IBM 150 Manual De Usuario

RS/6000 43P 7043 Models 150 and 260 Handbook

Allows you to power-on the system.

Displays the Vital Product Data (VPD) information that was in effect after the 
last system boot. This information is usually identical with the results from the 
menu selection Read VPD, but in the case of configuration updates or certain 
faults, this historical comparison can be useful to System Administrators and 
service personnel.

Displays the boot progress indicators (check points), up to a maximum of 
100, from the system boot prior to the one in progress now. This historical 
information may be useful to help diagnose system faults. 

Displays the Service Processor error logs.

Selecting this item lets you review the results of the POST (Power-On 
Self-Test). Your server may be able to start in the presence of POST errors if 
there is sufficient working system resources. If POST errors occur during 
start-up, this error log helps to isolate faults when used with the diagnostics. 

On selection of this menu, the Service Processor reads all environmental 
sensors and reports the results. This option maybe useful when surveillance 
fails, since it allows you to determine the environmental conditions that may 
be related to the failure. 

The Service Processor EPROM may need to be updated for two different 
reasons:

1. The UPDATE (composite) portion of the EPROM has become corrupted.

2. The Service Processor firmware upgrades, without any corruption present.

The use of a Flash EPROM allows updates to occur without physically 
replacing the memory.