System information

318 Logical Partitions on System i5
System keywords
This menu is available only when the system is powered off (Figure 10-60).
Figure 10-60 System keywords
System unique ID
Enter a system-unique serial number as 12 hexadecimal digits. The value should be unique
to a given system anywhere in the world. A valid value is required for the machine to boot.
Storage facility system type-model
Enter a machine type and model in the form TTTT-MMM, where TTTT is the 4-character
machine type and MMM is the 3-character model. A valid value is required for the machine to
boot. Additionally, for storage to be accessible online, this value must match exactly both
systems that constitute the storage facility. This entry is write once only.
Storage facility system serial number
Enter a system serial number in the form XXYYYYY, where XX is the code for the plant of
manufacture, and YYYYY is the unit sequence number. Valid characters are '0' to '9' and 'A'
to 'Z'. A valid value is required for the machine to boot. This entry is write once only.
Storage facility machine type-model
Enter a storage facility machine type and model in the form TTTT-MMM, where TTTT is the
4-character machine type and MMM is the 3-character model. A valid value is required for the
machine to boot. This entry is write once only.
Storage facility serial number
Enter a storage facility serial number in the form XXYYYYY, where XX is the code for the
plant of manufacture, and YYYYY is the unit sequence number. Valid characters plant of
manufacture are '0' to '9' and 'A' to 'Z'. The sequence number must be in the form DDDD0, or
ADDD0, or AADD0, or AAAD0, or AAAA0, where D is a digit '0' to '9' and A is an alphabetic
character 'A' to 'Z', excluding 'E', 'I', 'J', 'O', 'Q', 'S', 'U'. The rightmost character must always
be zero. A valid value is required for the machine to boot. Additionally, for storage to be
accessible online, this value must match exactly both systems that constitute the storage
facility. This entry is write once only.
System ID
Enter a 2-character system ID. This value is used to identify each system in a storage facility.
A valid value is required for the machine to boot. Valid values are '00' and '01'. This entry is
write once only.