IBM RS/6000 7025 manual Aix, Utilities Enables

The System Management Services screen contains the following choices.

Config : Enables you to view your system configuration.

MultiBoot : Invokes the Mulitboot menu which provides several functions:

Ÿ To Select a particular operating system to boot.

In

the

case of

AIX this is a supported

option,

if

you rec

a

an

informational

icon after making this selection this

would mean that information in

non-volatile

storage

could

have

been lost,

as would happen if the battery had been

removed. In order to recreate this value, issue the

bootlist

command

under

AIX

with the appropriate

parameters

as

to

the

location

of

the

operating

system

in

a

particular

hard

disk. Please

see

the

explanation of

the

bootlist

command

in

your

AIX

documentation.

ŸTo select a particular operating system as the default operating system

Ÿ To install from the list of possible devices

ŸTo set the sequence in which devices are searched for

operating system startup code

Ÿ

To

go

to

the

Open

Firmware command

prompt

Ÿ

To

set

the

Multiboot

menu

so

that

it

comes

up

immediately

as the system powers up

Utilities : Enables

you to

set

and

remove

passwords,

enable

the unattended start mode, set

and view the

addresses of your

system's SCSI

controllers,

select

the active console, view or

clear

the

error

log, and update your

system

firmware.

Exit : Returns you to the previous screen.

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