Service Processor Firmware
Firmware Level: sh991029
Copyright 1997, IBM Corporation
SYSTEM NAME
MAIN MENU
1.Service Processor Setup Menu
2.System Power Control Menu
3.System Information Menu
4.Language Selection Menu
5.
6.Set System Name
99. Exit from Menus
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Service Processor Setup Menu
The Service Processor Setup menu shown below is accessed from the Main Menu:
SERVICE PROCESSOR SETUP MENU
1.Change Privileged Access Password
2.Change
3.Enable/Disable Console Mirroring: Currently Disabled
4.Start Talk Mode
5.OS Surveillance Setup Menu
6.Reset Service Processor
7.Reprogram Service Processor Flash EPROM
8.Serial Port Snoop Setup Menu
98.Return to Previous Menu
99.Exit from Menus
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Note: Unless otherwise stated in the menu responses, setings become effective when a menu is exited using option 98 or 99.
Passwords
Passwords can be any combination of up to eight alphanumeric characters. You can enter longer passwords, but the entries are truncated to include only the first eight characters. Passwords can be set from the service processor menu or from the System Management Services menus.
For security purposes, the service processor counts the number of attempts to enter correct passwords. The results of not recognizing a correct password within this error threshold are different, depending on whether the attempts are being made locally (at the server) or remotely (through a modem). The error threshold is three attempts.
If the error threshold is reached by someone entering passwords at the server, the service processor exits the menus. This action is taken based on the assumption that
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