Start Or Stop The System Or Logical Partition; Start The System Or Logical Partition; Start A System That Is Not Managed By A Hardware Management Console - IBM System i Manual

Related concepts
Control language
Cabling your server
Managing the Hardware Management Console (HMC)
Partitioning the server
Changing consoles, interfaces, and terminals
Backing up and recovering data

Start the system or logical partition

Planning and setting up system security
TCP/IP setup
Setting up your server to connect to service and support
Updates
Related tasks
Signing on to i5/OS using a twinaxial console
Setting the system break mode using a twinaxial console
Connecting the twinaxial cables and feature cables to a network or device
Renaming i5/OS using a twinaxial console

Start or stop the system or logical partition

Learn how to start or stop a system or logical partition.
Start the system or logical partition
You might need to start a system or logical partition. You can use this procedure to start the system or
logical partition.

Start a system that is not managed by a Hardware Management Console:

You can use the power button or the Advanced System Management Interface to start a system that is
not managed by a Hardware Management Console.
To start a system that is not managed by a Hardware Management Console (HMC), follow these steps:
1. On a rack-mounted system unit, open the front rack door, if necessary. On a stand-alone system unit,
open the front door.
2. Before you press the power button on the control panel, ensure that power is connected to the system
unit as follows:
v All system power cables are connected to a power source.
v The power-on light F, as shown in the following figure, is slowly blinking.
v The top of the display D, as shown in the following figure, shows 01 V=F.
Managing the twinaxial console
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