Provides information for using the System Management Services.
Use the system management services menus to view information about your system or partition, and to perform tasks such as setting a password, changing the boot list, and setting the network parameters.
If the server is not connected to an HMC, stop the system, and then restart the server by pressing the power button on the control panel.
For a full server partition, watch the firmware console.
Subscribe to this informationMain Menu
1 Select Language
2 Setup Remote IPL (Initial Program Load)
3 Change SCSI Settings
4 Select Console
5 Select Boot Options
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Navigation keys:
X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
On all menus except the Main Menu, there are several navigation keys:
If X is entered, you are asked to confirm your choice to exit the SMS menus and start the operating system.
When there is more than one page of information to display, there are two additional navigation keys:
On each menu screen, you are given the option of choosing a menu item and pressing Enter (if applicable), or selecting a navigation key.
This option allows you to change the language used by the text-based System Management Services menus.
SELECT LANGUAGE 1. English 2. Francais 3. Deutsch 4. Italiano 5. Espanol -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
This option allows you to enable and set up the remote startup capability of your server or partition. A list of NIC (network interface card) adapters in the server displays first. An example of this screen follows:
NIC Adapters Device Slot Hardware Address 1. Port 1 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et Un-P1-T9 00096bff616b 2. Port 2 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et Un-P1-T10 00096bff616a 3. 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X Un-CB1-C03-T1 000295e3814f -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
When an adapter is selected, the Network Parameters menu displays:
Network Parameters Port 1 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et Un-P1-T9 00096bff616b 1. IP Parameters 2. Adapter Parameters 3. Ping Test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
Selecting the IP (Internet Protocol) parameters option displays the following menu:
IP Parameters Port 1 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et Un-P1-T9 00096bff616b 1. Client IP Address [000.000.000.000] 2. Server IP Address [000.000.000.000] 3. Gateway IP Address [000.000.000.000] 4. Subnet Mask [255.255.255.000] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
To change IP parameters, type the number of the parameters for which you want to change the value. Entering IP parameters on this screen will automatically update the parameters on the ping test screen.
Selecting Adapter Configuration allows the setting of the network speed, enabling or disabling spanning tree, and setting the protocol as shown in the following example menu:
Adapter Configuration Port 1 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et Un-P1-T9 00096bff616b 1. Speed, Duplex 2. Spanning Tree Enabled 3. Protocol -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
Selecting the Speed, Duplex option allows you to set the interface speed at which the card will run and half versus full duplex. The current setting is indicated by "<===".
Adapter Configuration Port 1 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et Un-P1-T9 00096bff616b 1. auto, auto 2. 10,half 3. 10,full 4. 100,half 5. 100,full -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
Selecting the Spanning Tree Enabled menu allows you to enable or disable the spanning tree flag. If this flag is enabled (because the network the system is being attached to supports spanning trees), the firmware will impose a waiting period of 60 seconds before the adapter is allowed to communicate with the network. If this flag is disabled, the network adapter will be able to access the network immediately after the system is connected.
The Protocol option allows you to set the appropriate protocol for your network as shown below.
Protocol Port 1 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et Un-P1-T9 00096bff616b 1. Standard <=== 2. IEEE802.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
Select the ping test option from the network parameters menu to test an adapter's network connection to a remote system. After the ping test option is selected, the same series of screens will take you through setting up the IP parameters and the adapter configuration before attempting the ping test.
This option allows you to view and change the addresses of the SCSI controllers attached to your system.
SCSI Utilities 1. Hardware Spin Up Delay 2. Change SCSI Id -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
The Select Console utility allows the user to select which console to use to display the SMS menus. This selection is only for the SMS menus and does not affect the display used by the operating system.
Follow the instructions that display on the screen. The firmware automatically returns to the SMS main menu.
Use this menu to view and set various options regarding the installation devices and boot devices.
1. Select Install or Boot a Device 2. Select Boot Devices 3. Multiboot Startup -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
If Select Install or Boot Device is selected, the following menu displays:
Select Device Type 1. Diskette 2. Tape 3. CD/DVD 4. IDE 5. Hard Drive 6. Network 7. None 8. List All Devices -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
If a device is selected that is not in the system, a menu with the following message displays:
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| THE SELECTED DEVICES WERE NOT DETECTED IN THE SYSTEM ! |
| Press any key to continue. |
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If Hard Drive is selected, a menu similar to the following displays:
Select Hard Drive Type 1. SCSI 2. SSA 3. SAN 4. None 5. List All Devices -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
If SCSI is selected, for example, all of the SCSI adapters that are in the system, or assigned to the partition, are shown on the next screen. Depending on the devices that are installed in your system, a menu similar to the following displays:
Version SF220_014 SMS 1.5 (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2003 All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Select Media Adapter 1. Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0 2. Un-P1-T12 /pci@80000002000000f/pci@2,2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0 3. Un-P1-T13 /pci@80000002000000f/pci@2,2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@1 4. List all devices -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
When an adapter is selected, the next screen displays the devices of the requested type that are attached to that adapter. In the following example, all of the SCSI hardfiles that are attached to the first adapter are listed:
Version SF220_014
SMS 1.5 (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2003 All rights reserved.
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Select Device
Device Current Device
Number Position Name
1 1 SCSI 73407 MB Harddisk Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/
pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0
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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
The appropriate device can then be selected for this installation or boot.
When a device is selected for installing the operating system, or to boot from, the Select Task menu allows you to get more information about the device, or to boot from that device in normal mode or service mode. The following is an example of this menu.
Select Task SCSI 73407 MB Harddisk Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0 1. Information 2. Normal Mode Boot 3. Service Mode Boot --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
If either Normal Mode Boot or Service Mode Boot is selected, the next screen will ask, Are you sure? If you answer yes, the device will be booted in the appropriate mode. If you answer no, the firmware will return to the Select Task menu.
device type -> bus type -> adapter -> devices attached to the adapter
To view all of the potentially bootable devices at one time rather than traversing down the hierarchy with the submenus, go to the "Select Device Type" menu or the "Select Media Type" menu and select the last option, "List All Devices".
The "List All Devices" function may take a long time on a large system with many I/O adapters and devices, such as large disk arrays.
Select this option to view and change the customized boot list, which is the sequence of devices read at startup.
Configure Boot Device Order 1. Select 1st Boot Device 2. Select 2nd Boot Device 3. Select 3rd Boot Device 4. Select 4th Boot Device 5. Select 5th Boot Device 6. Display Current Setting 7. Restore Default Setting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
When any of the options 1-5 is selected, the Select Device Type screen will be displayed, which is similar to the following:
Select Device Type 1. Diskette 2. Tape 3. CD/DVD 4. IDE 5. Hard Drive 6. Network 7. None 8. List All Devices -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
When a device type is selected, such as item 5, a Select Media Type menu is displayed. The following is an example of that menu.
Select Media Type 1. SCSI 2. SSA 3. SAN 4. IDE 5. ISA 7. None 8. List All Devices -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
When the media type is selected, all adapters of that type are displayed on the Select Media Adapter menu. The following is an example of that menu for a SCSI media type.
Version SF220_014 SMS 1.5 (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2003 All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Select Media Adapter 1. Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0 2. Un-P1-T12 /pci@80000002000000f/pci@2,2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0 3. Un-P1-T13 /pci@80000002000000f/pci@2,2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@1 4. List all devices -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
Each adapter must then be selected individually to see the devices that are attached to it. An example of this menu for the first adapter in the previous example is as follows:
Version SF220_014
SMS 1.5 (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2003 All rights reserved.
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Select Device
Device Current Device
Number Position Name
1 1 SCSI 73407 MB Harddisk Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/
pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0
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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
If there are no devices of the type chosen earlier (on the Select Device Type menu) attached to the adapter that is specified, a message similar to the following displays:
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| THE SELECTED DEVICES WERE NOT DETECTED IN THE SYSTEM |
| Press any key to continue. |
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When a device type is selected, the Select Task menu allows you to see detailed information about the device or set the device's location in the boot list as shown below in the example menu. The following is an example of the menu for a hard disk.
Select Task SCSI 73407 MB Harddisk Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0 1. Information 2. Set Boot Sequence: Configure as 1st Boot Device --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
Selecting Information displays a menu similar to the following for a hard disk.
Device Information
/pci@8000000200000dd/pci@2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@1/sd@5,0
: (Bootable)
DEVICE : SCSI 73407 MB Harddisk Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/
pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0
NAME : sd
DEVICE-TYPE : block
Parent Information
IBM,FW-ADAPTER-NAME: Ultra-320
NAME : scsi
DEVICE-TYPE : scsi-2
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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
The Set Boot Sequence option allows you to set the location of the device in the boot list.
This option displays the current setting of the customized boot list. An example of this menu, with one device in the boot list, follows.
Current Boot Sequence 1. SCSI 73407 MB Harddisk Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0 2. None 3. None 4. None 5. None ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _
This option restores the boot list to the default boot list. The default boot list will vary depending on the devices that are installed in the system.
