update your System Firmware. Do you want |

| to continue? Press Y(Yes) N(No).

--------------------------------------------------------------'

Firmware Recovery: If a troubleshooting procedure has indicated that the firmware

information in your system unit has been corrupted, then you must perform a

firmware recovery.

To perform a firmware recovery, do the following:

1. Locate your firmware update diskette.

2. Using another system unit, rename the

*.img

file on the firmware update diskette to

precover.img

3. Make sure your system unit is turned off.

4. Insert the firmware recovery diskette into your system unit.

5. Turn on your system unit.

6. When the keyboard indicator appears, press the 1 key on the system console

ASCII terminal.

7. When the System Management Services appear, choose Utilities and perform a

System Firmware Update as described above.

Select Console: Selecting this option allows you to define which display is used

by the system for system management.

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Select Language

This option allows you to change the language used by the text-based System

Management Services screens.

SELECT LANGUAGE

1. English

2. Francais

3. Deutsch

4. Italiano

5. Espanol

6. Svenska

====>

.------.

|x=Exit|

------'

Note: Your ASCII terminal must support the ISO-8859 character set in order to

properly display languages other than English.

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Chapter 4. Service Processor Menus

The Service Processor menus enable you to configure Service Processor options

and to enamle and disable functions.

Service Processor menus are available using an ASCII terminal when the server is

powered off and the Service Processor is operating with standby power. Service

Processor menus are also available when server power is on and the Service

Processor has detected a server problem (such as loss of surveillance).

During the first power up (i.e. power cord is plugged into the outlet), Service

Processor menus are not available for 45 seconds while the Service Processor is

running self-tests and initializing the server. If the server powers down, Service

Processor menus become available after 15 seconds.

For a summary of the Service Processor functions and the methods for invoking

them, see the table on page 4-2.

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Service Processor Functions

Service

Processor

Menus

Service

Processor

Service

SMS

(ASCII or

graphics

terminals)

(ASCII

Aids

terminals)

(ASCII or

graphics

terminals)

Read VPD

Y³

Y²

Y³

View System Environmental Conditions

Read System POST Errors

Read Service Processor Error Logs

View Progress Indicators from last Boot

Power-on System

Power-off System

Read NVRAM

Reset Service Processor

Setup Reboot/Restart Policy

Start Talk Mode

Enable/Disable Console Mirroring

Select Modem Line Speed

Enable/Disable Modem

Y¹

Setup Modem Configuration

Setup Ring Indicate Power-On

Setup Dial-out Phone Numbers

Setup Surveillance

Update Service Processor Flash EPROM

Change General Access Password

Change Privileged Access Password

Select Language

Y²

Enable/Disable Unattended Start Mode

Operating system root password

Privileged access password

General access (power-on) password

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Service Processor Menus

The Service Processor menus are divided into two groups:

Ÿ General user menus - the user must know the general access password.

Ÿ Privileged user menus - the user must know the privileged access password.

The following section describes these two groups of menus, how to access them,

and the functions associated with each option.

When the server is powered down, the Service Processor menus may be accessed

locally or remotely.

Menu Inactivity

To prevent loss of control in unstable power environments, the Service Processor

leaves the menu mode after 5 minutes of inactivity. Menus may be resumed by

pressing any key on the terminal, local or remote.

How to access Service Processor menus locally

Service Processor menus may be accessed locally by connecting an ASCII terminal

to either serial port. Because the presence of the ASCII terminal cannot be

confirmed by the Service Processor, you must press a key on the ASCII terminal to

confirm its presence. Next the Service Processor prompts you for a password (if

set), and when verified, displays the Service Processor menus.

How to access Service Processor menus remotely

Service Processor menus may be accessed remotely by connecting a modem to

serial port 1 or serial port 2.

Ÿ Power off the server, unplug the power cord, and press the power button to drain

capacitance while power is disconnected.

Ÿ Connect the modem to the appropriate serial port and turn the modem on.

Ÿ Plug in the server.

Note: If your modem has not been configured, go to “CALL-IN/CALL-OUT SETUP

MENU” on page 4-16.

With a terminal or terminal emulator, call the server's modem. The Service

Processor prompts you for a password (if set), and when verified, displays the

Service Processor menus.

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General User Menus

The menu options presented to the General user are a subset of the options

available to the Privileged user. The user must know the General Access Password

in order to access these menus.

GENERAL USER MENU

1. Power-On System

2. Read VPD

3. Read Progress Indicators from Last System Boot

4. Read Service Processor Error Logs

5. Read System POST Errors

6. View System Environmental Conditions

99. Exit from Menus

Ÿ Power-On System

Allows the user to power-on the system.

Ÿ Read VPD

Displays manufacturer vital product data, such as serial numbers, part numbers,

etc.

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Ÿ Read Progress Indicators from Last System Boot

Displays the boot progress indicators (check points), up to a maximum of 100,

from the system boot prior to the one in progress now. This historical

information may be useful to help diagnose system faults.

The progress indicators are displayed in two sections. Above the dashed line

are the progress indicators from the boot that produced the current sessions.

Below the dashed line are progress indicators from the boot preceding the one

that produced the current sessions.

The progress indication codes are chronological from bottom to top. The dashed

line merely represents the point where the latest boot started.

Ÿ Read Service Processor Error Logs

Displays the Service Processor error logs.

The time stamp in this error log is Coordinated Universal Time (CUT), a.k.a.

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). AIX error logs have more information available

and are able to time stamp with local time. See 4-35 for an example of the error

log.

Ÿ Read System POST Errors

Selecting this item lets you review the results of the POST (Power-On Self Test).

Your server may be able to start in the presence of POST errors if there is

sufficient working system resources. If POST errors occur during start-up, this

error log when used with the diagnostics helps to isolate faults. See 4-36 for an

example of the POST error screen.

Ÿ View System Environmental Conditions

On selection of this menu, the Service Processor reads all environmental

sensors and reports the results to the user. This option maybe useful when

surveillance fails, as it allows the user to determine the environmental conditions

that may be related to the failure. See 4-14 for an example of the System

Environmental Conditions screen.

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Privileged User Menus

The following menus are available to privileged users only. The user must know the

Privileged Access Password in order to access these menus.

MAIN MENU

At the top of the MAIN Menu is a listing containing:

Ÿ Your Service Processor's current firmware version

Ÿ The firmware copyright notice

Ÿ The System Name given to your server during setup

You need the firmware version for reference when you either update or repair the

functions of your service processor.

The System Name, an optional field, is the name your server reports in problem

messages. This name helps your support team, (for example, your system

administrator, network administrator, or service representative) to more quickly

identify the location, configuration, and history of your server. The System Name is

set from the Main Menu using option 6.

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Note: The information under the Service Processor Firmware heading in the Main

Menu example that follows is example information only.

Service Processor Firmware

EPROM: 1997ð915

FLASH: 1997ð512

SYSTEM NAME

MAIN MENU

1. Service Processor Setup Menu

2. System Power Control Menu

3. System Information Menu

4. Language Selection Menu

5. Call-In/Call-Out Setup Menu

6. Set System Name

99. Exit from Menus

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Service Processor SETUP MENU

1. Change Privileged Access Password

2. Change General Access Password

3. Enable/Disable Console Mirroring:

Currently Disabled

4. Start Talk Mode

5. OS Surveillance Setup Menu

6. Reset Service Processor

7. Reprogram Service Processor Flash EPROM

98. Return to Previous Menu

99. Exit from Menus

Note

Unless otherwise stated in menu responses settings become effective when a

menu is exited using option 98 or 99.

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Passwords

Passwords can be any combination of up to 8 alphanumeric characters. You can

enter longer passwords, but the entries are truncated to include only the first 8

characters. Passwords can be set from the Service Processor menu or from the

SMS menus.

For security purposes, the Service Processor counts the number of attempts to enter

correct passwords. The results of not recognizing a correct password within this

error threshold are different, depending on whether the attempts are being made

locally (at the server) or remotely (via a modem). The error threshold is 3.

If the error threshold is reached by someone entering passwords at the server, the

Service Processor exits the menus. This action is taken based on the assumption

that the server is in an adequately secure location with only authorized users having

access. Such users must still successfully enter a login password to access AIX.

If the error threshold is reached by someone entering passwords remotely, the

Service Processor disconnects the modem to prevent potential security attacks on

the server by unauthorized remote users.

The following illustrates what you can access with the Privileged Access Password

and the General Access Password.

Privileged

Access

General

Access

Resulting Menu

Password

None

Set

None

Set

MAIN MENU displayed

None

User's with password see the MAIN MENU

Others users see the GENERAL USER MENU

Set

Users see menus associated with the entered password

Ÿ Change Privileged Access Password

Set or change the Privileged Access Password. It provides the user with the

capability to access all Service Processor functions. This password is usually

used by the system administrator or root user.

Ÿ Change General Access Password

Set or change the General Access Password. It provides limited access to

Service Processor menus, and is usually available to all users who are allowed

to power-on the server.

Ÿ Enable/Disable Console Mirroring

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When Console Mirroring is enabled, the Service Processor sends information to

both serial ports. This capability may be enabled by local or remote users. This

provides local users the capability to monitor remote sessions. Console mirroring

may be enabled for the current session only. For more information, see “Console

Mirroring” on page 4-32.

Ÿ Start Talk Mode

In a console mirroring session, it is useful for those that are monitoring the

session to be able to communicate with each other. Selecting this menu item

activates the keyboards and displays for such communications while console

mirroring is established. This is a full duplex link, so message interference is

possible. Alternating messages between users works best.

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Ÿ Surveillance Setup Menu

This option may be used to setup operating system surveillance.

OS Surveillance Setup Menu

1. Surveillance:

Currently Disabled

2. Surveillance Time Interval:

Currently 5

3. Surveillance Delay:

Currently 1ð

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– Surveillance

May be set to Enabled or Disabled.

– Surveillance Time Interval:

May be set to any number from 2 to 255 minutes.

– Surveillance Delay:

May be set to any number from 0 to 255 minutes.

Refer to “Service Processor System Monitoring - Surveillance” on page 4-29 for

more information about surveillance.

Ÿ Reset Service Processor - Allows the user to reinitialize the Service Processor.

Ÿ Reprogram Service Processor Flash EPROM - This is an automatic process.

An update diskette can be acquired from the RS/6000 Support page on the

Internet or from your service team. The Internet address is:

http://www.rs6ððð.ibm.com/support/micro

The update files must be downloaded to a DOS-formatted diskette. You should

format the diskette just prior to receiving the download, to be sure it is clean.

Reformatting is worth the time and effort. When this process is selected, you are

prompted to place the diskette into the drive and to indicate to the system that

the diskette in available and the automatic process starts. If the system has other

needs, you are prompted. See “Service Processor Firmware Updates” on

page 4-33 for additional information and update methods.

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SYSTEM POWER CONTROL MENU

1. Enable/Disable Unattended Start Mode:

Currently Disabled

2. Ring Indicate Power-On Menu

3. Reboot/Restart Policy Setup Menu

4. Power-On System

5. Power-Off System

98. Return to Previous Menu

99. Exit from Menus

Ÿ Enable/Disable Unattended Start Mode

This option may be used to instruct Service Processor to immediately power-on

the server after a power failure, bypassing power-on password verification.

Unattended Start Mode can also be set via SMS Menus. It is intended to be

used on servers that require automatic power-on after a power failure.

Ÿ Ring Indicator Power-On Menu

Ring Indicate Power-On is an alternate method of dialing in, without establishing

a Service Processor session. If the system is powered off, Ring Indicate

Power-On is enabled, the server is powered on at the predetermined number of

rings, If the server is already on, no action is taken. In either case, the telephone

call is not answered. The caller receives no feedback that the server

powered-on. The Ring Indicator Power-On Menu and defaults are shown

below:

Ring Indicator Power-On Menu

1. Ring Indicate Power-On :

Currently Disabled

2. Number of Rings :

Currently 6

98. Return to Previous Menu

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– Ring Indicate Power-On may be set to 'Enabled' or 'Disabled'.

– Number of Rings may be set to any number from 1 to 255.

Ÿ Reboot/Restart Policy Setup Menu, see “Reboot/Restart Policy Setup Menu”

on page 4-23.

Ÿ Power-on System

Lets you power-on the system immediately. For other power-on methods see

“System Power-On Methods” on page 4-26.

Ÿ Power-off System

Allows the user to power-off the server following a surveillance failure.

SYSTEM INFORMATION MENU

1. Read VPD

2. Read VPD Image from Last System Boot

3. Read Progress Indicators from Last System Boot

4. Read Service Processor Error Logs

5. Read System POST Errors

6. Read NVRAM

7. View System Environmental Conditions

98. Return to Previous Menu

99. Exit from Menus

Ÿ Read VPD

Displays manufacturer's vital product data, such as serial numbers, part

numbers, etc.

Ÿ Read VPD Image from Last System Boot

Displays the VPD information that was in effect after the last system boot. This

information will usually be identical with the results from the menu selection

"Read VPD," but in the case of configuration updates or certain faults, this

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historical comparison can be useful to System Administrators and service

personnel.

Ÿ Read Progress Indicators from Last System Boot

Displays the boot progress indicators (check points), up to a maximum of 100,

from the system boot prior to the one in progress now. This historical

information may be useful to help diagnose system faults.

The progress indicators are displayed in two sections. Above the dashed line

are the progress indicators from the boot that produced the current sessions.

Below the dashed line are progress indicators from the boot preceding the one

that produced the current sessions.

The progress indication codes are chronological from bottom to top. The dashed

line merely represents the point where the latest boot started.

Ÿ Read Service Processor Error Logs

Displays error conditions detected by the Service Processor.

The time stamp in this error log is Coordinated Universal Time (CUT), a.k.a.

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). AIX error logs have more information available

and are able to time stamp with local time. See 4-35 for an example of the error

log.

Ÿ Read System POST Errors

Selecting this item lets you review the results of the POST (Power-On Self Test).

Your server may be able to start in the presence of POST errors if there is

sufficient working system resources. If POST errors occur during start-up, this

error log when used with the diagnostics helps to isolate faults. See 4-36 for an

example of the POST error screen.

Ÿ Read NVRAM

Displays Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM) content.

Ÿ View System Environmental Conditions

The Service Processor reads all environmental sensors and reports the results to

the user. This option is most useful when surveillance fails, as it allows the user

to determine the environmental conditions that may be related to the failure.

The following is an example of system environment conditions:

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System Environmental Conditions

(System Power is currently off.)

Fan ð: A stopped fan detected

Fan 1: A stopped fan detected

Fan 2: A stopped fan detected

Fan 3: A stopped fan detected

MEM Temperature is operating within normal tolerances

I/O Temperature is operating within normal tolerances

CPU Temperature is operating within normal tolerances

5.ð Volts: A low 5.ð Voltage reading detected

3.3 Volts: A low 3.3 Voltage reading detected

5.ð Standby Volts: is operating within normal tolerance

+12.ð Volts: A low +12.ð voltage reading detected

-12.ð Volts: A high -12.ð voltage reading detected

(Press Return to Continue)

LANGUAGE SELECTION MENU

1. English

2. Francais

3. Deutsch

4. Italiano

5. Espanol

6. Svenska

98. Return to Previous Menu

99. Exit from Menus

Note: Your ASCII terminal must support the ISO-8859 character set in order to

properly display languages other than English.

This menu allows selecting languages into which Service Processor and system

firmware menus and messages are displayed.

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CALL-IN/CALL-OUT SETUP MENU

1. Modem Configuration Menu

2. Serial Port Selection Menu

3. Serial Port Speed Setup Menu

4. Telephone Number Setup Menu

5. Call-Out Policy Setup Menu

6. Customer Account Setup Menu

7. Call-Out Test

8. Ring Indicate Power-On Menu

98. Return to Previous Menu

99. Exit from Menus

Ÿ Modem Configuration Menu, see “Modem Configuration Menu.”

Ÿ Serial Port Selection Menu, see “Serial Port Selection Menu” on page 4-17.

Ÿ Telephone Number Setup Menu, see “Telephone Number Setup Menu” on

page 4-18.

Ÿ Call-Out Policy Setup Menu, see “Call-Out Policy Setup Menu” on page 4-20.

Ÿ Customer Account Setup Menu, see “Customer Account Setup Menu” on

page 4-22.

Ÿ Ring Indicate Power-On Menu, see on page 4-12.

Modem Configuration Menu

The first two lines of the Modem Configuration Menu are status lines showing the

current selections. Selections are made in the two section labeled Modem Ports and

Modem Configuration File Name. Select the serial port that you that you want to

activate and then select the modem configuration file for the modem on the port. If

you wish to set up both serial ports with modems, make your selections one port at a

time.

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For information on choosing a modem configuration file, see “Sample Modem

Configuration Files” on page D-1 and “Seamless Transfer of a Modem Session” on

page D-6.

Modem Configuration Menu

Port 1 Modem Configuration File Name:

Port 2 Modem Configuration File Name:

To make changes, First select the port and then the configuration file

name

Modem Ports:

1. Serial port 1

2. Serial port 2

Modem Configuration File Name:

3. modem_f_sp

4. modem_fð_sp

5. modem_f1_sp

6. modem_z_sp

7. modem_zð_sp

8. none

9. Save configuration to NVRAM and Configure modem

98. Return to Previous Menu

Serial Port Selection Menu

1. Serial Port 1 Call-Out:

Currently Disabled

2. Serial Port 2 Call-Out:

Currently Disabled

3. Serial Port 1 Call-In:

Currently Disabled

4. Serial Port 2 Call-In:

Currently Disabled

98. Return to Previous Menu

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You may enable and/or disable the call-in and call-out functions of each serial port in

any combination.

Serial Port Speed Setup Menu

1. Serial Port 1 Speed:

Currently 96ðð

2. Serial Port 2 Speed:

Currently 96ðð

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Serial port speed can be set for terminal performance or to accommodate modem

capabilities. A speed of 9600 baud or higher is recommended. Valid serial port

speeds are shown below:

600

4800

1200

1800

2000

2400

3600

7200

9600

19200

38000

57600

115200

110

134

150

300

Telephone Number Setup Menu

This menu may be used to set or change the telephone numbers for reporting a

system failure. The Service Processor allows setting or changing telephone numbers

for:

Ÿ Service Center Telephone Number: - The telephone number of the maintenance

provider's computer.

Ÿ Customer Administration Center Telephone Number: - The telephone number of

the local system support provider's computer.

Ÿ Digital Pager Telephone Number: The number for a pager carried by someone

who will respond to problem calls from your server.

Ÿ Customer Voice Telephone Number: - The telephone number service personnel

will use to reach the system user.

Ÿ Customer System Telephone Number: - The telephone number to which the

server's modem is connected.

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Telephone Number Setup Menu

1. Service Center Telephone Number:

Currently Unassigned

2. Customer Administration Center Telephone Number:

Currently Unassigned

3. Digital Pager Telephone Number:

Currently Unassigned

4. Customer Voice Telephone Number:

Currently Unassigned

5. Customer System Telephone Number:

Currently Unassigned

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Ÿ Service Center Telephone Number is the number of the service center

computer. The service center usually includes a computer that takes calls from

servers with call-out capability. This computer is referred to as "the catcher."

The catcher expects messages in a specific format to which Service Processor

conforms. For more information about the format and catcher computers, refer

to the README file in the AIX /usr/samples/syscatch directory. Contact your

service provider for the correct telephone number to enter here. Until you have

that number, leave this field blank.

Ÿ Customer Administration Center Telephone Number is the number of the

System Administration Center computer (catcher) that receives problem calls

from servers. Contact your system administrator for the correct telephone

number to enter here. Until you have that number, leave this field blank.

Ÿ Digital Pager Telephone Number is the number for a pager carried by

someone who will respond to problem calls from your server. Contact your

administration center representative for the correct telephone number to enter

here. For test purposes, enter your telephone number here. You can change it

later when testing is complete.

Note: Some modems, such as IBM 7857-017, are not designed for the paging

function. Although they can be used for paging, they will return an error

message when they do not get the expected response from another

modem. Therefore, even though the paging was successful, the error

message will cause the Service Processor to retry, continuing to place

pager calls for the number of retries specified in the Call-Out policy Setup

Menu. These retries result in redundant pages.

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For digital pagers that require a personal Identification Number (PIN) for access,

include the PIN in this field as in the following example:

1 8ðð 123 4567,,,,87654

where the commas create pauses¹for the voice response system, and the

87654 represents the PIN.

Ÿ Customer Voice Telephone Number is the telephone number of a phone near

the server or answered by someone responsible for the server. This is the

telephone number left on the pager for callback. For test purposes, enter your

telephone number here. You can change it after testing is completed.

Customer System Telephone Number is the telephone number to which your

server's modem is connected. The service or administration center

representatives need this number to make direct contact with your server for

problem investigation. This is also referred to as the call-in phone number.

Call-Out Policy Setup Menu

CALL-OUT POLICY SETUP MENU

1. Call-Out policy (First/All):

Currently First

2. Remote timeout, (in seconds):

Currently 12ð

3. Remote latency, (in seconds):

Currently 2

4. Number of retries:

Currently 2

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Ÿ Call Out policy may be set to 'first' or 'all'. If call out policy is set to 'first', the

Service Processor will stop at the first successful call out to one of the following

numbers in the order listed:

1. Service Center

2. Customer Admin Center

3. Pager

The length of these pauses is set in modem register S8. The default is usually 1 or 2 seconds each.

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If call out policy is set to 'all', the Service Processor will attempt a call out to all

the following numbers in the order listed:

1. Service Center

2. Customer Admin Center

3. Pager

Remote timeout and Remote latency are functions of your service provider's

catcher computer. You should take the defaults or contact your service provider

for recommended settings.

Number of retries is the number of times you want the server to retry calls that

resulted in busy signals or other error messages.

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Customer Account Setup Menu

1. Customer Account Number:

Currently Unassigned

2. Customer RETAIN Login UserID:

Currently Unassigned

3. Customer RETAIN Login Password:

Currently Unassigned

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Ÿ Customer Account Number is assigned by your service provider for record

keeping and billing. If you have an account number, enter it here. Otherwise,

leave this field blank.

Ÿ Customer RETAIN Login UserID and Customer RETAIN Login Password

apply to a service function to which your service provider may or may not have

access. Leave these fields blank if your service provider does not use RETAIN.

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Reboot/Restart Policy Setup Menu

Reboot describes bringing the system hardware back up from scratch, for example,

from a system reset or power on. The boot process ends when control passes to the

operating system process.

Restart describes activating the operating system after the system hardware

reinitialized. Restart must follow a successful reboot.

Reboot/Restart Policy Setup Menu

1. Number of reboot attempts:

Currently 3

2. Use OS-Defined restart policy?

Currently Yes

3. Enable supplemental restart policy?

Currently No

4. Call-Out before restart:

Currently Disabled

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Ÿ Number of reboot attempts if the server fails to successfully complete the boot

process, it attempts to reboot the number of times specified. Entry values equal

to or greater than 0 are valid. Only successive failed reboots attempts count, not

reboots that occur after a restart attempt. At restart, the counter is set to 0.

Ÿ Use OS-Defined restart policy lets the Service Processor react or not react the

same as the operating system to major system faults, by reading the setting of

the operating system parameter Automatically Restart/Reboot After a System

Crash. This parameter may, or may not be defined depending on the operating

system or its version/level. If the operating system automatic restart setting is

defined, then it may be set to respond to a major fault by restarting or by not

restarting. See your operating system documentation for details on setting up

operating systems automatic restarts. The default value is YES.

Ÿ Enable supplemental restart policy - The default setting is NO. If set to YES,

the Service Processor restarts the system when the system loses control as

detected by the Service Processor surveillance, and either:

1. The Use OS-Defined restart policy is set to NO

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2. The Use OS-Defined restart policy is set to YES and the operating system

has NO automatic restart policy.

Refer to “Service Processor Reboot/Restart Recovery” on page 4-27.

Ÿ Call-Out before restart (Enabled/Disabled) If a restart is necessary due to a

system fault, you can enable the Service Processor to call out and report the

event. This item is valuable if the number of these events becomes excessive,

signalling a bigger problem.

Service Processor Functions and Features

The following section discusses some of the Service Processor functions and

features more fully.

The IBM RS/6000 7025 F50 Series supports the following functions:

Built-in Functions

Initialization and Test

Error Data Collection

Service Processor Basic

Instructions Test (BIST)

JTAG System Chip

Initialization

BIST/POST errors and status

Checkstop FIR data logout

Machine check logout

CPU Complex validation

VPD Collection

Configuration

System Management

Reset and Reboot on System

Firmware fail

Reboot on system failure

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Local User Function

User Interface

Local async console

Text based menus with NLS

Operator Panel messages

Power On/Off

Power and Miscellaneous

Status and Data Access

Configurable Reboot Policy

VPD

Error data (Service Processor)

Error data (system)

Environmental data

Passwords

Service Processor Setup

Utilities

Phone numbers

Language (NLS) selection

Call In/Call Out enable/disable

Flash (Gold/Recovery block)

Update

Flash (Composite block)

Update

System Name

Modem Configuration

Boot failure

Remote User Functions

Call Out (Call Home)

Reporting

OS Termination

Surveillance failure

Critical EPOW reporting

Checkstop

Machine check

Indentify system by name

Call In

Power-on via ring-indicate

Password/security check

Console mirroring/Quick

disconnect

Application Interface Functions

Monitor/Sense

Thermal/Voltage/fan speed

SP Flash Update(Recovery

and Composite)

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System Power-On Methods

Ÿ Power-on Switch - see “Starting the System Unit” on page 2-1.

Ÿ SP Menu power-on request

You can request a power-on via the Service Processor menus from either a local

or remote terminal.

If a remote terminal is to be used, the modem must be connected to serial port

1, and the operating system set up to enable a TTY login session on that port.

Refer to “Seamless Transfer of a Modem Session” on page D-6 for information

on transferring modem sessions from Service Processor to the operating system.

Ÿ Unattended start mode - refer to Enable/Disable Unattended Start Mode on

page 4-12.

The Service Processor can be enabled to recover from the loss of AC power

(see Enable/Disable Unattended Power-On Mode in the SYSTEM POWER

CONTROL MENU). When AC power is restored, the system returns to the then

current power state at the time AC loss occurred. For example, if the system

was powered-on when AC loss occurred, it reboots/restarts when power is

restored. If the system was powered-off when AC loss occurred, it remains off

when power is restored.

Ÿ Timed power-on - refer to the shutdown -t command on servers using AIX.

Working in conjunction with AIX, the Service Processor in your server can

operate a timer, much like the wake-up timer on your clock radio. You can set

the timer so that your server powers on at a certain time after shutting down.

The timer is battery operated, so power interruptions occurring while the server is

off do not affect its accuracy. Refer to the shutdown -t command of AIX for

details on setting the timer.

Because of the potential for AC power loss, the Timed Power-On function of AIX

can only be assured when Unattended Power-On Mode is enabled. If a Timed

Power-On event occurs during an AC power loss, and if Unattended Power-On

Mode is enabled, the system starts when AC power is restored.

If Unattended Start Mode is disabled (the default), the system power state

remains off when AC power is restored, regardless of the power state of the

system when AC loss occurred.

Ÿ Ring Indicate Power-On

Enabling ring indicate power-on disables remote call-in. If ring indicate power-on

is enabled, the server will power on at a predetermined number of rings. If the

server is already on, no action is taken. In either case, the telephone call is not

answered. The caller receives no feedback that the server powered on.

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Ÿ Follow-up to a Failed Boot Attempt

The Service Processor will initiate a power-on sequence upon detection of a

failed boot attempt.

Service Processor Reboot/Restart Recovery

Reboot describes bringing the system hardware back up from scratch, for example,

from a system reset or power on. The boot process ends when control passes to the

operating system process.

Restart describes activating the operating system after the system hardware

reinitialized. Restart must follow a successful reboot.

Failure During Boot Process: During the boot process, either initially after

system power-on or upon reboot after a system failure, the Service Processor (SP)

monitors the boot progress (via surveillance). If progress stops, the Service

Processor can reinitiate the boot process (reboot) if enabled to do so. The Service

Processor can re-attempt this process according to an entry on the Reboot/Restart

Policy Setup Menu.

Failure During Normal System Operation: When the boot process completes

and control transferers to the operating system (OS), the Service Processor can

monitor operating system activity (see the SERVICE PROCESSOR SETUP MENU

item Set Surveillance Parameters). If OS activity stops, the Service Processor can

initiate a reboot/restart process based on the settings in the Service Processor

Reboot/Restart Policy Setup Menu and the OS automatic restart settings (see OS

documentation).

If the operating system is AIX, the menu item under SMIT for setting the restart

policy is Automatically Reboot After Crash (True/False), and the default is False.

When the setting is True, and if the SP parameter, Use OS-Defined Restart Policy, is

Yes (the default), the Service Processor takes over for AIX to reboot/restart after a

Check Stop or Surveillance failure.

Service Processor Reboot/Restart Policy Controls: The operating system's

automatic restart policy (see operating system documentation) indicates the OS

response to a system crash. The SP can be instructed to refer to that policy, or not,

by the Use OS-Defined Restart Policy menu item.

If the operating system has no automatic restart policy, or if it is disabled, then the

Service Processor restart policy can be controlled from the Service Processor Menus

by using the Enable Supplemental Restart Policy selection.

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Use OS-Defined restart policy?: The Use OS-Defined restart policy default

setting is YES. This causes the SP to refer to the OS Automatic Restart Policy

setting and take action, the same action the OS would take if it could have

responded to the problem causing the restart.

When this setting is NO, or if the OS did not set a policy, the Service Processor

refers to Enable supplemental restart policy for its action.

Enable Supplemental Restart Policy?: The default setting is NO. If set to

YES, the Service Processor restarts the system when the system loses control as

detected by the Service Processor surveillance, and either:

1. The Use OS-Defined restart policy is set to NO

2. The Use OS-Defined restart policy is set to YES and the operating system has

NO automatic restart policy.

Refer to “Service Processor Reboot/Restart Recovery” on page 4-27.

The following provides a more thorough understanding of the relations among the

OS and Service Processor restart controls:

OS Automatic

reboot/restart

after crash setting

SP to use

OS-Defined

restart policy?

SP Enable

supplemental

restart policy?

System response

None

False²

True

Yes±

No±

Yes

No±

Yes

No±

Yes

No±

Yes

No±

Yes

No±

Yes

Restarts

Yes±

True

Restarts

Service Processor default

AIX default

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Service Processor System Monitoring - Surveillance

Surveillance is a function in which the Service Processor monitors the system, and

the system monitors the Service Processor. This monitoring is accomplished by

periodic samplings called heartbeats.

Surveillance is available during two phases:

1. System firmware bringup (automatic) and

2. Operating system runtime (optional).

System Firmware Surveillance: Provides the Service Processor with a means

to detect boot failures while the system firmware is running.

System firmware surveillance is automatically enabled during system power-on. It

cannot be disabled via a user selectable option.

If the Service Processor detects no heartbeats during system IPL (for 7 minutes), it

cycles the system power to attempt a reboot. The maximum number of retries is set

from the Service Processor menus. If the fail condition repeats, the Service

Processor leaves the machine powered on, logs an error and offers menus to the

user. If Call-out is enabled, the Service Processor calls to report the failure and

displays the operating system surveillance failure code on the operator panel.

Operating System Surveillance: Provides the Service Processor with a means

to detect hang conditions, hardware or software failures while the operating system is

running. It also provides the operating system with a means to detect the Service

Processor failure by the lack of a return heartbeat.

Operating system surveillance is disabled by default. This is to allow the user to run

operating systems that do not support this Service Processor option.

Operating system surveillance can be enabled and disabled via:

Ÿ service processor Menus

Ÿ service processor Service Aids

Three parameters must be set for operating system surveillance:

1. Surveillance enable/disable

2. Surveillance interval

This is the maximum time in minutes the Service Processor should wait for a

heartbeat from the operating system before timeout.

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3. Surveillance delay

This is the length of time in minutes for the Service Processor to wait from when

the operating system is started to when the first heartbeat is expected.

Surveillance will take effect immediately after setting the parameters from the Service

Processor menus.

If operating system surveillance is enabled (and system firmware has passed control

to the operating system), and the Service Processor does not detect any heartbeats

from the operating system, the Service Processor assumes the system is hung. The

machine is left powered on and the Service Processor enters standby phase,

displaying the operating system surveillance failure code on the operator panel. If

Call-out is enabled, the Service Processor calls to report the failure.

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Call Out (Call-Home)

The Service Processor can call out (Call-Home) when it detects one of the following

conditions:

Ÿ System firmware surveillance failure.

Ÿ Operating system surveillance failure (if supported by Operating System).

Ÿ Critical environmental failures.

Ÿ Restarts

To enable the call out feature, you need to do the following:

Ÿ Have a modem connected to serial port 1 or 2.

Ÿ Set up the following using the Service Processor Menus or Diagnostic Service

Aids:

– Enable call out for the serial port where the modem is connected.

– Set up serial port line speed.

– Enter the modem configuration filename.

– Set up site specific parameters (i.e. phone numbers for call out,

call out policy, etc).

Ÿ To call out before restart, set “Call-Out before restart” to ENABLED from the

Reboot/Restart Policy Setup menu.

Note: Some modems, such as IBM 7857-017, are not designed for the paging

function. Although they can be used for paging, they will return an error

message when they do not get the expected response from another modem.

Therefore, even though the paging was successful, the error message will

cause the Service Processor to retry, continuing to place pager calls for the

number of retries specified in the Call-Out policy Setup Menu. These retries

result in redundant pages.

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Console Mirroring

Console mirroring allows a person on a local ASCII terminal to monitor the Service

Processor activities of a remote user. Console mirroring ends when the Service

Processor releases control of the serial ports to the system firmware.

System Configuration:

Ÿ Service Processor

Ÿ Modem connected to one serial port and enabled for incoming calls

Ÿ Local ASCII terminal connected to the other serial port. This local terminal may

be connected directly to your server or connected through another modem.

There are two scenarios in which console mirroring can be invoked:

1. Remote session first, then local session added

a. Remote session already in progress.

b. Remote user uses the Service Processor menus to enable console mirroring,

allowing both consoles to be active.

2. Local session first, then remote session added

a. Local session is already in progress.

b. The Service Processor receives a call from the remote user.

c. The local user selects the option to enable console mirroring. The Service

Processor immediately begins mirroring Service Processor menus.

Note: A quick disconnect is accomplished by hitting the key sequence Ctrl+D on

either console. Both sessions will exit the Service Processor menus.

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Service Processor Firmware Updates

The Service Processor EPROM may need to be updated for two different reasons:

1. The UPDATE (composite) portion of the EPROM has become corrupted.

2. The Service Processor firmware upgrades, without any corruption present.

The use of a Flash EPROM allows updates to occur without physically replacing the

memory.

The firmware in your server can be updated using one of four available initiation

processes:

1. Service Processor initiation

2. SMS Utilities initiation

3. Service Aids initiation

4. AIX initiation.

Each initiation method is described below. In each case, the process prompts you

for your authority and shows the contents of the update media. Verify the file with

which to perform the update, and follow any other instructions that may appear.

After initiation, the processes are identical and automatic.

There are two areas in each firmware module that may need updating:

1. The gold code or base code or EPROM area

2. The custom or main program or FLASH area

Each update file contains matching gold and custom firmware, so it is not possible to

update to a conflicting set.

Before the update process begins, the versions of each of the two areas of the target

firmware module are compared to the versions on the update diskette. Only the

area(s) that need updating are updated. In most cases, only the custom area is

updated.

An update diskette can be acquired from the RS/6000 Support page on the Internet

or from your service team. The Internet address is:

http://www.rs6ððð.ibm.com/support/micro

The update files must be downloaded to a DOS-formatted diskette. You should

format the diskette just prior to receiving the download, to be sure it is clean.

Reformatting is worth the time and effort.

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Refer to the downloaded update instructions, or to the System Management Services

“Config” on page 3-5 or “Display Configuration” on page 3-26 or Service Processor

menus on page 4-7, to determine the level of the system unit or service processor

flash.

Updating Firmware from the Service Processor Menus: The Service Processor Menus

are available while the server is powered off. From the Service Processor Main

Menu, select Service Processor Setup to bring up a menu containing the item,

Reprogram Service Processor Flash EPROM. Selecting that item starts the update

process. The process requests the update diskette(s) as needed. After inserting the

first diskette and informing the system, the process continues automatically. If the

process requires user assistance, it is requested.

Updating Firmware from the SMS Utilities: From a powered down or reset condition,

bring up the SMS Utilities and select the menu item for updating firmware. The

process requests the update diskette(s) as needed. After inserting the first diskette

and informing the system, the process continues automatically. If the process

requires user assistance, it is requested.

Updating Firmware from the Service Aids

Note: This service aid is only supported for Online Diagnostics.: This service aid

allows you to update the system or service processor flash.

Additional update and recovery instructions may be provided; also you need to know

the fully qualified path and file name of the flash update image file. If the flash

update image file is on a diskette, you need the AIX DOS utilities package to process

the diskette. You can use the dosdir command to find out the name of the update

image file. This service aid uses the dosread command to put the file into the /var

file system.

Using this service aid to update the system or service processor flash will not save

the current contents of the flash.

The flash image file will be copied in the /var file system. If there is not enough

space in the /var file system for the flash update image file, an error is reported. If

this occurs, exit the service aid, increase the size of the /var file system and retry the

service aid. After the file is copied, a warning screen will ask for confirmation to

continue the flash update. Continuing the flash update will eventually cause the

system to reboot and return to the AIX login prompt. After the system unit reboots,

the file /var/update_flash_image can be removed to conserve space in the /var file

system.

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Updating Firmware from AIX

You must delete the file /var/update_flash_image before proceeding.

The flash update image file must have already been placed in the /var file system.

This could have been done with a file transfer from another server or with the

dosread command of the AIX DOS Utilities, for example. With the flash update

image in place, issuing the following AIX command

shutdown -u /var/ᑍfilenameᑍ.img

initiates the update process. Where *filename* is the name of the flash update

image. During the process, the server powers down and reboots. You know the

process is complete when the login prompt reappears.

Service Processor Logs

Service Processor Error Log: The Service Processor error logs contain error

conditions detected by the Service Processor.

Error Log

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Press "C" to clear error log, any other key to continue. >

The time stamp in this error log is Coordinated Universal Time (CUT), a.k.a.

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). AIX error logs have more information available and

are able to time stamp with local time.

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System POST Errors: If POST (Power-On Self Test) errors occur during

start-up, this error log help isolate faults when used with the diagnostics.

Read System POST Errors

Version : ð

Severity : ð

Disposition : ð

Initiator : ð

Event being reported : ð

Extended Error Log Data:

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Chapter 5. Installing Options

This chapter provides instructions to help you add options to your system. Some

option-removal instructions are provided, in case you need to remove one option to

install another. If you have several internal options to install, these instructions

enable you to add them all at one time.

Safety Considerations

Observe the following safety precautions any time you work with this system unit.

DANGER

An electrical outlet that is not correctly wired could place hazardous

voltage on metal parts of the system or the devices that attach to the

system. It is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that the outlet

is correctly wired and grounded to prevent and electrical shock.

Before installing or removing signal cables, ensure that the power

cables for the system unit and all attached devices are unplugged.

When adding or removing any additional devices to or from the system,

ensure that the power cables for those devices are unplugged before

the signal cables are connected. If possible, disconnect all power

cables from the existing system before you add a device.

Use one hand, when possible, to connect or disconnect signal cables

to prevent a possible shock from touching two surfaces with different

electrical potentials.

During an electrical storm, do not connect cables for display stations ,

printers, telephones, or station protectors for communication lines.

CAUTION:

This product is equipped with a three–wire power cable and plug for the user's

safety. Use this power cable with a properly grounded electrical outlet to avoid

electrical shock.

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DANGER

To prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from

the electrical outlet before relocating the system.

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Handling Static-Sensitive Devices

Attention: Adapters, planars, diskette drives, and disk drives are sensitive to static

electricity discharge. These devices are wrapped in antistatic bags, as shown in this

illustration, to prevent this damage.

Take the following precautions:

Ÿ If you have an antistatic wrist strap available, use it while handling the device.

Ÿ Do not remove the device from the antistatic bag until you are ready to install the

device in the system unit.

Ÿ With the device still in its antistatic bag, touch it to a metal frame of the system.

Ÿ Grasp cards and boards by the edges. Hold drives by the frame. Avoid touching

the solder joints or pins.

Ÿ If you need to lay the device down while it is out of the antistatic bag, lay it on

the antistatic bag. Before picking it up again, touch the antistatic bag and the

metal frame of the system unit at the same time.

Ÿ Handle the devices carefully in order to prevent permanent damage.

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Expansion Bays

Your system comes with one 3.5-inch, 1.44MB diskette drive and a SCSI CD-ROM

drive. The number of preinstalled disk drives in your system varies according to the

model you ordered.

Diskette Drive: The 3.5-inch, 1.44MB diskette drive uses 1MB, and 2MB

diskettes.

Open Bays: Your system's special design gives you the flexibility to use up to

eighteen 3.5-inch disk drives. There are two additional open spaces in the top

left bay for additional media devices. For installation instructions and information

on the types of drives that you can install in each bay, see “Installing Internal

Drives” on page 5-41.

Disk Drive: All models come with one or more integrated SCSI-2 disk drives.

The capacity of the disk drives varies, depending on your configuration.

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Input/Output Connectors

Parallel Connector:

One 25-pin parallel port is provided.

Serial Connectors: Three 9-pin serial connectors (1, 2, and 3) are provided. If you are

using a 25-pin signal cable, you need a 9-pin-to-25-pin adapter cable.

Mouse Connector: This is where the mouse cable connects to the system. This connector

sometimes is called an auxiliary-device or pointing-device port.

Keyboard Connector: The cable from your keyboard connects here.

Ethernet Connector:

The cable from your Ethernet LAN connects here.

External SCSI Connector: The cable from your external SCSI bus connects here.

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Removing the Front Covers Only

Note: If you are removing or installing hot-swap drives, only the front covers need

to be removed. Other options may require removal of both the front and side covers

as described in “Removing Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-10.

1. Open the door.

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2. Remove the door by carefully lifting it up and off the hinges. Store it in a safe

place.

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3. Remove the front cover:

a. Unlock the keylock on the front cover.

b. Lift up on the latch on the left side of the front cover.

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c. Grasp the sides of the front cover at the top of the system and pull it forward.

(The front cover is held in place by two spring detented ball studs.)

d. Detach the front cover's bottom hooks from the grooves located on the

bottom of the system, and lift the front cover off the bottom of the system.

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Removing Both the Front and Side Covers

Note: If you previously removed the front covers, go to Step 3.

1. Open the door.

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2. Remove the door by carefully lifting it up and off the hinges. Store it in a safe

place.

3. Remove all media (diskettes, CDs, tapes) from the drives.

4. Shutdown the operating system.

5. Turn off power to the system and all attached options.

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6. If you have a modem or fax machine attached to the system, disconnect the

telephone line.

7. Unplug all power cords (cables) from electrical outlets.

Note the location of the following; then disconnect them from the back of the

system:

Ÿ Power cord

Ÿ Display cable

Ÿ Keyboard cable

Ÿ Any other cables and cords

The back of your system looks similar to the following.

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8. Remove the front cover:

a. Unlock the keylock on the front cover.

b. Lift up on the latch on the left side of the front cover.

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c. Grasp the sides of the front cover near the top of the system and pull it

forward. (The front cover is held in place by two spring detented ball studs.)

d. Detach the front cover's bottom hooks from the grooves located on the

bottom of the system, and lift the front cover off the bottom of the system.

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9. Remove the side cover:

a. Pivot the side cover 90° away from the front of the system.

b. Remove the cover by carefully lifting it up and off the hinges. Store it in a

safe place.

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Removing the I/O Planar Cover

1. If you have not already done so, remove the covers as described in “Removing

Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-10.

2. Loosen the three screws (2 turns) on the I/O planar cover and unlatch the cover.

Attention If your system has the SSA bulkhead cable installed, make sure that

you do not damage the cable as you remove the I/O planar cover.

3. Remove the I/O planar cover.

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Option List

Ÿ Installing Memory Adapter Card. Go to page “Installing Memory” on page 5-18.

Ÿ Installing Memory–Module Kits — Go to page 5-24.

Ÿ Removing Memory–Module Kits — Go to page 5-28.

Ÿ Installing Adapters — Go to page 5-30.

Ÿ Removing Adapters — Go to page 5-34.

Ÿ Upgrading the CPU card — Go to page 5-37.

Ÿ Installing Internal Drives — Go to page 5-41.

Ÿ Installing a Disk Drive, Tape Drive or CD-ROM in Bay A or Bay B — Go to page

5-44.

Ÿ Installing a SCSI Disk Drive in Bank C, D, or E — Go to page 5-51.

Ÿ Installing a SSA Disk Drive in Bank C, D, or E — Go to page 5-55.

Ÿ Installing a SCSI Backplane in Bank D or E — Go to page 5-59.

Ÿ Installing a SSA Backplane in Bank D or E — Go to page 5-66.

Ÿ Removing an Internal Drive — Go to page 5-81.

Ÿ Removing a Disk Drive, Tape Drive or CD-ROM from Bay A or Bay B — Go to

page 5-82.

Ÿ Removing a SCSI Disk Drive from Bank C, D, or E — Go to page 5-83.

Ÿ Removing a SSA Disk Drive from Bank C, D, or E — Go to page 5-87.

Ÿ Installing a U-Bolt — Go to page 5-91.

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Installing Memory

The memory in your system is installed on memory cards, you can have up to two

memory cards installed. The memory DIMMs are installed in identical matched pairs,

that is, they must be installed across from each other. For example, if you have a

memory DIMM installed in J1 you must have an identical memory DIMM installed in

J2. In order for you to add or remove memory to or from an existing memory card,

you must remove the memory adapter card from the system.

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Note: Memory card 1 is the bottom card if there are two cards installed. If you only

have one memory card, it is memory card 1.

Ÿ For information on installing or adding memory adapter cards, see “Installing or

Adding Memory Adapter Cards” on page 5-20.

Ÿ For information on removing memory adapter cards, see “Removing Memory

Adapter Cards” on page 5-22.

Ÿ For information on installing memory modules, see “Memory-Modules” on

page 5-24.

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Installing or Adding Memory Adapter Cards

1. If you have not already done so, remove the covers as described in “Removing

Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-10.

2. Remove the I/O planar cover as described in “Removing the I/O Planar Cover”

on page 5-16; then return here to determine your next step.

3. Remove the memory card shield positioned over the bottom memory card.

4. Open the retainer hooks.

Attention: To prevent damage to the card and the card connectors, open and

close the retainer hooks at the same time.

5. Remove the connector cover that is over the unused memory card slot.

6. Place the memory card in the card guide rails.

7. Make sure that the black tabs on the new card are captured by the retainer

hooks.

8. Align the card with the connector.

9. Close the retainer hooks to set the card.

Attention: To prevent damage to the card and the card connectors, open and

close the retainer hooks at the same time.

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10. Reinstall the memory shield on the bottom memory card.

11. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

12. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the I/O planar cover

as described in “Replacing the I/O Planar Cover” on page 5-101; then return

here to determine your next step.

13. Replace the covers as described in “Replacing Both the Front and Side Covers”

on page 5-96.

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Removing Memory Adapter Cards

1. If you have not already done so, remove the covers as described in “Removing

Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-10.

2. Remove the I/O planar cover as described in “Removing the I/O Planar Cover”

on page 5-16; then return here to determine your next step.

3. Remove the memory adapter card shield.

4. The card is secured in place with card retainer hooks, one on each end of the

card. Open the card retainer hooks and remove the card.

Attention: To prevent damage to the card and the card connectors, open and

close the retainer hooks at the same time.

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5. If you are installing a memory adapter card, see “Installing or Adding Memory

Adapter Cards” on page 5-20.

6. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

7. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the I/O planar cover

as described in “Replacing the I/O Planar Cover” on page 5-101; then return

here to determine your next step.

8. Replace the covers as described in “Replacing Both the Front and Side Covers”

on page 5-96.

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Memory-Modules

You can increase the amount of memory in your system by installing

memory-modules on to an existing memory adapter card or if your system has only

one adapter card installed that is fully populated, you can add an additional memory

adapter card. Your system uses 200-pin, dual inline Error Correcting Code (ECC)

memory modules (DIMMs) to increase system memory.

You install memory-modules into connectors on the memory card located inside the

system. The memory card holds up to 8 pairs of memory-modules and your system

can have 2 memory cards installed. You can install up to 3GB of addressable ECC

memory. The memory-modules sizes available for your system are 32MB, and

128MB.

Attention: Memory modules must be installed in identical pairs.

Attention: Memory modules are sensitive to static electricity discharge. These

devices are wrapped in antistatic bags,to prevent this damage. See page 5-3 for

information on handling Static-Sensitive Devices.

Ÿ If you are adding additional memory or replacing memory to an existing memory

adapter card, see “Adding or Replacing Memory to an Existing Card” on

page 5-25.

Ÿ If you are adding memory to a new memory adapter card, see step 2 on

page 5-25.

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Adding or Replacing Memory to an Existing Card

1. Remove the memory adapter card, see “Removing Memory Adapter Cards” on

page 5-22

2. Locate the memory module connectors and determine which module you want to

add or remove. If you are removing memory modules, see “Removing Memory”

on page 5-28; then return here if you are replacing memory.

3. With one hand, touch any metal surface of the chassis to minimize static

electrical charges, and then pick up a memory-modules.

4. Install the memory module.

Note: Memory modules must be installed in identical pairs (size and speed).

New memory modules must be installed in the first available pair of vacant

connectors, starting at pair 1 (connectors J1 and J2) and progressing to pair 8

(connectors J15 and J16). Refer to the previous figure.

a. The memory modules are keyed so that they can only be inserted one way.

Align the memory module notches with the keys in the memory-modules

connectors.

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b. Insert the memory module into the next unused memory module connector.

Ensure that the tabs are in the unlocked position, as shown, prior to memory

module insertion. After insertion, the tabs should be in the locked position

(up).

Attention: Inserting the memory-modules diagonally may damage the

memory-modules.

5. Go to “Device Records” on page A-2 to record the size of the memory-modules

and the connector into which it is installed; then return here to determine your

next step.

6. Replace the memory card, see “Installing or Adding Memory Adapter Cards” on

page 5-20.

7. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

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8. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the I/O planar cover

as described in “Replacing the I/O Planar Cover” on page 5-101; then return

here to determine your next step.

9. Replace the covers as described in “Replacing Both the Front and Side Covers”

on page 5-96.

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Removing Memory

1. Remove the memory adapter card, see “Removing Memory Adapter Cards” on

page 5-22.

2. Locate the memory module connectors and determine which memory modules

you want to remove.

3. Remove the memory modules by pushing the tabs out on the memory

connectors as shown.

4. Store any memory modules you are no longer using in a static-protective

package. Make a note of the kit size and speed for future reference.

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5. Replace the memory card, see “Installing or Adding Memory Adapter Cards” on

page 5-20.

6. If you are not installing memory modules in the empty connectors, go to “Device

Records” on page A-2 to update the memory information; then return here to

determine your next step.

7. If you are installing memory modules in the empty connectors, go to “Adding or

Replacing Memory to an Existing Card” on page 5-25.

8. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the I/O planar cover

as described in “Replacing the I/O Planar Cover” on page 5-101; then return

here to determine your next step.

9. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

10. Replace the covers as described in “Replacing Both the Front and Side Covers”

on page 5-96.

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Installing Adapters

Adding an adapter, such as audio, communication, or specialized graphics, extends

the capabilities and power of your system. Your system has nine expansion slots for

connecting adapters. The expansion slots are numbered on the back of the system

as shown below. You can install ISA and PCI adapters.

Memory adapters cannot be installed in your system because it does not support

channel memory.

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1. If you have not already done so, remove the covers as described in “Removing

Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-10.

2. Remove the I/O planar cover as described in “Removing the I/O Planar Cover”

on page 5-16; then return here to determine your next step.

3. Determine which expansion slot you will use for the adapter. Check the

instructions that came with the adapter for any requirements or restrictions. If

there are no restrictions, you can use any empty slot that matches your adapter

type (PCI, or ISA).

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4. Remove the expansion-slot cover:

a. Loosen and remove the screw with a screwdriver.

b. Slide the expansion-slot cover out of the system.

c. Store the expansion-slot cover in a safe place for future use.

d. Save the screw for use in securing the adapter.

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5. Install the adapter:

a. Carefully grasp the adapter and align the adapter with the expansion slot

connector.

b. Press the adapter firmly into the expansion slot.

c. Install and tighten the expansion-slot screw you removed earlier.

6. Install any cables that are required for the adapter.

7. Replace the I/O planar cover as described in “Replacing the I/O Planar Cover”

on page 5-101; then return here to determine your next step.

8. Go to “Device Records” on page A-2 and write the adapter name next to the slot

into which it is installed; then return here to determine your next step.

9. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

10. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the covers as

described in “Replacing Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-96.

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Removing Adapters

1. If you have not already done so, remove the covers as described in “Removing

Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-10

2. Remove the I/O planar cover as described in “Removing the I/O Planar Cover”

on page 5-16; then return here to determine your next step.

3. Remove any cables that are attached to the adapter.

4. Remove the adapter:

a. Note the slot number of the adapter you are removing.

b. If there are any cables attached to the adapter, disconnect them.

c. Remove the screw for the adapter.

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d. Carefully pull the adapter out of the system.

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5. If you are not installing another adapter in this expansion slot, reinstall the

expansion-slot cover:

a. Slide the cover over the open expansion slot.

b. Install the screw and tighten with a screwdriver.

c. If the adapter removed had cables that are no longer required, you may want

to remove them.

6. Replace the I/O planar cover as described in “Replacing the I/O Planar Cover”

on page 5-101; then return here to determine your next step.

7. Go to “Device Records” on page A-2 and delete the name of the adapter you

removed; then return here to determine your next step.

8. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

9. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the covers as

described in “Replacing Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-96.

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Upgrading or Adding a CPU Card

You may find media included with your new CPU card. Look at the label to

determine the minimum level of firmware required for the new CPU card.

Attention: If your system has two CPU cards, do not mix different speed CPU cards

in your system.

1. Check the Service Processor firmware level (see Chapter 4, “Service Processor

Menus” on page 4-1).

2. Update the Service Processor firmware if necessary (see Chapter 4, “Service

Processor Menus” on page 4-1).

3. When the system reboot is complete, shut the system down.

4. If you have not already done so, remove the covers as described in “Removing

Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-10.

5. Remove the I/O planar cover as described in “Removing the I/O Planar Cover”

on page 5-16; then return here to determine your next step.

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6. If you are upgrading a CPU card, remove the installed CPU card:

a. Remove the power cable from the CPU card by squeezing the tabs.

b. The card is secured in place with card retainer hooks, one on each end of

the card. Open the card retainer hooks and remove the card.

Attention: To prevent damage to the card and the card connectors, open

and close the retainer hooks at the same time.

c. Place the new CPU card in the card guide rails.

d. Make sure that the black tabs on the new card are captured by the retainer

hooks.

e. Align the card with the connectors.

f. Close the retainer hooks to set the card.

Attention: To prevent damage to the card and the card connectors, open

and close the retainer hooks at the same time.

g. Connect the power cable to the CPU card.

7. If you are adding a CPU card:

a. Remove the power cable from the existing CPU card by squeezing the tabs.

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b. Open the retainer hooks on the unused CPU card slot.

c. Remove the connector cover from the unused CPU card slot.

d. Place the new CPU card in the card guide rails.

e. Make sure that the black tabs on the new card are captured by the retainer

hooks.

f. Align the card with the connectors.

g. Close the retainer hooks to set the card.

Attention: To prevent damage to the card and the card connectors, open

and close the retainer hooks at the same time.

h. Connect the power cable to each of the CPU cards.

i. Ensure that the power cables come out vertically from the power supply and

that they are pushed back and out of the way so that the I/O planar cover

can be installed.

8. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

9. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the I/O planar cover

as described in “Replacing the I/O Planar Cover” on page 5-101; then return

here to determine your next step.

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10. Replace the covers as described in “Replacing Both the Front and Side Covers”

on page 5-96.

11. Restart the system and go to the system management services to check the

system firmware level.

Ÿ If you have a graphical monitor, go to “Graphical System Management

Services” on page 3-1.

Ÿ If you have a tty monitor, go to “Text-Based System Management Services”

on page 3-24.

The version level has the letters 'wil' and five numbers in it. The numbers

represent the year and the day of the year the firmware was created (yyddd),

where ddd is the julian day that the firmware was created.

12. If the firmware level already installed on your system is an earlier level than is

indicated on the system firmware media included with your new CPU card,

update the system firmware.

13. Restart the system.

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Installing Internal Drives

If you add different types of drives, your system can read multiple types of media

and store more data. Several types of drives are available , such as:

Ÿ Diskette

Ÿ Disk drive

Ÿ CD-ROM

Ÿ Tape

Note: If you are installing a CD-ROM drive, refer to xiii before installing the drive.

Internal drives are installed in bays. A diskette drive is preinstalled in bay A2 and a

CD-ROM drive is preinstalled in bay A1 in all models. You can install a media drive

in bay B1 or B2.

The base system has a hot-swap backplane installed in bank C. You can install six

hot-swappable disk drives into the bays in bank C. You can order additional

hot-swap backplanes for banks D and E. Banks C, D, and E each contain six bays.

You can install up to six disk drives in bank C, bank D, or bank E.

You can order an optional feature that lets you install non hot-swappable disk drives

into bays B1 and B2.

Note: The bank letter-designations are located on both vertical rails on the front of

the system. The bay-slot numbers are located on the top of bank C and the

bottom of bank E.

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Considerations

Bay A comes with one 3.5-inch, 1.44MB diskette drive in A2 and a CD-ROM in A1.

Bay B supports two 5.25-inch, or 3.5 inch half-high, removable-media devices.

Bay B also supports a disk drive in a special carrier when bays C, D, and E are

configured with SSA disk drives or SCSI RAID disk drives.

You cannot install hot-swappable drives in bays A or B.

Banks C, D, and E can accommodate six slim-high drives or three half-high drives, or

a combination of both drive sizes. If you use a combination, remember that one

half-high drive uses the equivalent space of two slim-high drives.

Your system supports eighteen 3.5-inch, slim-high (1.0 inch), disk drives or nine

3.5-inch, half-high (1.6 inch) disk drives in the bottom three banks (C, D, and E) or a

combination of slim and half-high drives.

Before installing disk drives in bank D and E, you must order disk drive backplanes

for bank D and E. Depending on your configuration, you may need to order and

install up to two additional SCSI-2 adapters. The internal Ultra SCSI option is

supported in backplanes C, D, and E and requires one Ultra SCSI adapter per bank.

The internal Serial Storage Architecture (SSA) option is supported in backplanes C,

D, and E and requires one SSA adapter that supports all three banks. To order,

contact your authorized reseller or marketing representative.)

Hot Swap Drives

The hot-swap backplane contains logic that allows you to remove disk drives without

turning off system power. The base system has a hot-swap backplane installed in

bank C. You can install six hot-swappable disk drives into the bays in bank C. You

can order additional hot-swap backplanes for banks D and E. Banks C, D, and E

each contain six bays. You can install up to six disk drives in bank C, bank D, or

bank E.

Attention: Proper procedures must be followed whenever you remove a disk drive.

Hot swap capability is available only with hot swap backplanes, and hot swap

carriers for the disk drive.

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Preinstallation Steps (All Bays)

Note: All internal drives in this system are mounted vertically.

Attention: Caution should be used when handling all hard drives. Drives are more

likely to be damaged during installation and service. Bumping or handling drives

roughly causes latent failures. Don't stack drives and always use appropriate ESD

practices. A drop of as little as a 1/4 inch can cause latent failures. Media can take

30 seconds to spin down, so ensure at least a 30 second delay before switching off

the hot-swappable drives for removal.

1. Touch the static-protective bag containing the drive to any unpainted metal

surface on the system; then remove the drive from the bag.

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2. Check the instructions that came with the drive to see if you need to set any

switches or jumpers on the drive, or if you need to attach a tray to the drive.

Notes:

Ÿ Automatic SCSI ID setting applies only to hot-swappable disk drives.

Therefore, if you install a SCSI media drive (in bay B), you must set a

SCSI ID for that drive. See Table A-2 on page A-4 in Appendix A for

SCSI IDs.

Ÿ Remove the terminator from the media drive you plan to install in bay

B. The cable that connects to bays A and B already has a terminator.

3. Choose the location in which you want to install the drive.

Ÿ To install a disk drive, tape drive, or CD-ROM in bay A or Bay B, go to page

5-44.

Ÿ To install a drive in bank C, D, or E, go to page 5-51.

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Installing a Disk Drive, Tape Drive, or CD-ROM in Bay A or Bay B

1. If you have not already done so, remove the covers as described in “Removing

Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-10.

2. Each device you install in bay B must have a tray like that shown below. If your

drive came with a different tray, remove it and install the correct tray. (Your

system has extra tray's in the bay.)

3.5-inch drive

5.25-inch device

3. When installing a boot disk in Bay B1 or Bay B2 install the disk drive into the

disk carrier.

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SCSI Ultra Boot Disk

4. You must also install the two gaskets that are shipped with the disk carrier if they

were not previously installed. Make sure the gaskets are installed as shown

behind the front lip. One gasket goes above the mounting hole and one gasket

goes below the mounting hole.

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5. Connect the 16-bit to 8-bit interposer that came with your SCSI device to the

drive.

6. Check and place SCSI ID jumpers in correct position on the drive for correct ID.

See Table A-2 on page A-4 for SCSI ID addresses.

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7. Install the device:

a. Position the device vertically, with the connectors facing the rear of the

system.

b. Align the device with the guides on the bottom of the bay and slide it to the

rear of the bay until it stops.

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8. Slide the diskette drive and the CD-ROM drive forward in their guides to allow

more room for connecting cables to the new drive.

a. Connect the cables:

1) If you are installing a SCSI drive, locate an unused SCSI drive connector

at the back of the bay. Connect the SCSI drive connector to the drive.

2) Connect the power cable connector to the 4-pin connector on the drive.

3) The following illustration shows the possible cable connectors and

routing for backplane C and the media devices in bay A and bay B. The

diskette, CD-ROM and backplane C are factory installed.

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Ÿ Cable connections for connecting the integrated SCSI on the system

board to backplane C.

Attention Route the cables (SCSI-2 and power) at the rear of the

media drives so they do not block airflow or bind between the fans

and media drives.

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9. If you installed a removable-media drive in bay B1 or bay B2, remove the cover

plate from the front cover. A cover plate (complete bezel) is in place in the

system's front cover, which you removed earlier. Remove the cover plate by

pushing it, gently, out of the front cover.

Note: If a disk drive is installed into Bay B1 or Bay B2 the removable bezel

should not be removed.

10. Go to Table A-2 on page A-4 to record the drive location (diskette interface

devices do not require a SCSI ID); then return here to determine your next step.

11. If you have other drives to install, go to page 5-43.

12. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

13. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the covers as

described in “Replacing Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-96.

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Installing a SCSI Disk Drive in Bank C, D, or E.

Notes:

Ÿ SCSI IDs are automatically assigned by the backplane for each bank.

Therefore, no address jumpers are required on the drives.

Ÿ 1.6 inch half-high (9.1 GB) drives require two bays for each drive.

Ÿ SCSI disk drives and SSA disk drives are not interchangeable.

Ÿ Before installing disk drives in bank D, you must also order:

– A disk drive backplane for bank D.

Ÿ Before installing disk drives in bank E, you must also order and install:

– A disk drive backplane for bank E

– A SCSI PCI adapter that drives Bank E.

– A SCSI cable that connects the SCSI PCI adapter to Bank E.

To order, contact your authorized reseller or marketing representative.

Ÿ After the backplane is completely installed, you do not have to turn off the

system to install additional hot-swappable disk drives. However, you

must turn off the system when performing the steps that involve installing

or removing backplanes, cables, adapters, memory, and CPU cards.

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1. If you have not already done so, remove the front covers as described in

“Removing the Front Covers Only” on page 5-6

2. Each drive you plan to install in bank C, D, or E must have the hot-swap SCSI

disk drive carrier attached.

Note: SCSI disk drives carriers have a white plastic bezel around the status

lights of the carrier. SSA disk carriers have a black bezel.

Attention: Handle the disk drive with care as it is very fragile and can be easily

damaged if exposed to shock, electrostatic discharge, or rough handling.

3. It is recommended that you install the disk drive in the next unused position of

bank C, D, or E.

Attention: Attaching SCSI address jumpers on the drive rather than using the

automatic ID furnished by the backplane is not advised. Attaching jumpers can

cause service problems, multiple drives at the same address, or confusion

locating the correct drive.

a. Rotate the carrier latch to the open position.

b. Position the drive carrier assembly vertically, with the connector facing the

rear of the system.

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c. Align the side of the carrier with the raised guides on the bottom of the bay.

d. Slide the carrier into the bay gently to keep from damaging the disk drive. Slide

the carrier to the rear of the bay until it stops.

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e. Move the carrier latch to the locked position. If the carrier will not lock, check

that the drive carrier is fully seated in the backplane. When the drive carrier

is fully seated and power is turned on, the green LED on the drive carrier will

illuminate.

4. See “Disk Drive Status LED States” on page 2-18 for information on disk drive

lights.

5. Go to Table A-2 on page A-4 to record the drive location for the drive; then

return here to determine your next step.

6. If you have other drives to install, go to page 5-43.

7. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

8. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the covers as

described in “Replacing the Front Covers” on page 5-93.

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Installing a SSA Disk Drive in Bank C, D, or E.

Notes:

Ÿ Banks C, D, and E support hot-swappable disk drives only.

Ÿ SSA disk drive carriers and SCSI disk drive carriers are not

interchangeable.

Ÿ 9.1 GB drives (1.6 inches high) require two bays for each drive.

Ÿ Before installing disk drives in bank D or E, you must also order and

install a disk drive backplane at the rear of bank D or E. You must also

order and install an SSA adapter and an SSA cable that connects the

disk drive backplane to the SSA adapters. (To order, contact your

authorized reseller or marketing representative.)

Ÿ After the backplane is completely installed, you do not have to turn off the

server to install additional hot-swappable disk drives. However, you must

turn off the system when performing the steps that involve installing or

removing backplanes, cables, adapters, memory, and CPU cards

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1. If you have not already done so, remove the front covers as described in

“Removing the Front Covers Only” on page 5-6

2. If you are installing drives in bank D or E for the first time, you must install an

additional backplane before you can install drives. See “Installing a SSA

Backplane in Bank D, or E” on page 5-66 for information on how to install the

backplane.

3. Each drive you plan to install in bank C, D, or E must have the hot-swap SSA

disk drive carrier attached.

Note: SSA disk drives carriers have a black plastic bezel around the status

lights of the carrier. SCSI disk carriers have a white bezel.

Attention: Handle the disk drive with care as it is very fragile and can be easily

damaged if exposed to shock, electrostatic discharge, or rough handling.

4. A minimum of two SSA disk drives are required when populating individual banks

C, D, or E. They must be located in bays 1 and 5 prior to installing additional

disk drives in the next unused position of banks C, D, or E.

Attention: SSA backplanes must be fully populated. Each backplane connector

must have a disk drive or a blank carrier installed at all times. If you are installing

a disk drive in a bay that was not previously utilized, you must remove the blank

carrier prior to installing the disk drive.

a. Rotate the carrier latch to the open position.

b. Position the drive carrier assembly vertically, with the connector facing the

rear of the server.

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c. Align the side of the carrier with the raised guides on the bottom of the bay.

d. Slide the carrier into the bay gently to keep from damaging the disk drive. Slide

the carrier to the rear of the bay until it stops.

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e. Move the carrier latch to the locked position. If the carrier does not lock,

check that the drive carrier is fully seated in the backplane. When the drive

carrier is fully seated and power is turned on, the Ready LED on the drive

carrier illuminates.

5. See “Disk Drive Status LED States” on page 2-18 for information on disk drive

lights.

6. Go to Table A-2 on page A-4 to record the drive location for the drive; then

return here to determine your next step.

7. If you have other drives to install, go to page 5-43.

8. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

9. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the covers as

described in “Replacing the Front Covers” on page 5-93.

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Installing a SCSI Backplane in Bank D or E

Notes:

Ÿ Before installing SCSI disk drives in bank D or E, you must also order

and install:

– A SCSI disk drive backplane for bank D or E

To order, contact your authorized reseller or marketing representative.

Ÿ After the backplane is completely installed, you do not have to turn off the

system to install additional hot-swappable disk drives. However, you

must turn off the system when performing the steps that involve installing

or removing backplanes, cables, adapters, memory, and CPU cards

1. Inventory your parts and tools.

a. backplane

b. power cable

c. one screw (with backplane)

d. SCSI-2 adapter

e. SCSI-2 cable

f. Long flat blade screwdriver

2. If you have not already done so, remove the covers as described in “Removing

Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-10.

3. Locate the new backplane (D or E).

4. Check the jumpers on the new backplane for proper setting. The jumpers should

be set as shown.

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5. Install the backplane at the rear of bank D or E:

a. Align the top screw hole on the left side of the backplane with the top screw

hole on the left side of bank D, making sure the dimples on the backplane

line up with the holes on the frame of the system.

b. Secure the backplane with one screw.

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6. Install an additional SCSI-2 adapter or RAID adapter (if necessary) in one of the

empty PCI expansion slots. Refer to “Installing Adapters” on page 5-30 for

installation instructions; then continue to the next step.

7. Attach cables to backplane D or E.

a. When installing a hot swap backplane, connect the connector from the

EPOW cable to backplane D or E as shown.

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b. Attach the new power cable to backplane D or E.

c. Connect the other end of the power cable to the power supply.

d. After the connection have been made, neatly place the cables into the power

supply side tray.

e. Locate the SCSI cable.

f. Before connecting the SCSI cable, fill in your SCSI cable labels. Fill in the

bank identifier (D or E) and the adapter slot (such as 1P, 2P, 3P). Refer to

the following illustration to help you label your cable properly.

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g. Connect the SCSI cable from the second SCSI internal connector to the new

backplane (D or E). Refer to the following illustrations to help you connect

the cables properly.

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8. Fill in the bank label. The bank label is located in the front of the system at the

right side of the machine. Use the following table to help you determine the

proper numbers to enter on the label.

Physical Slot of SCSI Adapter

Bank Label

30 - 78

30 - 70

30 - 68

30 - 60

10 - 78

10 - 70

10 - 68

20 - 60

20 - 58

30 - 58

10 - 60

9I/P

8I/P

Second Integrated SCSI Controller

First Integrated SCSI Controller

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9. If you have other drives to install, go to page 5-43.

10. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

11. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the covers as

described in “Replacing Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-96.

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Installing a SSA Backplane in Bank D, or E

Notes:

Ÿ Banks C, D, and E support hot-swappable drives only.

Ÿ Before installing SSA disk drives in bank C, you must use FC3006 to

move the SCSI ultra boot disk drive to the media bay.

Ÿ Before installing SSA disk drives in bank C, D, or E, you must also order

and install a SSA disk drive backplane at the rear of bank D or E. You

must order and install a SSA adapter. To order, contact your authorized

reseller or marketing representative.

Ÿ After the backplane is completely installed, you do not have to turn off the

server to install additional hot-swappable drives. However, you must turn

off the system when performing the steps that involve installing or

removing backplanes, cables, adapters, memory, and CPU cards

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1. Inventory your parts and tools.

a. SSA backplane

b. power cable

c. SSA daisy chain cable (only needed if more than one SSA backplane is

installed)

d. one screw (with backplane)

e. SSA adapter

f. SSA cables

g. SSA bulkhead connectors with cables

h. SSA documentation

i. Long flat blade screwdriver

j. Three cable retainers.

2. If you have not already done so, remove the covers as described in “Removing

Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-10.

3. Install the SSA adapter, see “Installing Adapters” on page 5-30.

4. Replace the I/O planar cover as described in “Replacing the I/O Planar Cover”

on page 5-101; then return here to determine your next step.

5. If you are installing a backplane in bank D, go to step 6 on page 5-68. If you are

installing a backplane in bank E, go to step 16 on page 5-75.

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6. Locate the new backplane.

7. Attach the new power cable to backplane D.

8. Locate the SSA bulkhead cable or internal SSA cable.

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9. Connect the SSA cable to the new backplane. Refer to the following illustrations

to help you connect the cables properly.

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10. Connect the connector from the EPOW cable to backplane D as shown.

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11. Install the backplane at the rear of bank D:

a. Align the top screw hole on the left side of the backplane with the top screw

hole on the left side of bank D, making sure the dimples on the backplane

line up with the holes on the frame of the server.

b. Secure the backplane with one screw.

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c. Connect the other end of the power cable to the power supply.

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12. If you are using an internal SSA cable, connect the SSA cable to the SSA

adapter. Refer to the PCI SSA 4-Port RAID Adapter Installation Guide for

information on connecting the SSA cable to the SSA adapter. The cable should

be routed up and placed in the cable holders under the top of the system and

routed through the top cable exit hole beside the fan assembly. Continue with

step 14 on page 5-74.

13. If you are using the external SSA bulkhead cable:

a. Remove the bulkhead plate at the rear of the system.

b. Attach the SSA bulkhead cable to the inside rear of the system using the two

screws that you removed from the plate.

c. Apply the three cable retainers as shown in the illustration.

Attention: The cable retainers must be applied with the clamp opening

towards the I/O planar cover against the inside lip away from the I/O planar

cover, as shown.

d. Place the SSA bulkhead cables into the three retainers.

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e. Attach the SSA cables from the SSA adapter to the SSA bulkhead

connectors, as show. Refer to the SSA documentation for information on

connecting these cables.

14. Backplane D installation is complete.

15. If you are installing a backplane E, continue with step 16 on page 5-75,

otherwise continue with step 26 on page 5-80.

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16. Remove the outside SSA cable from Backplane D, this cable is attached later in

these procedures. One end of the SSA daisy chain cable connects here.

17. Locate the new backplane.

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18. Attach the new power cable to backplane E.

19. Attach the SSA daisy chain cable to the connector on Backplane D.

20. If the other end is not attached to the inside SSA connector on Backplane E.

21. Connect the connector from the EPOW cable to backplane E as shown.

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22. Install the backplane at the rear of bank E:

a. Align the top screw hole on the left side of the backplane with the top screw

hole on the left side of bank D, making sure the dimples on the backplane

line up with the holes on the frame of the server.

b. Secure the backplane with one screw.

23. Connect the other end of the power cable to the power supply.

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24. Connect the SSA cables that were removed from backplane D to the outside

SSA connector on backplane E.

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25. SSA cables connected to SSA backplanes C, D, and E is shown below.

26. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

27. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the covers as

described in “Replacing Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-96.

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Removing Internal Drives

Where are you removing the drive?

Ÿ To remove a disk drive, tape drive, or CD-ROM from bay A or bay B, go to page

5-82.

Ÿ To remove a drive from bank C, D, or E, go to page 5-83.

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Removing a Disk Drive, Tape Drive, or CD-ROM from Bay A or Bay B

Note: To locate bay A or bay B, see the illustration given on page 5-81.

To remove a drive from bay A or bay B, do the following steps:

1. If you have not already done so, remove the covers as described in “Removing

Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-10.

2. Locate the drive you want to remove.

3. Slide the drive halfway out of the front of the bay.

4. Disconnect the cables from the back of the drive.

5. Remove the drive from the bay. Store the drive in a safe place.

6. Go to Table A-2 on page A-4 and update the drive information; then return here

to determine your next step.

7. If you are removing another internal drive from bay A or bay B, return to step 2.

8. If you are installing another internal drive in bay A or bay B, go to step “Installing

a Disk Drive, Tape Drive, or CD-ROM in Bay A or Bay B” on page 5-44.

9. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

10. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the covers as

described in “Replacing Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-96.

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Removing a SCSI Disk Drive from Bank C, D, or E

Notes:

Ÿ To locate banks C, D, and E, see the illustration given on page 5-81.

Ÿ You do not have to turn off the system to remove a hot-swappable drive

from banks C, D, and E.

The lights on the disk drive provide status of the drives. See “Disk Drive Status LED

States” on page 2-18 for a definition of the disk drive status.

Attention:

An application procedure unique to your operating system must be followed which

logically removes the drive from the system and spins it down. If you remove a

drive while it is in use, your system may lose valuable data.

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To remove a hot swap drive from bank C, D, or E, do the following steps:

1. If you have not already done so, remove the covers as described in “Removing

the Front Covers Only” on page 5-6.

2. Locate the drive you want to remove.

3. Ensure that you have selected the correct drive.

4. Press the spin down button on the drive carrier to remove power from the drive.

The green LED should flash.

5. Unlock the drive by turning the carrier latch 90 degrees clockwise to the open

position.

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6. Disconnect the drive from the connector on the backplane, by grasping the

handle on the drive tray and carefully pulling the drive out of the system. Store

the drive in a safe place.

Attention: Handle the disk drive with care as it is very fragile and can be easily

damaged if exposed to shock, ESD, or rough handling.

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7. If you are removing another internal drive, return to step 2 on page 5-84.

8. If you are installing another internal drive in bank C, D, or E, go to “Installing a

SCSI Disk Drive in Bank C, D, or E.” on page 5-51.

9. Go to Table A-2 on page A-4 and update the drive information; then return here

to determine your next step.

10. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

11. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the covers as

described in “Replacing the Front Covers” on page 5-93.

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Removing a SSA Disk Drive from Bank C, D, or E

Notes:

Ÿ To locate banks C, D, and E, see the illustration given on page 5-81.

Ÿ You do not have to turn off the server to remove a drive from banks C, D,

and E.

The lights on the disk drive provide status of the drives. See “Disk Drive Status LED

States” on page 2-18 for a definition of the disk drive status.

Attention:

An application procedure unique to your operating system must be followed which

logically removes the drive from the system and spins it down. If you remove a

drive while it is in use, your system may lose valuable data.

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To remove a drive from bank C, D, or E, do the following steps:

1. If you have not already done so, remove the covers as described in “Removing

the Front Covers Only” on page 5-6.

2. Locate the drive you want to remove.

3. Ensure that you have selected the correct drive.

4. Press the spin down button on the drive carrier to remove power from the drive.

The green LED should flash.

5. Unlock the drive by turning the carrier latch 90 degrees clockwise to the open

position.

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Attention: SSA backplanes must be fully populated. Each backplane connector

must have a disk drive or a blank carrier installed at all times. If you remove a

disk drive from a bay and do not replace it with another disk drive, you must

install a blank carrier in that bay.

6. Disconnect the drive from the connector on the backplane, by grasping the

handle on the drive tray and carefully pulling the drive out of the server. Store

the drive in a safe place.

Attention: Handle the disk drive with care as it is very fragile and can be easily

damaged if exposed to shock, ESD, or rough handling.

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7. If you are removing another SSA disk drive, return to step 2 on page 5-88.

8. If you are installing another SSA disk drive in bank C, D, or E, go to “Installing a

SSA Disk Drive in Bank C, D, or E.” on page 5-55.

9. Go to Table A-2 on page A-4 and update the drive information; then return here

to determine your next step.

10. If you have other procedures to perform, refer to “Option List” on page 5-17.

11. If you do not have any other procedures to perform, replace the covers as

described in “Replacing the Front Covers” on page 5-93.

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Installing a U-Bolt

Before you begin, be sure you have:

Ÿ A 19 mm (3/4 in.) U-bolt or wire rope (similar to National Manufacturing No.

3230, STK No. 176-735).

Ÿ A security cable.

Ÿ A lock, such as a combination lock or padlock.

Ÿ Remove the system covers as described in “Removing Both the Front and Side

Covers” on page 5-10.

1. Install the U-bolt:

a. Use a screwdriver to remove the two plastic inserts, if present, from the

U-bolt opening in the rear panel.

b. Insert the U-bolt through the holes and secure it in place with the nuts.

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2. Reinstall the system's side and front covers, and attach the cables (see

“Replacing Both the Front and Side Covers” on page 5-96).

3. Insert the security cable through the U-bolt. Loop the cable around (or through)

an object from which it cannot be removed; then fasten the cable ends together

with the lock.

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Replacing the Front Covers

1. Reinstall the front cover:

Note: Before installing the front cover, verify that the side cover is installed

correctly. If the side cover is not properly installed, the front cover will

not align correctly when you attempt to install it.

a. Align the bottom of the front cover with the bottom of the system.

b. Fit the front cover's bottom hooks into the grooves located on the bottom of

the system.

c. Make sure the keylock is in the unlocked position.

d. Pivot the front cover upward and press the top of the cover into the top of

the system until they snap together and the latch on the left side catches.

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e. Lock the keylock on the front cover.

f. Close the latch located on the left side of the front cover.

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2. Reinstall the door at the front of the system by aligning the pins with the hinges,

and sliding the door down.

3. Close the door.

Attention: Be sure to maintain a clearance of at least 51 mm (2 inches) on all sides

of the system to allow for air circulation.

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Replacing Both the Front and Side Covers

1. Reinstall the side cover:

a. Align the pins on the rear of the side cover with the two hinges on the rear of

the system. Open the side cover to a 90 degree angle.

b. Slide the side cover down.

c. Push the side cover to close it.

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2. Reinstall the front cover:

Note: Before installing the front cover, verify that the side cover is installed

correctly. If the side cover is not properly installed, the front cover will

not align correctly when you attempt to install it.

a. Align the bottom of the front cover with the bottom of the system.

b. Fit the front cover's bottom hooks into the grooves located on the bottom of

the system.

c. Make sure the keylock is in the unlocked position.

d. Pivot the front cover upward and press the top of the cover into the top of

the system until they snap together and the latch on the left side catches.

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e. Lock the keylock on the front cover.

f. Close the latch located on the left side of the front cover.

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3. Reinstall the door at the front of the system by aligning the pins with the hinges,

and sliding the door down.

4. Close the door.

Attention: Be sure to maintain a clearance of at least 51 mm (2 inches) on all

sides of the system to allow for air circulation.

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5. Connect all cables to the back of the system, then plug all power cords into

properly grounded electrical outlets.

Note: If you are in the United Kingdom and have a modem or fax machine

attached to your system, reconnect the telephone line after you plug in

the power cords.

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Replacing the I/O Planar Cover

1. Place the lip at the top of the I/O planar cover over the top of the system adapter

housing. Push the bottom of the I/P planar cover in, aligning the key on the

system with the key slot on the cover. Replace the I/O planar cover.

2. Latch the cover and tighten the three screws.

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Chapter 6. Using the Online and Standalone Diagnostics

Sources for the Diagnostics

The diagnostics consist of Standalone Diagnostics and Online Diagnostics.

Standalone Diagnostics are packaged on removable media. They must be booted or

mounted before they can be run. If booted, they have no access to the AIX Error Log

or the AIX Configuration Data. However, if mounted, they have access to the AIX

Error Log and the AIX Configuration Data. Online Diagnostics, when installed, reside

with AIX in the file system. They can be booted in single user mode (referred to as

service mode), run in maintenance mode (referred to as maintenance mode), or run

concurrently (referred to as concurrent mode) with other applications. They have

access to the AIX Error Log and the AIX Configuration Data.

Standalone and Online Diagnostics Operating Considerations

Note: When possible, run Online Diagnostics in Service Mode. Online Diagnostics

perform additional functions, compared to Standalone Diagnostics.

The following items identify some things to consider before using the diagnostics.

1. Online Diagnostic support is optionally installed with the AIX operating system

and therefore may not be installed on some systems. When diagnostics are

installed, the device support for some devices may not get installed. If this is the

case, that device does not appear in the diagnostic test list when running disk

based diagnostics.

2. Support for some TTY terminals is optionally installed. If you attach a TTY

terminal to a system to run diagnostics be aware that it may not work properly

since the AIX support for the terminal may not be installed.

Selecting a Console Display

When you run Standalone Diagnostics and under some conditions Online

Diagnostics, you need to select the console display. The diagnostics display

instructions on any graphics display and the terminal attached to the Serial 1 port.

Identifying the Terminal Type to Diagnostics

Note: This is not the same as selecting a console display.

When you run diagnostics, the diagnostics must know what type of terminal you are

using. If the terminal type is not known when the FUNCTION SELECTION menu is

displayed, the diagnostics do not allow you to continue until a terminal is selected

from the DEFINE TERMINAL option menu. Select lft for graphical displays.

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Undefined Terminal Types

If an undefined terminal type from the DEFINE TERMINAL option menu is entered,

the menu prompts the user to enter a valid terminal type, and the menu is

redisplayed until either a valid type is entered or the user exits the DEFINE

TERMINAL option.

Resetting the Terminal: If the user enters a terminal type that is valid

(according to the DEFINE TERMINAL option menu) but is not the correct type for the

ASCII terminal being used, difficulty may be encountered in reading the screen,

using the function keys or the Enter key. These difficulties can be bypassed by

pressing Ctrl-C to reset the terminal. The screen display which results from this

resetting action varies with the mode in which the system is being run:

Ÿ Online Normal or Maintenance Mode - The command prompt appears.

Ÿ Standalone Mode or Online Service Mode -The terminal type is reset to "dumb",

the Diagnostic Operating Instruction panel is displayed, and the user is required

to go through the DEFINE TERMINAL process again.

Running Standalone Diagnostics

Consider the following when you run Standalone Diagnostics:

Ÿ The diagnostic disc must remain in the CD-ROM drive for the entire time that

diagnostics are executing.

Ÿ The diagnostic CD-ROM cannot be ejected from the CD-ROM drive once the

diagnostics have loaded. The disc can only be ejected after the system has been

turned off and then turned on (standalone mode) or after the diagnostics program

has terminated (Online concurrent mode).

Ÿ The CD-ROM drive from which diagnostics were loaded cannot be tested.

Ÿ The SCSI adapter (or circuitry) controlling the CD-ROM drive from which

diagnostics were loaded cannot be tested.

Running Online Diagnostics

Consider the following when you run the Online Diagnostics from a server or a disk:

Ÿ The diagnostics cannot be loaded and run from a disk until the AIX operating

system has been installed and configured. After the AIX operating system has

been installed, all three modes of operation are available.

Ÿ The diagnostics cannot be loaded on a system (client) from a server if that

system is not set up to boot from a server over a network. When the system is

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set up to boot from a server, the diagnostics are run in the same manner as they

are from disk.

Ÿ If the diagnostics are loaded from disk or a server, you must shutdown the AIX

operating system before turning the system unit off to prevent possible damage

to disk data. This is done in one of two ways:

– If the diagnostics were loaded in standalone mode, press the F3 key until

DIAGNOSTIC OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS displays; then press the F3 key

once again to shutdown the AIX operating system.

– If the diagnostics were loaded in maintenance or concurrent mode, enter the

shutdown -F command.

Ÿ Under some conditions the system may stop, with instructions displayed on

attached displays and terminals. Follow the instructions to select a console

display.

Running the Diagnostics from a TTY Terminal

Consider the following when you run diagnostics using a TTY-type terminal as the

console display:

Ÿ See the operator manual for your type of tty terminal to find the key sequences

you need to respond to the diagnostics. For the 3151, refer to the 3151 ASCII

Display Station Guide to Operations, form number GA18-2633. For the 3164,

refer to the 3164 ASCII Color Display Station Description, form number

GA18-2617.

Ÿ When the diagnostics present display information through the Serial 1 port,

certain attributes are used. These attributes are set as if the diagnostics were

using a 3161 display terminal. The following tables list attributes for the 3161

ASCII Display Terminal and for two other ASCII display terminals commonly

used with the system.

Ÿ If you have a TTY terminal other than a 3151, 3161 or 3164 attached to the

Serial 1 port, your terminal may have different names for the attributes. Use the

attribute descriptions in the following tables to determine the settings for your

terminal.

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General Attributes Always Required

The following general attributes are the default settings for the diagnostics. Be sure

your terminal is set to these attributes.

Note: These attributes should be set before the diagnostics are loaded.

Refer to the following table.

General Setup

Attributes

3151

/11/31/41

Settings

3151

/51/61

Settings

3161/3164

Settings

Description

Machine mode

3151

3151 PC

3161

3164

The diagnostics are set to

emulate use of the 3161 ASCII

Display Terminal. If your terminal

can emulate a 5085, 3161 or

3164 terminal, use the following

attribute settings. Otherwise,

refer to your operator's manual,

compare the following attribute

descriptions with those of your

terminal, and set your attributes

accordingly.

Generated

Code Set

ASCII

Screen

Normal

24 x 80

Normal

24 x 80

Uses the EIA-232 interface

protocol.

Row

and

Uses the EIA-232 interface

protocol.

filemn

Scroll

Jump

Off

Jump

Off

Jump

Off

When the last character on the

bottom line is entered, the screen

moves down one line.

Auto LF

For the "On" setting, pressing the

Return key moves the cursor to

the first character position of the

next line. For the "Off" setting,

pressing the Return key moves

the cursor to the first character

position of the current line. The

CR and LF characters are

generated by the New line

setting.

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General Setup

Attributes

3151

/11/31/41

Settings

3151

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Settings

3161/3164

Settings

Description

CRT saver

Off

The "10" setting causes the

display screen to go blank if

there is no activity for 10

minutes. When the system unit

sends data or a key is pressed,

the display screen contents are

displayed again.

Line wrap

The cursor moves to the first

character position of the next line

in the page after it reaches the

last character position of the

current line in the page.

Forcing

insert

Off

Tab

Field

All

The column tab stops are

ignored, and the tab operation

depends on the field attribute

character positions.

Trace

Both inbound data (data to the

system unit) and outbound data

(data from the system unit) to

and from the main port can be

transferred to the auxiliary port

without disturbing

communications with the system

unit when the Trace key is

pressed.

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Additional Communication Attributes

The following communication attributes are for the 3151, 3161, and 3164 terminals.

Communication

Setup

Attributes

3151

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Settings

3151

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Settings

3161/3164

Settings

Description

Operating mode

Echo

Data entered from the

keyboard on the terminal is

sent to the system unit for

translation and then sent back

to the display screen.

Sometimes called

conversational mode.

Line speed

9600 bps

Uses the 9600 bps (bits per

second) line speed to

communicate with the system

unit.

Word length

(bits)

Selects eight bits as a data

word length (byte).

Parity

Does not add a parity bit, and

is used together with the word

length attribute to form the

8-bit data word (byte).

Stop bit

Places a bit after a data word

(byte).

Turnaround

character

Selects the carriage return

(CR) character as the line

turnaround character.

Interface

EIA-232

IPRTS

EIA-232

IPRTS

EIA-232

IPRTS

Uses the EIA-232 interface

protocol.

Line control

Uses the permanent request

to send' (IPRTS) signal to

communicate with system

unit.

Break signal

(ms)

500

The terminal sends a break

signal' to the system unit

within 500 ms after the Break

key is pressed.

Send null suppress

Send null

Trailing null characters are

not sent to the system unit.

Trailing null characters are

sent to the system unit.

Response delay (ms)

100

The terminal waits for 100ms

for the system unit to

respond.

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Additional Keyboard Attributes

The following keyboard attributes are for the keyboard attached to the 3151, 3161,

and 3164 terminals.

Keyboard

Setup

Attributes

3151/11/

31/41

Settings

3151

/51/61

Settings

3161

/3164

Settings

Description

Enter

Return

New line

Return

New line

Return

New line

The Enter key functions as the

Return key.

Return

New line

The cursor moves to the next line

when the Return key is pressed.

The Return key generates the

carriage return (CR) and the line

feed (LF) characters. The line

turnaround occurs after the CR and

LF characters are generated.

Send

Page

The contents of the current page are

sent to the system unit when the

Send key is pressed.

Insert

character

Space

A blank character is inserted when

the Insert key is pressed.

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Additional Printer Attributes

The following printer attributes are for a printer attached to the 3151, 3161, and 3164

terminals.

Printer

Setup

Attributes

3151/11/

31/41

Settings

3151

/51/61

Settings

3161

/3164

Settings

Description

Line speed

9600

Uses 19200 or 9600 bps (bits per

second) line speed to communicate

with the system unit.

Word

length

(bits)

Selects eight bits as a data word

length (byte).

Parity

Even

Stop bit

Characters

Line end

Places a bit after a data word (byte).

ALL

CR-LF

Viewport

Off

Print EOL

Print null

Off

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Online Diagnostics Modes of Operation

The Online Diagnostics can be run in three modes:

Ÿ Service Mode

Ÿ Concurrent Mode

Ÿ Maintenance Mode

Service Mode

Service mode provides the most complete checkout of the system resources. This

mode also requires that no other programs be running on the system. All system

resources except the SCSI adapter, and the disk drives used for paging can be

tested. However, note that the memory and processor are only tested during POST.

Error log analysis is done in service mode when you select the Problem

Determination option on the DIAGNOSTIC MODE SELECTION menu.

Running the Online Diagnostics in Service Mode

To run Online Diagnostics in service mode, take the following steps:

1. Stop all programs including the AIX operating system (get help if needed).

2. Turn the power off.

3. Remove all tapes, diskettes, and CD-ROMs.

4. Turn the power on.

a. When or after the diskette indicator appears, press F6 on the

directly-attached keyboard or 6 on the ASCII terminal keyboard to indicate

that diagnostics are to be loaded.

b. Enter any requested passwords.

c. Follow any instructions to select a console.

5. After the diagnostic controller loads, DIAGNOSTIC OPERATING

INSTRUCTIONS appear on the console display.

6. Follow the displayed instructions to checkout the desired resources.

7. When testing is complete; use the F3 key to return to the DIAGNOSTIC

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS.

8. Press the F3 key (from a defined terminal) or press 99 (for an undefined

terminal) to shutdown the diagnostics before turning off the system unit.

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Note: Pressing the F3 key (from a defined terminal) produces a "Confirm Exit"

popup menu which offers two options: continuing with the shutdown by

pressing F3; or returning to diagnostics by pressing Enter.

For undefined terminals, pressing 99 produces a full screen menu which

offers two options: continuing with the shutdown by pressing 99 and then

Enter; or returning to diagnostics by pressing Enter.

Concurrent Mode

Concurrent mode provides a way to run Online Diagnostics on some of the system

resources while the system is running normal system activity.

Because the system is running in normal operation, some of the resources cannot be

tested in concurrent mode. The following resources cannot be tested in concurrent

mode:

Ÿ SCSI adapters connected to paging devices

Ÿ The disk drive used for paging

Ÿ Some display adapters

Ÿ Memory

Ÿ Processor.

There are three levels of testing in concurrent mode:

Ÿ The share-test level tests a resource while the resource is being shared by

programs running in the normal operation. This testing is mostly limited to normal

commands that test for the presence of a device or adapter.

Ÿ The sub-test level tests a portion of a resource while the remaining part of the

resource is being used in normal operation. For example, this test could test one

port of a multiport device while the other ports are being used in normal

operation.

Ÿ The full-test level requires the device not be assigned to or used by any other

operation. This level of testing on a disk drive may require the use of the varyoff

command. The diagnostics display menus to allow you to vary off the needed

resource.

Error log analysis is done in concurrent mode when you select the Problem

Determination option on the DIAGNOSTIC MODE SELECTION menu.

To run the Online Diagnostics in concurrent mode you must be logged onto the AIX

operating system and have proper authority to issue the commands (if needed, get

help).

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The diag command loads the diagnostic controller and displays the Online

Diagnostic menus.

Running the Online Diagnostics in Concurrent Mode

To run Online Diagnostics in concurrent mode, take the following steps:

Ÿ Log on to the AIX operating system as root or superuser.

Ÿ Enter the diag command.

Ÿ When the DIAGNOSTIC OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS are displayed, follow the

instructions to check out the desired resources.

Ÿ When testing is complete; use the F3 key to return to the DIAGNOSTIC

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS. Then press the F3 key again to return to the AIX

operating system prompt. Be sure to vary on any resource you had varied to off.

Ÿ Press the Ctrl-D key sequence to log off from root or superuser.

Maintenance Mode

Maintenance mode runs the Online Diagnostics using the customer's version of the

AIX operating system. This mode requires that all activity on the AIX operating

system be stopped so the Online Diagnostics have most of the resources available

to check. All of the system resources except the SCSI adapters, memory, processor,

and the disk drive used for paging can be checked.

Error log analysis is done in maintenance mode when you select the Problem

Determination option on the DIAGNOSTIC MODE SELECTION menu.

The shutdown -m command is used to stop all activity on the AIX operating system

and put the AIX operating system into maintenance mode. Then the diag command

is used to invoke the diagnostic controller so you can run the diagnostics. After the

diagnostic controller is loaded, follow the normal diagnostic instructions.

Running the Online Diagnostics in Maintenance Mode

To run the Online Diagnostics in maintenance mode you must be logged on to the

customer's version of the AIX operating system as root or superuser and use the

shutdown -m and diag commands. Use the following steps to run the Online

Diagnostics in maintenance mode:

1. Stop all programs except the AIX operating system (get help if needed).

2. Log onto the AIX operating system as root or superuser.

3. Enter the shutdown -m command.

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4. When a message indicates the system is in maintenance mode, enter the diag

command.

Note: It may be necessary to set TERM type again.

5. When DIAGNOSTIC OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS is displayed, follow the

displayed instructions to checkout the desired resources.

6. When testing is complete; use the F3 key to return to DIAGNOSTIC

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS. Then press the F3 key again to return to the AIX

operating system prompt.

7. Press Ctrl-D to log off from root or superuser.

Standalone Diagnostic Operation

Standalone Diagnostics provide a method to test the system when the Online

Diagnostics are not installed and a method of testing the disk drives that cannot be

tested by the Online Diagnostics.

No Error Log Analysis is done by the Standalone Diagnostics.

The CD-ROM drive and the SCSI controller that controls it cannot be tested by the

Standalone Diagnostics.

Running the Standalone Diagnostics

To run Standalone Diagnostics in service mode, take the following steps:

1. Verify with the system administrator and system users that the system unit may

be shut down, then stop all programs including the AIX operating system. (Refer

to the AIX operating system documentation shutdown command information.)

2. Remove all tapes, diskettes, and CD-ROMs.

3. Insert the Diagnostic CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

4. Turn off the system unit.

5. Turn the power on.

a. When or after the diskette indicator appears, press F5 on the direct attached

keyboard or 5 on the tty keyboard to indicate that diagnostics are to be

loaded.

b. Enter any requested passwords.

c. Follow any instructions to select a console.

6. After the diagnostic controller loads, DIAGNOSTIC OPERATING

INSTRUCTIONS appear on the console display.

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7. Follow the displayed instructions to checkout the desired resources.

8. When testing is complete; use the F3 key to return to the DIAGNOSTIC

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS.

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Location Codes

This system unit uses Physical Location Codes in conjunction with AIX Location

Codes to provide mapping of the failing field replaceable units. The location codes

are produced by the system unit's firmware and AIX.

Physical Location Codes

Physical location codes provide a mapping of logical functions in a platform (or

expansion sites for logical functions, such as connectors or ports) to their specific

locations within the physical structure of the platform.

Location Code Format

The format for the location code is an alphanumeric string of variable length,

consisting of a series of location identifiers, separated by the standard dash (-) or

slash (/) character. The series is hierarchical; that is, each location identifier in the

string is a physical child of the one preceding it.

Ÿ The - (dash) separator character represents a normal structural relationship

where the child is a separate physical package and it plugs into (or is connected

to) the parent. For example, P1-C1 is a CPU card (C1) plugged into a planar

(P1), or P1-M1 is a memory card (M1) plugged into a planar (P1).

Ÿ The / (slash) separator character separates the base location code of a function

from any extended location information. A group of logical devices can have the

same base location code because they are all on the same physical package,

but may require extended location information to describe the connectors they

support. For example, P2/S1 describes the location of the serial port 1 controller

and its connector (S1), which is located on planar P2 (its base location code),

but the / indicates that further devices can be connected to it at the external S1

serial connector. The keyboard controller and its connector likewise have

location code P2/K1, which means they have the same base location code (P1)

as serial port 1, but a different external connector. In contrast, the location code

P2-K1 actually points to the device connected to connector K1; that is, the

keyboard. The location code P2/Z1 indicates an integrated SCSI controller which

drives connector Z1, while location codes of P2-Z1-... point to the actual SCSI

bus and devices.

Each location identifier consists of one alpha prefix character that identifies a location

type, and a decimal integer number (typically one or two digits) that identifies a

specific instance of this location type. Certain location types may also support

secondary sub-locations, which are indicated by appending a period (".") character

and a sub-location instance number.

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Specifically, the format of a location code is defined as follows:

pn[.n][- or /]pn[.n][- or /]...

Where p is a defined alpha location type prefix, n is a location instance number, and

[.n] is a sub-location instance number (where applicable). Sub-location notation is

used only for location types which have clearly defined and limited expansion sites;

for example, memory SIMMs slots on a memory card. Primarily, the [.n] sub-location

notation is intended for use as an abbreviation of the location code in cases where:

1. Based on the device structure, the abbreviated sub-location code conveys the

same information in a more concise form than an additional level of location

identifier -- for example:

Ÿ P1-M1.4 (pluggable DIMM 4 on Memory Card 1 on Planar 1), rather than

P1-M1-M4

Ÿ P1-C1.1 (pluggable CPU 1 on CPU Card 1 on Planar 1), rather than

P1-C1-C1

Ÿ P2-Z1-A3.1 (LUN 1 at SCSI ID 3 on integrated SCSI bus 1 from Planar 2),

rather than P2-Z1-A3-A1

2. The sub-location is either a basic physical extension or sub-enclosure of the

base location, but does not represent additional function or connectivity; for

example, a drawer in a rack (U1.2) or a riser card on an I/O planar (P2.1).

AIX and Physical Location Code Reference Table

AIX

Physical

Logical

FRU Name

Location Code

Connection

Identification

Central Electronics Complex (CEC)

System Planar

00-00

Processor Card

P1-C1

P1-C2

P1-M1

Processor

Connectors

J8 and J5

CPU ID 0x00

and 0x01 (if

2-way card)

Processor Card

00-00

Processor

Connector

J9 and J6

CPU ID 0x04

and 0x05 (if

2-way card)

Memory Card 1

00-00

Processor

Connector J12

Memory Card 1

DIMMS 1 thru

P1-M1.1

through

P1-M1.16

Memory Card

Sockets

J1,J2,J3,J4,

J5,J6,J7,J8

J9,J10,J11,J12,

J13,J14,J15,J16

Extents:

8L,8H,10L,10H,

12L,12H,14L,14H

9L,9H,11L,11H,

13L,13H,15L,15H

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Physical

Logical

FRU Name

Location Code

Connection

Identification

Memory Card 2

00-00

P1-M2

Processor

Connector J13

Memory Card 2

DIMMS 1 thru

P1-M2.1

through

P1-M2.16

Memory Card

Sockets

J1,J2,J3,J4,

J5,J6,J7,J8

Extents:

8L,8H,10L,10H,

12L,12H,14L,14H

9L,9H,11L,11H,

13L,13H,15L,15H

J9,J10,J11,J12,

J13,J14,J15,J16

I/O Planar

00-00

Integrated Devices

Diskette Drive

Keyboard

01-D1-00-00

01-K1-00-00

01-K1-01-00

01-D1

P2-D1

I/O Planar

Connector J13

Base Address

0x0310

P2-K1

P2-O1

P2/D1

P2/K1

P2/O1

P2/S1

P2/S2

P2/S3

P2/R1

P2/E1

I/O Planar

Connector J23

Base Address

0x0060

Mouse

I/O Planar

Connector J27

0x0060

0x03f0

0x0060

0x0318

0x0218

0x0898

0x0378

Diskette Port

Keyboard Port

Mouse Port

Serial Port 1

Serial Port 2

Serial Port 3

Parallel Port

Ethernet Port

I/O Planar

Connector J13

01-K1-00

01-K1-01

01-S1

I/O Planar

Connector J23

I/O Planar

Connector J27

I/O Planar

Connector J41

01-S2

I/O Planar

Connector J41

01-S3

I/O Planar

Connector J50

01-R1

I/O Planar

Connector J47

10-80

I/O Planar

Connector

J18(TH) or

J21(TP)

Host Bridge

ID00, Device 06

SCSI Port 1

SCSI Port 2

10-60

30-58

P2/Z1

P2/Z2

I/O Planar

Connector J25

Host Bridge

ID00, Device 04

I/O Planar

Connector J11

and J30

Host Bridge

ID02, Device 06

Pluggable Adapters

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Physical

Logical

FRU Name

Location Code

Connection

Identification

Card in PCI Slot

20-58 to 20-5F

20-60 to 20-67

10-68 to 10-6F

10-70 to 10-77

10-78 to 10-7F

30-60 to 30-67

30-68 to 30-6F

30-70 to 30-77

30-78 to 30-7F

01-01 or 01-02

P2-I1

P2-I2

P2-I3

P2-I4

P2-I5

P2-I6

P2-I7

P2-I8

P2-I9

P2-I8

P2-I9

I/O Planar

Connector J1

Host Bridge

ID01, Device 01

Card in PCI Slot

I/O Planar

Connector J2

Host Bridge

ID01, Device 02

Card in PCI Slot

I/O Planar

Connector J3

Host Bridge

ID00, Device 03

Card in PCI Slot

I/O Planar

Connector J4

Host Bridge

ID00, Device 04

Card in PCI Slot

I/O Planar

Connector J5

Host Bridge

ID00, Device 05

Card in PCI Slot

I/O Planar

Connector J6

Host Bridge

ID02, Device 02

Card in PCI Slot

I/O Planar

Connector J7

Host Bridge

ID02, Device 03

Card in PCI Slot

I/O Planar

Connector J8P

Host Bridge

ID02, Device 04

Card in PCI Slot

I/O Planar

Connector J9P

Host Bridge

ID02, Device 05

Card in ISA Slot

I/O Planar

Connector J81

Card in ISA Slot

I/O Planar

Connector J91

SCSI Devices

Base CD-ROM

(Bay A1)

10-60-00-6, 0

10-60-00-4, 0

10-60-00-5, 0

P2-Z1-A6

Primary SCSI

Bus ID 6 (refer

to the note at

the end of this

table)

Media Device in

Bay B1

P2-Z1-A4

P2-Z1-A5

Primary SCSI

Bus ID 4 (refer

to the note at

the end of this

table)

Media Device in

Bay B2

Primary SCSI

Bus ID 5 (refer

to the note at

the end of this

table)

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Physical

Logical

FRU Name

Location Code

Connection

Identification

SCSI Backplane

10-60-00-15, 0

P2-Z1-B2

Primary SCSI

Bus ID 15

When

connected to

SCSI Port 1

(P2/Z1)

SCSI Backplane

30-58-00-15, 0

P2-Z2-B2

Secondary SCSI

Bus ID 15

When

connected to

SCSI Port 2

(P2/Z2)

DASD in Bays

C1 through C6

When

10-60-00-G, 0

Where G

identifies

P2-Z1-B2.1

through B2.6

Primary SCSI

Bus ID 8

through 13

connected to

SCSI Port 1

(P2/Z1)

Primary SCSI

Bus ID 8

through 13

DASD in Bays

C1 through C6

When

30-58-00-G, 0

Where G

identifies

P2-Z2-B2.1

through B2.6

Secondary SCSI

Bus ID 8

through 13

connected to

SCSI Port 2

(P2/Z2)

Secondary SCSI

Bus ID 8

through 13

SCSI Backplane

30-58-00-15, 0

P2-Z2-B2

Secondary SCSI

Bus ID 15

When

connected to

SCSI Port 2

(P2/Z2)

SCSI Backplane

When

AB-CD-00-15, 0

Where AB-CD

identifies the

P2-In-Z1-B2

Bus ID 15

connected to

PCI adapter in

slot P2-In

adapter's slot

DASD in Bays

D1 through D6

When

connected to

SCSI Port 2

(P2/Z2)

30-58-00-G, 0

Where G

identifies

Secondary SCSI

Bus ID 8

through 13

P2-Z2-B2.1

through B2.6

Backplane

connector J6

through J11

Slots A through

Secondary SCSI

Bus ID 8

through 13

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Physical

Logical

FRU Name

Location Code

Connection

Identification

DASD in Bays

D1 through D6

When

connected to

PCI adapter in

slot P2-In

AB-CD-00-G, 0

Where AB-CD

identifies the

adapter's slot

and G identifies

the SCSI Bus ID

8 through 13

P2-In-Z1-B2.1

through B2.6

Backplane

connector J6

through J11

Slots A through

Bus ID 8

through 13

SCSI Backplane

When

AB-CD-00-15, 0

Where AB-CD

identifies the

P2-In-Z1-B2

Bus ID 15

connected to

PCI adapter in

slot P2-In

adapter's slot

DASD in Bays

E1 through E6

When

connected to

PCI adapter in

slot P2-In

AB-CD-00-G, 0

Where AB-CD

identifies the

adapter's slot

and G identifies

the SCSI Bus ID

8 through 13

P2-In-Z1-B2.1

through B2.6

Backplane

connector J6

through J11

Slots A through

Bus ID 8

through 13

Fans

Fan 1

Fan 2

Fan 3

Fan 4

Fan connector

J12 at I/O

Planar

Fan connector

J17 at I/O

Planar

Fan connector

J15 at I/O

Planar

Fan connector

J19 at I/O

Planar

Fan 1

Connector

P2/F1

P2/F2

P2/F3

P2/F4

Fan connector

J12 at I/O

Planar

Fan 2

Connector

Fan connector

J17 at I/O

Planar

Fan 3

Connector

Fan connector

J15 at I/O

Planar

Fan 4

Connector

Fan connector

J19 at I/O

Planar

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Physical

Logical

FRU Name

Location Code

Connection

Identification

Service Processor

Service

P2-X1

I/O Planar

Processor

Connector J10

Operator Panel

I/O Planar

Connector J22A

Operator Panel

Connector

P2/L1

I/O Planar

Connector J22A

Power Supply

I2C Ad 92, Ch2;

RTAS=9002-0

Note: The SCSI bus ID's are the recommended values. Features installed at the manufacturing site

will correspond to these IDs. Field installations may not comply with these recommendations.

AIX Location Codes

The basic formats of the AIX location codes are:

Ÿ For non-SCSI devices/drives

AB-CD-EF-GH

Ÿ For SCSI devices/drives

AB-CD-EF-G,H

For planars, cards, and non-SCSI devices the location code is defined as:

AB-CD-EF-GH

| | | |

| | | Device/FRU/Port ID

| | Connector ID

| devfunc Number, Adapter Number or Physical Location

Bus Type or PCI Parent Bus

Ÿ The AB value identifies a bus type or PCI parent bus as assigned by the

firmware.

Ÿ The CD value identifies adapter number, adapter's devfunc number, or physical

location. The devfunc number is defined as the PCI device number times 8, plus

the function number.

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Ÿ The EF value identifies a connector.

Ÿ The GH value identifies a port, address, device, or FRU.

Adapters and cards are identified with just AB-CD.

The possible values for AB are:

Processor bus

ISA bus

EISA bus

MCA bus

PCI bus used in the case where the PCI bus cannot be identified

PCMCIA buses

For PCI adapters where x is equal to or greater than 1. The x and y are characters in the

range of 0-9, A-H, J-N, P-Z (O, I, and lower case are omitted) and are equal to the parent

bus's ibm, aix-loc Open Firmware Property.

The possible values for CD depend on the adapter/card.

For pluggable PCI adapters/cards, CD is the device's devfunc number (PCI device

number times 8, plus the function number). The C and D are characters in the range

of 0-9, and A-F (hex numbers). This allows the location code to uniquely identify

multiple adapters on individual PCI cards.

For pluggable ISA adapters, CD is equal to the order the ISA cards

defined/configured either by SMIT or the ISA Adapter Configuration Service Aid.

For integrated ISA adapters, CD is equal to a unique code identifying the ISA

adapter. In most cases this is equal to the adapter's physical location code. In cases

where a physical location code is not available, CD will be FF.

EF is the connector ID. It is used to identify the adapter's connector that a resource

is attached to.

GH is used to identify a port, device, or FRU. For example:

Ÿ For async devices GH defines the port on the fanout box. The values are 00 to

15.

Ÿ For a diskette drive H defines which diskette drive 1 or 2. G is always 0.

Ÿ For all other devices GH is equal to 00.

For integrated adapter, EF-GH is the same as the definition for a pluggable adapter.

For example, the location code for a diskette drive is 01-D1-00-00. A second

diskette drive is 01-D1-00-01.

For SCSI the location code is defined as:

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AB-CD-EF-G,H

| | | | |

| | | | Logical Unit address of the SCSI Device

| | | Control Unit Address of the SCSI Device

| | Connector ID

| devfunc Number, Adapter Number or Physical Location

Bus Type or PCI Parent Bus

Where AB-CD-EF are the same as non-SCSI devices.

G defines the control unit address of the device. Values of 0 to 15 are valid.

H defines the logical unit address of the device. Values of 0 to 255 are valid.

There is also a bus location code that is generated as '00-XXXXXXXX' where

XXXXXXXX is equivalant to the node's unit address.

Examples of physical location codes displayed by AIX are:

Processor Card in slot 1 of planar 1

P1-C1

Memory DIMM in system planar slot 2

P1-M2

Memory DIMM 12 in card in slot 2 of system planar

U1-P1-M2.12

Examples of AIX location codes displayed are:

Integrated PCI adapter

10-80

10-60

30-58

Ethernet

Integrated SCSI Port 1

Integrated SCSI Port 2

Pluggable PCI adapters

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20-58 to 20-5F

20-60 to 20-67

10-68 to 10-6F

10-70 to 10-77

10-78 to 10-7F

30-60 to 30-67

30-68 to 30-6F

30-70 to 30-77

30-78 to 30-7F

Any PCI card in slot 1

Any PCI card in slot 2

Any PCI card in slot 3

Any PCI card in slot 4

Any PCI card in slot 5

Any PCI card in slot 6

Any PCI card in slot 7

Any PCI card in slot 8

Any PCI card in slot 9

Integrated ISA adapters

01-D1

01-R1

01-S1

01-S2

01-S3

01-K1

Diskette adapter

Parallel port adapter

Serial port 1 adapter

Serial port 2 adapter

Serial port 3 adapter

Keyboard adapter

Non-integrated ISA adapters

01-01

01-02

First ISA card defined/configured

Second ISA card defined/configured

Device attached to SCSI controller

10-60-00-4,0

Device attached to Integrated SCSI

Port 1

Chapter 6. Using the Online and Standalone Diagnostics 6-23

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Chapter 7. Using the Service Aids

Introduction to Service Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Service Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

AIX Shell Prompt Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Backup/Restore Media Service Aid

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Configure Remote Maintenance Policy Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Configure Ring Indicate Power On Policy Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

Configure Surveillance Policy Service Aid

Configure Reboot Policy Service Aid

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

Save or Restore Hardware Management Policies Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Diagnostic Package Utility Service Aid

Dials and LPFK Configuration Service Aid

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

Disk Based Diagnostic Update Service Aid and Update Disk Based Diagnostic

Task

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

Disk Media Service Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12

Disk Maintenance Service Aid

Disk to Disk Copy Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12

Display/Alter Sector Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13

Diskette Media Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13

Display or Change Configuration or Vital Product Data (VPD) Service Aid . . . 7-13

Display Vital Product Data (VPD) Service Aid and Display Hardware Vital

Product Data Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13

Display Configuration Service Aid and Display Configuration and Resource

List Task

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

Change Hardware Vital Product Data Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

Add Resource to Resource List Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

Delete Resource from Resource List Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

Change Configuration Service Aid and Add or Delete Drawer Configuration

Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

Add or Delete Drawer Configuration Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

Display and Change Diagnostic Test List Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15

Display Previous Diagnostic Results Service Aid

Display Test Patterns Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16

Enhanced SCSI Display Configuration Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16

Generic Microcode Download Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17

Hardware Error Report Service Aid and Display Hardware Error Log Task

ISA Adapter Configuration Service Aid

Machine Check Error Log Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16

. . 7-17

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17

Microcode Download Service Aid

Optical Disk Service Aids

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19

Periodic Diagnostics Service Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19

SCSI Bus Analyzer Task

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20

Chapter 7. Using the Service Aids 7-1