Re: CPI0962 - UPS Connected message

[paultherrien <paultherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks  Charles. The non-positive response from the Power 7 is just a little unnerving. I would prefer that on power-up the machine acknowledge the existence  of the UPS.


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-------- Original message --------
From: Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> 
Date: 05/19/2015  8:50 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Subject: Re: CPI0962 - UPS Connected message 

I don't really ever seeing it at IPL.

We've always had a UPS attached.

Charles

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 7:55 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I really think it's only for a change condition.  I tried to research this
> yesterday by looking for instructions on how to hook up to a UPS in the
> Power 7 hardware information center.  But after awhile I realized the
> people who sign my paychecks probably want me working on assigned tasks.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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> Any help on this?  Shouldn't I see the CPI0962 message for a UPS connected
> each time we IPL?
>
> Paul
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> We have a Power 7 running IBM I V7R1.
>
> We have recently attached an IBM sanctioned UPS to the system.
>
> Last week we powered down the system and attached the UPS and powered up
> the
> System and received the CPI0962 message during IPL.
>
> All good.
>
> Over this past weekend our building had a planned power outage. We
> shutdown
> the Power 7 and shutdown the UPS.
>
> When the power to the building was restored we powered up the UPS and then
> the Power 7 was powered up.
>
> The Power 7 came up find, however this time we did not get the CPI0962
> message.
>
> The question is: shouldn't we get the CPI0962 message every time the
> system
> ipl'd?
>
>
>
> Paul Therrien
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