From: John Jolet (john.jolet@FXFN.COM)
Date: Tue Feb 24 2004 - 13:04:00 EST
when the box is hung and nothing else works....it's also used to power on if
you've halted the system and don't want to go through sms.
On Tuesday 24 February 2004 11:14 am, you wrote:
> We have a RS/6000. I remember holding the reset until the Led reads 0c9 to
> get a dump (using the yellow button). What is the white for and when is it
> used?
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> Hi, Sue,
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> The reset button is yellow. The power-on-power-off button is white. If
> you hit the reset button (yellow), this will definitely reset the
> comuter immediately and possibly caused in-flight transactions some
> bleeding. If you hit the power-on-power-off button (white button), this
> depends on a lot of factors! It depends on what Led codes are displayed
> if you're able to successfully hit the power-on-power-off button twice.
> As each system is NOT created equally within the IBM hardware platform
> world it would be helpful to know if you're running a pSeries (Regatta
> or equivalent [p670]) or an IBM RS/6000 machine to determine the proper
> steps. Do you have an MCA or PCI architecture. (The steps are somewhat
> different--but important for firmware). Please advise.
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> Best wishes,
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> Joseph Kremblas
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> We have an M80 here which was recently hung and needed to be restarted
> from the hardware level. My question is which button should be used? The
> white power button or the reset button. And what is the difference? I
> seem to recall the reset button will create a dump if held for a few
> seconds.
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> I am administering this system by default as the prior admin left the
> company...
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