Use this procedure to ensure that the service processor
is reset properly under the direction of your hardware service provider.
Note: Use this procedure only under the
direction of your next level of support or your hardware service provider.
During this procedure you will be powering off the system and removing
and reapplying ac power.
- Inform anyone using the server that it will be shut down.
- Stop all applications that are running on the server.
- Stop the operating system and server
by choosing from the following options:
- If you have a management console,
shut down all logical partitions and the server. For instructions
see Powering on and powering off a system. Then continue with step 6.
- If you do not have an HMC, continue with the
next step.
- Log in to the system as a user with the
authority to run the appropriate shutdown command.
- At the command line, enter one
of the following commands:
- If your system is running AIX®, type shutdown
- If your system is running IBM® i, type PWRDWNSYS
*IMMED
- If your system is running Linux, type shutdown
-h now
- If your system is running IBM PowerKVM, complete the
following steps:
- Log in to the host with either root or sudo authority.
- To Power off each of the guests, complete the following steps:
- To obtain a list of all guests, type virsh list and
press Enter.
- For each guest in the list, type virsh shutdown <domain
name or domain ID> and press Enter.
- Type virsh list and press Enter.
All guests are powered off when the list does not display any entries.
- To power off the host, type poweroff and
press Enter.
These commands stop the operating system.
The system power turns off, the power-on light begins to slowly flash,
and the system goes into a standby state.
- Unplug the ac power cord and plug it back
in.
- The service processor is reset. Start
the server. This ends the procedure.
