User`s guide

4-1
Using System Management Services
Chapter 4. Using System Management Services
Use the System Management Services menus to view information about your system and to
perform tasks such as setting a password, changing the boot list, and setting the network
parameters.
The text–based Open Firmware command line (OK prompt), which is available from the
System Management Services Utilities menu, allows you to configure certain adapters.
To start the System Management Services, do the following:
1. Turn on or restart the system.
2. Watch for the banner screen to appear on the display. The banner screen will be lines of
text in the form of repeated logos.
3. After the banner screen is displayed, the POST indicator words, memory, keyboard,
network, scsi and speaker appear across the bottom of the screen.
Press the numeric 1 key after the word keyboard appears, and before the last word
speaker appears.
For more information on the POST indicator words, refer to ”POST Indicators” on page
2-3.
Note: The System Management Services can also be started using the Service Processor
Boot Mode Menu. See ”Boot Mode Menu” on page 3-11.
After the System Management Services starts, the following screen displays:
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| Utilities |
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| 1 Password Utilities |
| 2 Display Error Log |
| 3 Remote Initial Program Load Setup |
| 4 SCSI Utilities |
| 5 Select Console |
| 6 MultiBoot |
| 7 Select Language |
| 8 OK Prompt |
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| |X=Exit| |
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Each option on the System Management Services Utilities menu is described in this section.