Installation guide

Console Commands 3-23
3.13 Initialize
The initialize command performs a reset. You can initialize the
entire system or a specified device or subsystem.
Example 3-13 Initialize Command
>>> initialize demna0
The initialize command syntax is:
i[nitialize] [<device_name>]
where <device_name> is the name of the device or subsystem to be in-
itialized. If <device_name> specifies a memory module, you will receive a
message stating that memory cannot be initialized, since the console runs
from main memory. See Section 2.4 for information on how to learn device
names in the system.
The initialize command can be used to reset the entire system or a speci-
fied device, except memory nodes. Initialize only applies to modules and
not end I/O devices (that is, init kdm70* would be a valid command, but
init dua* would not be valid). If no option is specified, a full system reset
is performed.
The initialize command (with no device specified) and turning the
keyswitch on the system control panel to Restart perform the same func-
tion: both reset the machine and run systemwide self-test.
Self-test results are displayed after a system reset but not after a device
reset.
For more information:
Basic Troubleshooting