Re: How do I power up Model 500 correctly?

The key that came with it unlocks the front panel where the control panel is 
but you are not going to get very far without proper documentation.

If you purchased your Model 500 from a reputable IBM partner, you should have 
received several cartons of manuals & CD ROM & other guidance materials some 
time before the hardware actually arrived on site.

Did you in fact receive any documentation on your new hardware?

If not, did you call your hardware supplier to ask if you should have 
received any documentation & if so, arrange for a trace on what happened to 
it?

Our manuals are organized into binders labeled like
AS/400 FAQ
AS/400 BIBLE
CONFIG STUFF
These are not IBM terminology but how important the content is to us

There should be 2 copies of the key - you should put one in a safe place 
where it won't get lost ... we use little white rings that we can label what 
a key is for & there is one place in the building (locked) where we store the 
master keys for everything in the building & one of them is stored there, 
appropriately labeled.  The other is scotch taped to the CPU, whose front we 
normally leave unlocked.

The plastic front does seem a little flimsy ... our CPU is in the same room 
as me sitting in a chair on wheels that can lean back & I do need to scoot 
around the office occasionally & I have crashed into it more than once - give 
some thought to placement to avoid such accidents ... if someone bumps up 
against the white button, the panel becomes QUESTION MARK which means ... do 
you really want to do that (power the sucker off).  We keep our panel 
unlocked but closed, which protects the buttons from accidental pushing but 
keeps it easy to get at when we need to.

Did you unpack it yourself, or did some IBM partner unpack it?
Did it come with a UPS.

When you power it up for the first time ... it is real important to first 
know if it came pre-loaded with OS/400 & other stuff that you ordered, or 
rather was it supposed to, or if you are going to be installing what you 
need.  Because it is the choice of pushing the white button to power the 
sucker up, or spending a week immersed in the manuals (that you can't find) 
learning the steps of installing the operating system, or figuring out how to 
have it accept your SAVE 21 as a RESTORE 21 so as to keep your system value 
settings, but some stuff will be different such as the IBM license key.

With your boxes of documentation there ought to be a little white card with 
step by step instructions for changing the settings on the control panel 
between normal mode & the modes associated with installing stuff.  We have 
put ours inside a plastic sleeve & it is hanging from a hook above the CPU 
out of the way until we need it & then it is right there.

>  From:    d2ba@xtra.co.nz (DAVID BULOG)

>  Hi all,
>  Im very excited  have finally recieved my Model 500 today and having no 
hand
>  book wish to find out a safe procedure -how to start the machine .Im used 
to
>  my trustly old E20.
>  Q1: On the front of the machine how  do you open the small panel under the
>  processor activity light--it seems tight and I need to know which way it
>  opens so I dont snap the hinges.Do I need to use the plastic key that came
>  with it first?(er-whats the way to use it)
>  I assume that is where the power switch and function data display will be
>  hidden
>  or am I way off track here and function data display  is hidden somewhere
>  else.
>  
>  Q2:Once found how do you use the function data display to switch between 
01B
>  normal and manual modes and powerswitch (example first time startup and
>  poweroff in case it doesnt IPL to signon) compared to the white Cisc boxs
>  
>  these questions must seem stupid but I just want to find out the correct 
way
>  to handle my Model 500 to avoid any damage.
>  
>  
>  cheers Dave


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