1. on some of the system management services (or service processor) screens, you will see the term lpar, which is equivalent to the term logically partitioned system or just partitioned system.
2. in a partitioned system, only those devices that are assigned to the partition that is being booted display in the sms menus. in a full system partition, all devices in the system display in the sms menus.
to start the system management services, do the following:
1. for a partitioned system, use the hardware management console for pseries (hmc) to restart the partition.
for a full system partition, restart the system.
2. for a partitioned system, watch the virtual terminal window on the hmc.
for a full system partition, watch the firmware console.
3. look for the post indicators memory, keyboard, network, scsi, speaker, which display across the bottom of the screen.
press the numeric 1 key after the word keyboard appears, and before the word speaker appears.
for more information about post indicator words, refer to “post indicators” on page 23.
after the system management services starts, the following screen displays:
the system management services can also be started using the service processor boot mode menu. see page 44.
all menus, except the main menu, use the following navigation keys:
m return to the main menu.
esc return to the previous menu.
x exit the system management services and start the operating system.
if x is entered, you are asked to confirm your choice to exit the sms menus and start the operating system.
when there is more than one page of information to display, the following additional navigation keys are used:
n display the next page of the list.
p display the previous page of the list.
the lowercase navigation key has the same effect as the uppercase key that is shown on the screen. for example, 2m2 or 2m2 returns you to the main menu.
on each menu screen, you are given the option of choosing a menu item and pressing enter (if applicable), or selecting a navigation key.