IBM RS/6000 44P manual System Power Control Menu, Enable/Disable Unattended Start Mode

Use the Snoop Serial Port option to select the Serial Port to Snoop.

Note: Only Serial Port 1 is supported.

After Serial Port Snooping is correctly configured, at any point after the system unit is booted to AIX, whenever the reset string is typed on the main console, the system unit uses the Service Processor reboot policy to restart. This action causes an EPOW (Early Power Off Warning) to be logged, and also an AIX dump to be created if the machine is at an AIX prompt, with AIX in such a state that it can respond. If AIX cannot respond, the EPOW record is created, rather than the AIX dump.

Pressing Enter after the reset string is not required, so make sure that the string is not common or trivial. A mixed-case string is recommended.

System Power Control Menu

The menu is used to set power control options.

SYSTEM POWER CONTROL MENU

1.Enable/Disable Unattended Start Mode: Currently Disabled

2.Ring Indicate Power-On Menu

3.Reboot/Restart Policy Setup Menu

4.Power-On System

5.Power-Off System

6.Enable/Disable Fast System Boot: Currently Disabled

7.Boot Mode Menu

98.Return to Previous Menu

99.Exit from Menus

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Enable/Disable Unattended Start Mode

Use this option to instruct the service processor to immediately power-on the server after a power failure, bypassing power-on password verification. Unattended Start Mode can also be set using SMS menus. Unattended Start Mode can be used on servers that require automatic power-on after a power failure.

4844P Series Model 170 User's Guide