Sms Utility Menu Choices; Creating A Ce Login; Configuring The Gigabit Ethernet Controllers - IBM Power PS700 Installation And User Manual

SMS utility menu choices

Select SMS tasks from the SMS utility main menu. Choices on the SMS utility main menu depend on the
version of the firmware in the blade server. Some menu choices might differ slightly from these
descriptions.
v Select Language
Select this choice to change the language that is used to display the SMS menus.
v Setup Remote IPL (Initial Program Load)
Select this choice to enable and set up the remote startup capability of the blade server or partition.
v Change SCSD Settings
Select this choice to view and change the addresses of the self configuring SCSI device (SCSD)
controllers that are attached to the blade server.
v Select Console
Select this choice to select the console on which the SMS menus are displayed.
v Select Boot Options
Select this choice to view and set various options regarding the installation devices and boot devices.
Note: If a device that you are trying to select (such as a USB CD drive in the BladeCenter media tray)
is not displayed in the Select Device Type menu, select List all Devices and select the device from that
menu.

Creating a CE login

If the blade server is running an AIX operating system, you can create a customer engineer (CE) login to
perform operating system commands that are required to service the system without being logged in as a
root user.
The CE login must have a role of Run Diagnostics and be a primary group of System. This enables the
CE login to perform the following tasks:
v Run the diagnostics, including the service aids, certify, and format.
v Run all the operating-system commands that are run by system group users.
v Configure and unconfigure devices that are not in use.
In addition, this login can have Shutdown Group enabled to allow use of the Update System Microcode
service aid and the shutdown and reboot operations.
The recommended CE login user name is qserv.

Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controllers

Two Ethernet controllers are integrated on the blade server system board. You must install a device driver
to enable the blade server operating system to address the Ethernet controllers.
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Power Systems: Installation and User's Guide for the IBM Power PS700 (8406-70Y)