Re: Console recovery / take over is currently turned off.

[Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx>]

You might be able to 'Reset' the Console via the Control Panel. using
Functions
25, 26, 65 and 21

Try Googling iSeries Console Reset 65 21

All you wnat to do is disable and the enable the console

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Subject says it all.  IBM i 6.1.  I varied off the Ethernet line to make
> some configuration changes and intended to connect using the Operations
> console (should have done it the other way around I guess).  Ops console
> prompted me for Service tools user ID and password and console only
> displays a screen with the following highlighted at the bottom:
>
> Console recovery / take over is currently turned off.
>
> Remote Control Panel does not display so I am not exactly sure how to
> proceed.  I could force an IPL the hard way but if there is a graceful
> way to recover, I'd love to hear it.
>
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> GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java
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