Re: Connect Ops Console and/or DST on Bare Metal

[Evan Harris <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Scott

are you setting the IPL Mode to Manual ("M") ?

I guess you are changing the settings via the front panel; try setting the
mode to manual.

Does the system even check the CD drive while it is doing whatever it is
doing ?

Does the power light blink when the machine has finished powering up ?

You might be powering up the managed system and not the primary
(non-existent) LPAR.

If it is blinking try holding down the power button for a few seconds.

> From memory there are some settings in ASMI regarding the primary LPAR - is
it set to auto start ? I think you can power it up from there as well but I
am really testing my memory .

Good luck.






On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 4:03 AM, Scott Williams <scottwill0707@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I acquired a used 8203-E8A POWER6 box for super cheap on the ‘Bay, and now
> I’m learning how to get it up and running. It didn’t come with disks, but I
> have a pair of 139GB 15K SAS Hard Drive (42R6691) arriving today. The
> machine was sold as ‘Untested’ but at the price I got it for; I was willing
> to take a chance on it.
>
> It’s been slow going but here is how my progress has gone thus far:
>
> First problem I had is that the box would not power up all the way with all
> 4 CPU cards installed (SRC 11002613), so I removed cards 2 & 3 and the box
> would boot with 110V. Then I set off to access the ASMI. Luckily, the
> documents are quite helpful in this case, but I didn’t understand the
> example table at first and was trying to set my laptop to the same IP as
> the HMC port… Once I tried a different IP in the same range it worked fine.
> Then, I was able to log into the ASMI using the default values, and then
> set the HMC2 port to an IP address on my LAN (192.168.x.x). I left the HMC1
> configuration as-is. I don’t know that this box was previously configured
> with and HMC, but the panel does show HMC=0 when on option 01. The HMC2
> port shows up on my router listing as the port I set, but I don’t ever see
> any of the other ports being assigned IPs when I plug a patch cable in.
> However, I do see LED activity when I plug in a cable.
>
> Secondly, I have yet to connect the Operations Console… I have read several
> threads here and a few documents in the knowledge base regarding this and
> it hasn’t been helpful. These articles mention items and operations that I
> cannot access...
>
> I have not seen the “searching for console” SRC codes nor the “no console
> found” ones even once during IPLs. All the codes I see seem to be C codes,
> no A codes are visible in the ASMI’s Boot Progress History List. I’ve tried
> a direct connection to the machine at T1 with static IPs on both sides,
> firewalls off, and AV off as well and the Operations Console just sits at
> ‘Connecting…’ forever. I've been referencing this article:
> https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1018663
>
> I get to Step 7 and never see the 'Pending Auth' come up, but I'm really
> not sure I have the console configured correctly.
>
> I’ve also tried looking for the 65+21 options, and they are never
> available. Reference here:
> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_i5_54/
> rzajr/rzajrfunctions6521.htm
>
> I’ve done the 25 & 26 bit to enable the higher options, but 64 is the
> highest option in most cases. I’ve tried A, B, C, and D modes and I just
> don’t see the 65 or 21 options. I’ve come across a few threads that point
> to this operation to reset the console type, but I can’t seem to activate
> it. The above article does mention that "To use these functions, the system
> must be far enough through the IPL for the code to run properly." I'm not
> sure I am far enough along to do so...
>
> I have the I_BASE_01 for 7.1 that I am trying to D mode IPL from but the
> system hasn’t had any disks in it. I feel like I should still be able to
> get into DST, am I incorrect there?
>
> I’m going to try again this evening since I’ll have the hard disks, but I’m
> wondering if I’m missing anything.
>
> TL;DR: How to connect Ops Console on bare metal box with no drives using
> 7.1 I_BASE_01 disc.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> P.S. Sorry for the novella...
>
> --
> Scott Williams
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