Starting The Sms Utility; Sms Utility Menu Choices; Creating A Ce Login - IBM Flex System p260 Installation And Service Manual

Starting the SMS utility

Start the SMS utility to configure the compute node.
Procedure
1. Turn on or restart the compute node, and establish an SOL session with it.
See the IBM Chassis Management Module Command-Line Interface Reference Guide for more information.
2. When the POST menu and indicators are displayed, and after the word Keyboard is displayed and
before the word Speaker is displayed, press 1.
3. Follow the instructions in the window.

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 compute node.
Some menu choices might differ slightly from these descriptions:
v Select Language
Changes the language that is used to display the SMS menus.
v Setup Remote IPL (Initial Program Load)
Enables and sets up the remote startup capability of the compute node or partition.
v Change SCSI Settings
Changes the addresses of the self-configuring SCSI device (SCSD) controllers that are attached to the
compute node.
v Select Console
Selects the console on which the SMS menus are displayed.
v Select Boot Options
Sets various options regarding the installation devices and boot devices.
Note: If a device that you are trying to select is not displayed in the Select Device Type menu, select
List all Devices and select the device from that menu.
v Firmware Boot Side Options
Controls the booting of firmware from the permanent or temporary side.

Creating a CE login

If the compute node is running the AIX operating system, you can create a customer engineer (CE) login.
The CE login is used to perform operating system commands that are required to service the system
without being logged in as a root user.
Chapter 3. Configuring the compute node
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