Printing the system configuration list

The system configuration list is a printed record of your system contents. You need to know your system configuration when you plan to install or change any hardware or software and when you recover from a disaster or evaluate the results of a major system change.

Note: For partitioned systems, you must print the system configuration list from each partition. The system configuration list shows only the hardware resources that are assigned to that partition. To have a complete view of the system configuration of the entire system, you must obtain the printout from every partition. It is preferred that each time you make configuration changes to a partition, you obtain the latest system configuration list of the partition afterwards.

If you are printing a configuration list from your primary partition or secondary partition, see Printing system configuration for logical partitions.

You must configure Service Tools user IDs before starting SST. For more information about how to configure a user ID, see Managing service tools user IDs using DST and SST.

Your user ID must have Hardware Service Manager authority.

To print the system configuration list, follow these steps:

Start System Service Tools (SST). On any command line, type STRSST (Start System Service Tools) and press Enter.
Sign on to SST with your user ID.
Select option 1 (Start a service tool).
Select option 7 (Hardware Service Manager).
Use the Print function key (F6) on the Hardware Service Manager display to request a printout. The Print Format Options display appears. You can sort the information by location or by logical address.
Notes:
- The logical address sort and location sort are available only in 132-character width.
- The logical hardware and the packaging hardware have unique resource names.
To collect more details about the system configuration list, you can select the Print function key from a display other than the Hardware Service Manager display, but the system prints only the information that appears on the display.

To display or print details that include descriptions about the system bus, main storage, or processor, follow these steps:
1. Select the Logical Hardware Resources option.
2. On the Logical Hardware Resources display, select one of the following options to display details:
  - System bus resources
  - Processor resources
  - Main storage resources

Your system configuration list prints on the printer that you specified.

The printout consists of the following sections:

System information, which includes the system type, model, serial number, and release.
Packaging hardware resource information, which includes the resource name, type and model, serial number, part number, frame ID, card position, and device position.
Logical hardware resource information, which includes the resource name, type and model, serial number, and logical address.
A legend, which includes the descriptions of the indicators and logical address format information.

Use the legend to help you interpret the information.