Appendix G. Power On The System; Hmc Power-On; Partition Standby; Full System Partition - IBM pseries 690 Installation Manual
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Appendix G. Power On the System
You can power on the pSeries 690 by using HMC or by using the power button on the media subsystem
operator panel.
For more information about using the HMC, refer to the IBM Hardware Management Console for pSeries
Installation and Operations Guide.
HMC Power-On
To power on the managed system, you must be a member of one of the following roles:
v System Administrator
v Advanced Operator
v Operator
v Service Representative
To use the HMC to power on the managed system, do the following:
1. In the Navigation area, click the Partition Management icon.
2. In the Contents area, select the managed system.
3. In the menu, click Selected.
4. Select Power On.
You are asked to select a power-on mode from the following:
v Partition Standby
v Full System Partition
v System Profile
v Power-on Autostart
The next section discusses each of these power-on modes.
Note: You must power off your managed system to switch between using the full system partition and
using either logical or affinity partitions. You must also power off the system between using logical
parititions and affinity partitions.
Partition Standby
The partition standby power-on option allows you to create and activate logical partitions. When the
partition standby power-on is completed, the operator panel on the managed system displays LPAR...,
indicating the managed system is ready for you to use the HMC to partition its resources.
Note: The full system partition is listed as Not Available because the managed system was powered on
using the partition standby option.
Full System Partition
The full system partition power-on option allows you to use all of the system's resources under one
operating system after the system has been powered on. This is the traditional single-system method of
using your system's resources.
The physical operator panel on your managed system displays progress codes when you boot the system
in this mode.
If you select the full system partition option, you can then select one of the following profiles:
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