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AS/400 IBM Network Station: Techniques for Deployment in a WAN
We highly recommend that you reset NVRAM to the factory defaults
prior to any major change to the configuration of the IBM Network
Station.
a. Power on the IBM Network Station. The IBM logo is shown, followed by
a memory and keyboard check.
b. After the message,
NS0500 Search for Host System appears, press
ESC
to stop the start-up sequence.
If prompted for an administrator password, enter it now. (This is the
password an administrator can set using the IBM Network Station
Manager program.)
c. Invoke the IBM Network Station Boot Monitor program by pressing the
following key sequence:
•
For 101/102 keyboards:
Press and hold
Left Shift + Left Alt + Left Ctrl
. Press
F1
.
•
For 5250/3270 keyboards:
Press and hold
Left Shift + Left Alt
. Press
F1
.
d. Enter
NV
at the Boot Monitor prompt (>) to access the NVRAM utility.
e. Enter
L
to reset the NVRAM.
f. Enter
S
to save the defaults into NVRAM.
g. Enter
Y
to the question:
Are you sure?
h. Enter
Q
to quit.
2. Enter
SE
(or press F1) from the boot monitor prompt to start the
IBM
Network Station Setup Utility
.
3. Press
PF3
(
Set Network Parameters).
4. The IP Addressed from field should default to
Network
after the factory
default reset. Use the right arrow key to change it to
NVRAM
, if required.
5. Enter the
Network Station IP address ; in this scenario the IP address of
the Network Station is
10.1.1.10
.
6. Leave
The First Boot Host IP address setting of
0.0.0.0.
7. Enter
The First Configuration Host IP address of
10.1.1.2.
This is the
same AS/400 system that contains the Flash card image.
8. Enter the correct IP address information for the fields;
Gateway IP
Address, Subnet Mask
. The Broadcast IP address should default to the
correct setting.
9. Press
Enter
.