Testing the Service Processor Setup
These tests include communicating with the server’s operating system. Be sure the
necessary serial port(s) is configured. If you need assistance, refer to “Serial Port
Configuration” on page 611.
Use the following procedure to verify that your service processor setup is working.
The server should still be powered off as a result of the “Service Processor Setup
Checklist” on page 609.
Call-In
1. From any telephone, call the server’s telephone number. After you hear three rings,
hang up. The server powers on.
Note: Although the server powers on during the three rings, you do not receive an
indication over the telephone that the server is powering on.
2. Give the server five minutes to boot up and prepare to receive another call.
3. From an ASCII terminal or terminal emulator, call the server again. The server
answers and presents the Service Processor Menus on your terminal.
4. If required, enter your privileged access password. If no password is required, the
Main Menu displays.
5. From the Main Menu, select Continue System Boot to view the IPL progress
messages. Depending on your server’s configuration, the boot-up sequence may
take several minutes. After the boot-up completes, the login prompt displays. You
have successfully called into the service processor and brought up the server.
6. Log in and then log out to disconnect from the operating system.
7. Call your server again. The operating system answers and offers the login prompt.
If these tests are successful, call-in is working correctly. You must now shut down
and power off the server. To do this, log in and shut down your server to shutdown
and power off. In AIX, use the shutdown -F command.
Call-Out
During the Service Processor setup, you entered your phone number for the Pager (on
page 463) and Customer Voice (on page 463) phone numbers. These entries are used
for this test.
1. Power on the server.
2. Bring up the Service Processor Menus, see Chapter 7. Service Processor Menus.
Attention: To bring up the Service Processor Menus while the server is booting
up, watch the operator panel display for checkpoint E04F. At this checkpoint, a ten-
second window of time begins with three beeps. Checkpoint E07A displays and is
visible during the ten-second window. During this window, press any key on the
local terminal and the Service Processor menus display on the local terminal.
3. At the Service Processor Main Menu, select Call-In/Call-Out Setup menu, then
select Call-Out test. This causes a simulated error condition for the purposes of this
test.
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