RE: 9402-400 2131 Install OS

["Eduard van den Braken" <e.vd.braken@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jay

I found that if you start the AS/400 Manually (Not Normal) it will also find
a twinax card and use its 0,0 address as console, as soon as you start
Normal, you will get the error on the digit-display that the as/400 is
missing its console.

Groetjes (Greetings)
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens Andy Nolen-Parkhouse
Verzonden: zaterdag 24 mei 2003 13:41
Aan: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Onderwerp: RE: 9402-400 2131 Install OS 


Jay,

My memories a little hazy on the 400-series hardware, but here are my
recollections:

The system could be ordered with various MFIOP's which determined the type
of console available on the system.  If you have an embedded #2609 then odds
are that your system was configured for Client Access Console. This also
seems to be true because you had to add the #6050 twinax card. One of the
ports is designated for Electronic Customer Support (ECS) and the other for
the Console.  The documentation states that the first line is designated for
ECS and the second for console support.  You will have to determine how
first and second lines translate into physical reality on your box.

Strange to say, there is a piece of information you did not include in your
posting.  Can you describe the cable you are using for Client Access?  The
400 originally shipped with either feature code #9026 (20') or #9027 (8'),
what are you using?  This would make a difference, a standard communications
cable will not work.

I know on some machines Port 0 of the twinax controller will function as a
console even if the machine is configured for a PC Console.  I don't know if
this is true of the model 400.  To test, make sure that no cables (either
console or Remote Panel) are connected to the machine when you power it up.
If you had cables connected at the time, the console may not have worked
reliably.  It is also possible that your #6050 is not functioning properly
(although I doubt it).

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse



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