IBM Power System S914 Installing Instructions

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Note: Confirm that the system is in standby mode. The green power status indicator on the frontcontrol panel is flashing, and the dc out indicator lights on the power supplies are flashing. Ifnone of the indicators are flashing, check the power cord connections.3. Wait for the green light on the control panel to start flashing.4. Ensure that your ASCII terminal is set to the following general attributes.These attributes are the default settings for the diagnostic programs. Be sure that your terminal is setaccording to these attributes before proceeding to the next step.Table 2. Default settings for the diagnostic programsGeneral setupattributes3151 /11/31/41settings3151 /51/61settings3161 /64settingsDescriptionLine speed 19,200 19,200 19,200 Uses the 19,200 (bits per second)line speed to communicate with thesystem unit.Word length (bits) 8 8 8 Selects 8 bits as a data word length(byte).Parity No No No Does not add a parity bit and is usedtogether with the word lengthattribute to form the 8–bit data word(byte).Stop bit 1 1 1 Places a bit after a data word (byte).5. Press a key on the ASCII terminal to allow the service processor to confirm the presence of the ASCIIterminal.6. When the login display appears for the ASMI, enter admin for the user ID and password.7. Change the default password when you are prompted.8. Press Enter until the server information appears.You have completed the setup for an ASCII terminal, and have started the ASMI.9. Continue with “Completing the server setup” on page 19.Cabling the server to the HMCThe Hardware Management Console (HMC) controls managed systems, including the management oflogical partitions, the creation of a virtual environment, and the use of capacity on demand. Using serviceapplications, the HMC can also communicate with managed systems to detect, consolidate, and forwardinformation to IBM service for analysis.Before you beginIf you have not installed and configured your HMC, do so now. For instructions, see Installation andconfiguration tasks (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/POWER9/p9hai/p9hai_taskflow.htm).To manage POWER9 processor-based systems, the HMC must be at version 9 release 9.2.0, or later. Toview the HMC version and release, complete the following steps:1. In the navigation area, click Updates.2. In the work area, view and record the information that appears in the HMC Code Level section,including the HMC version, release, Service Pack, build level, and base versions.To cable the server to the HMC, complete the following steps:14 Power Systems: Installing the IBM Power System S914 (9009-42A)