Common Service Procedures

• Related concepts
• Powering on and powering off
  Provides information for powering on and powering off the system.
• Managing the Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI)
  Understand how to manage the Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI).
• Service functions
  Service functions provides enough detail for the service provider to gather information about hardware problems while under the direction of the next level of support.
• Determining the primary or alternate console
  Use this procedure to determine the primary or alternate console.

• Related tasks
• Determining if the system has logical partitions
• Determining which Processor is the Secondary Service Processor
  Use this procedure to determine which service processor on your system is the secondary service processor.
• Displaying error and event logs
  Display a list of all of the error and event logs in the service processor.
• Managing dumps
  After you have performed a dump, or one occurs automatically, use this information to manage the dump, including copying, reporting, and deleting it.
• Performing a slow boot
  Learn how to perform a slow boot using the HMC, control panel, or ASMI menus depending on your configuration.
• Resetting the service processor
  Use this procedure to reset the service processor.
• Resetting the managed system connection from the HMC
  Use this procedure to reset the managed system connection from the HMC.
• Checking for a duplicate IP address
  Use this procedure to check for a duplicate IP address.
• Running the online and eServer stand-alone diagnostics
  Use these tools to diagnose hardware problems on your AIX^(R) or Linux^(R) systems or partitions.

• Related reference
• The System Reference Code (SRC) Format Description
  The format of the SRC that you see depends on the system or server.