IBM RS/6000 7025 manual Read Nvram, View System Environmental Conditions

historical comparison can be useful to System Administrators and service personnel.

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 one

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 error conditions detected by the Service Processor.

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 error
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 is
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 for an
example	of the POST	error	screen.

ŸRead NVRAM

Displays Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM) content.

ŸView System Environmental Conditions

The	Service	Processor reads	all	environmental sensors and reports	the	results to
the	user. This option is most useful when surveillance fails, as				it	allows the user
to	determine the environmental conditions that may be related to				the failure.
The	following	is an example	of	system environment conditions:

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