RE: IPL problem

I would check your comms.

I've seen this on V3R1, when a PC dies and the job cannot be ended
immediately or abnormally - the PWRDWNSYS *IMMED then hangs, and you get a
bunch of SRC codes on the front panel. The IPL works but you get the
abnormal IPL message.

I'd forgotten about it until two weeks ago when I saw a site on V4R3 that
gets the same message every IPL. They believe the culprit to be an X21 line
that is either active, or spoofing.

Both cases are comms related - and I'd be interested to know if you can
eliminate this as your cause.



Brendan Bispham
~ We IPL our V4r2 AS400 system once a week @ 1AM Monday morning. Recently
~ we have been getting the following error once the IPL completes:
~ Previous ending abnormal, reason code 7.
~
~
~
~ Message ID . . . . . . :   CPI091D
~
~ Date sent  . . . . . . :   08/16/99      Time sent  . . . . . . :
~ 05:37:54
~
~
~ Message . . . . :   Previous ending abnormal, reason code 7.
~
~
~
~ Technical description . . . . . . . . :   The reason code for the
~ previous
~   system ending was 7:
~
~     1 - The system ended a job abnormally.
~
~     2 - The Power Down System (PWRDWNSYS) command did not complete.
~
~     3 - The system ended unexpectedly.
~
~     4 - The system ended before the previous IPL completed.
~
~     5 - The system ended before database recovery completed.
~
~     6 - The system ended with a reference code.
~
~     7 - PWRDWNSYS did not complete within the time limit specified by
~ system
~   value QPWRDWNLMT.
~
~ ..........
~ We have been increasing the system value to more than enough seconds
~ and have still received the error. Any ideas?
~

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