IBM RS/6000 7025 manual Read Progress Indicators from Last System Boot, Gmt. Aix

ŸRead Progress Indicators from Last System Boot

Displays

the

boot

progress

indicators

(check

points), up

to a maximum

of 100,

from

the system boot prior to the one in progress now. This historical

information

may

be

useful to

help

diagnose

system

faults.

The

progress

indicators

are

displayed

in

two

sections. Above the dashed line

are

the

progress

indicators

from

the

boot that produced the current sessions

Below

the

dashed

line

are

progress indicators from the boot preceding the o

that

produced the

current

sessions.

The

progress indication codes are chronological

from bottom to top. The

dashed

line

merely

represents

the

point

where

the latest

boot

started.

ŸRead Service Processor Error Logs

Displays the Service Processor error logs.

The	time	stamp	in	this	error	log is Coordinated Universal Time	(CUT),	a.k.a.
Greenwich		Mean	Time	(GMT). AIX		error logs have more information	available
and	are	able	to	time	stamp	with local time. See 4-35 for an	example	of the
log.

ŸRead System POST Errors

Selecting

this item

lets

you review

the

results of the POST

(Power-On

Self

Test

Your server may be able

to start in the presence of POST errors if there

sufficient

working

system

resources.

If

POST

errors occur during start-up,

this

error log when used with

the diagnostics helps to isolate faults. See 4-36 fo

example

of

the POST

error

screen.

Ÿ View System

Environmental

Conditions

On selection of this menu,

the Service Processor reads all environmental

sensors and reports the results to the user. This option maybe useful when

surveillance

fails,

as it

allows the

user

to

determine the

environmental

conditio

that may be related to

the failure. See 4-14 for an example of the System

Environmental

Conditions

screen.

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