System information

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Factory configuration reset
Use this procedure only under the direction of your service provider. In critical systems
situations, you can restore your system to the factory default settings.
Continuing will result in the loss of all system settings (such as the HMC access and ASMI
passwords, time of day, network configuration, and hardware deconfiguration policies) that
you have to set once again through the service processor interfaces. Also, you will lose the
system error logs and partition-related information.
This function is not available if your system is powered on, if the firmware levels of the
permanent and temporary sides are different, of if there is an active HMC session. If any of
these conditions apply, you will see a panel as shown in Figure 10-26.
Figure 10-26 Factory configuration reset not available
10.3.3 System information
Figure 10-27 shows the expanded System Information menu. Using this menu, you can:
򐂰 Display vital product data.
򐂰 Perform an SPCN power control network trace and display the results.
򐂰 Display the previous boot indicator.
򐂰 Display the progress indicator history.
򐂰 Display the Real-time Progress Indicator
Figure 10-27 System Information menu
Attention: Before continuing with this operation, make sure you have manually recorded
all settings that need to be preserved.