Serial Port Snoop Setup MenuThis menu can be used to set up serial port snooping, in which the user can configureserial port 1 as a ″catch-all″ reset device.From the main service processor menu, select option 1, Service Processor SetupMenu, then select option 8 (Serial Port Snoop Setup Menu).SERIAL PORT SNOOP SETUP MENU1. System reset string:Currently Unassigned2. Snoop Serial Port:Currently Unassigned98. Return to Previous Menu1>Use the System reset string option to enter the system reset string, which resets themachine when it is detected on the main console on serial port 1.Use the Snoop Serial Port option to select the serial port to snoop.Note: Only serial port 1 is supported.After serial port snooping is correctly configured, at any point after the system is bootedto AIX, whenever the reset string is typed on the main console, the system uses theservice processor reboot policy to restart. This action causes an early power off warning(EPOW) to be logged, and also an AIX dump to be created if the machine is at an AIXprompt, with AIX in such a state that it can respond. If AIX cannot respond, the EPOWrecord is created, rather than the AIX dump.Pressing Enter after the reset string is not required, so make sure that the string is notcommon or trivial. A mixed-case string is recommended.Chapter 7. Using the Service Processor 191
