Re: HCM startup needs KVM

[Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry, this is for a physical hmc device, correct.  I found this, maybe it
is in the ASMI.
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power8?topic=asmi-powering-system-off

On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 1:44 PM Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> We did a cold start of an HMC over the weekend and it wouldn't come up.
>
> Turns out that someone had connected the KVM in the rack to another
> system so the HMC wouldn't start up.
>
> As soon as the KVM was reconnected the HCM came up (no reboot required).
>
> Everything is done remote in this situation (cloud).
>
> Is there a setting in HMC Management to ignore this condition on startup?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Jerry
>
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