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v Full System Partition
v System Profile
The next section discusses each of these power-on modes.
Note: You must power off your managed system to switch between using the Full
Partition Standby
The Partition Standby power-on option allows you to create and activate logical
partitions. When the Partition Standby power-on is completed, the operator panel on the
managed system displays LPAR..., indicating the managed system is ready for you to
use the HMC to partition its resources.
Note: The Full System Partition is listed as Not Available because the managed
Full System Partition
The Full System Partition power-on option allows you to use all of the system's
resources on one operating system after the system has been powered on. This is the
traditional single-system method of using your system's resources.
The physical operator panel on your managed system displays progress codes when
you boot the system to this mode.
Power On Options: If you select the Full System Partition option, you can then select
one of the following profiles:
Power On Normal
Power On SMS
Power On Diagnostic Stored Boot List
Power On Diagnostic Default Boot List
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System Partition and using either logical or affinity partitions. You must also
power off the system between using logical parititions and affinity partitions.
system was powered on using the Partition Standby option.
This profile boots an operating system from the designated boot device.
This profile is similar to Power On Diagnostic Stored Boot List Profile, except
the system boots using the default boot list that is stored in the system
firmware.
This profile causes the system to perform a service mode boot using the
service mode boot list saved on the managed system. If the system boots AIX
from the disk drive and AIX diagnostics are loaded on the disk drive, AIX boots
to the diagnostics menu.
Using this profile to boot the system is the preferred way to run online
diagnostics.
This profile boots to the System Management Services (SMS) menus. The
SMS menus include:
v Password Utilities
v Display Error Log