Accessing The Service Processor Menus Remotely; Saving And Restoring Service Processor Settings; Menu Inactivity - IBM pSeries 670 Service Manual

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Accessing the Service Processor Menus Remotely

If your system has a modem connected to serial port 1 or serial port 2 and is configured for call-in (see

"Modem Configuration Menu" on page 737), access the service processor menus remotely as follows:

1. With the system powered off, call in from a remote terminal.

2. The service processor detects ring-indicate and prompts you for a password (if one is set). When

verified, the service processor menus display remotely.

All the settings that you make (except language) from the service processor menus can be backed up

either for recovering from a fault that may corrupt these settings, or for replicating these settings to other

servers that include a service processor.

The service aid, Save or Restore Hardware Management Policies, can be used to save your settings after

initial setup or whenever the settings must be changed for system operation purposes.

It is strongly recommended that you use this service aid for backing up service processor settings to

protect the usefulness of the service processor and the availability of the server. Refer to "Save or Restore

Hardware Management Policies," in the "Introduction to Tasks and Service Aids" section of the RS/6000

and Eserver pSeries Diagnostic Information for Multiple Bus Systems, order number SA38-0509.

The service processor exits menu mode after ten minutes of inactivity and displays a message indicating

that it has done so. Pressing any key on the virtual terminal window causes the main menu to display.

Eserver pSeries 670 Service Guide

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