Re: can i force an IPL from HMC

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <atostaine@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, there are options to restart or power down the partitions.  You can
also do the whole server.

The network card probably lost connection to the network and is RCYPND.
You can probably start the console from the HMC and just fix the ethernet
line.

On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 12:08 PM, Smith, Mike <Mike_Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I have a system that is not reachable this morning.
>
> According to the HMC I have '00000000' reference code
>
> I can't ping the system
>
> Long story, but we upgraded to V7R3 last weekend and had some job go crazy
> that prevented the system save from kicking off at midnight, and it kicked
> off around 9am
>
> So again this morning I can't reach the system, but on top of that, we
> need some network issues.   These seem to be resolved, but I still can't
> talk to my system(   Network and system are local on premise)
>
> SO I'm wondering if I can force an IPL from the HMC or any other way to
> force my way onto system. ?
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