Change Hardware Vital Product Data; Configure Dials And Lpf Keys; Configure Reboot Policy - IBM Eserver pSeries 670 User Manual

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Change Hardware Vital Product Data

Use this service aid to display the Display/Alter VPD Selection Menu. The menu lists all

resources installed on the system. When a resource is selected, a menu displays that

lists all the VPD for that resource.

Note: The user cannot alter the VPD for a specific resource unless it is not

Note: The Dials and LPF Keys service aid is not supported in standalone mode

This service aid provides a tool for configuring and removing dials and LPF Keys to the

asynchronous serial ports.

This selection invokes the SMIT utility to allow Dials and LPF Keys configuration. A tty

must be in the available state on the async port before the Dials and LPF Keys can be

configured on the port. The task allows an async adapter to be configured, then a tty

port defined on the adapter. Dials and LPF Keys can then be defined on the port.

This service aid controls how the system tries to recover from a system crash.

Use this service aid to display and change the following settings for the Reboot Policy.

Note: Because of system capability, some of the following settings might not be

v Maximum Number of Reboot Attempts

Enter a number that is 0 or greater.

Note: A value of 0 indicates 'do not attempt to reboot' to a crashed system.

This number is the maximum number of consecutive attempts to reboot the system.

The term reboot , in the context of this service aid, is used to describe bringing

system hardware back up from scratch; for example, from a system reset or

power-on.

Description

Physical Disk channel/ID (example: 27)

All disks

machine-readable.

(CD-ROM and NIM) on systems with 32 MB or less memory. If you have

problems in standalone mode, use the hardfile-based diagnostics.

displayed by this service aid.

Chapter 6. Introducing Tasks and Service Aids

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