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

Jim,

I think you have to do a control panel func 3 to start the IPL. The catch
is, you have to be in manual mode to do the func 3. So you set it for B M
and then do the func 3, and then (while it begins its IPL process) you use
the control panel to change it back to B N. That is what you used to do when
it was a mechanical key switch and I think that still applies to the new
control panels.

-Marty

--__--__--

From: Jim Langston <jlangston@celsinc.com>
To: "'midrange-l@midrange.com'" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Subject: How do to unattended IPL from control panel in V5R1M0?
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 12:53:25 -0800
Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com

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