RE: How do to unattended IPL from control panel in V5R1M0?

Jim,

I've been in that position and ended up powering down the system, then
powering it back on.  I've forgotten the exact sequence, but it did
involve holding down the power button for more than a brief moment.  If
you're in manual mode when you power down, you can switch it to normal
mode while it's powered off and then press the power button to bring it
back up.

Not very elegant, but a slight improvement over yanking the power cord
:).

Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> Subject: How do to unattended IPL from control panel in V5R1M0?
>
> We are on V5R1M0 on a 9406-720.
>
> This question follows the problem we had with SST passwords.  To
> automatically IPL the machine we had to physically pull the power cord
and
> depend on the fact that the system value was set to do an unattended
IPL
> on
> power loss/resumption.
>
> I had tried to get this box to do an unattended IPL from the control
panel
> and couldn't seem to.  I would set it to do a B Normal IPL and press
the
> button and nothing would happen.  Only when I switched it to Manual
would
> it
> power cycle into an attended IPL.
>
> I know there HAS to be a way to do an unattended normal IPL from the
> control
> panel, unless IBM has totally lost it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Langston