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Safety Notices ........................ix
Electrical Safety........................ix
Laser Safety Information .....................x
Laser Compliance ......................x
Data Integrity and Verification ..................xi
About This Book ......................xiii
Highlighting .........................xiii
ISO 9000 .........................xiii
Online Publications ......................xiii
Related Publications ......................xiii
Trademarks .........................xiv
Chapter 1. Introducing the Eserver pSeries 690 ............1
System Configurations......................2
Partitioned System Overview ...................3
Partition Profiles.......................3
System Profiles .......................4
Types of Partitions ......................4
Processor on Demand......................5
Processor on Demand Features .................5
Processor on Demand Activation Features ..............6
Capacity Planning ......................6
Software Licenses and Processor on Demand .............8
Activating Process for Processor on Demand .............8
Chapter 2. Using the Eserver pSeries 690 ..............9
Hardware Management Console (HMC) Overview and Setup .........9
System Power-on Methods ....................9
Powering the Server On and Off ..................9
Powering On the Processor Subsystem using the HMC .........10
Powering Off the Processor Subsystem Using the HMC .........10
Graphics Console Support ....................10
Reading the Operator Panel Display.................11
Checkpoints ........................11
Disturbance or System Attention LED ...............11
Understanding the Power-On Self-Test (POST) .............13
POST Indicators ......................13
POST Keys ........................13
Chapter 3. Using the Service Processor...............15
Service Processor Menus ....................15
Accessing the Service Processor Menus Locally............16
Accessing the Service Processor Menus Remotely ...........16
Saving and Restoring Service Processor Settings ...........16
Menu Inactivity .......................16
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