Hardware Service Manager

The Hardware Service Manager allows you to display and work with system hardware (logical or packaging) and debug input-output processors (IOP) and devices.

You can select the Hardware service manager option from the Start a Service Tool display. It allows you to display and work with system hardware (logical or packaging) and debug input-output processors (IOP) and devices.

Figure 1. Example Hardware Service Manager display (in the full and limited paging environments)

                           Hardware Service Manager                             
                                                                                
 Attention:  This utility is provided for service representative use only.      
                                                                                
    System unit . . . . . . . :   9406-570 10-0020A                             
    Release . . . . . . . . . :   V5R3M0                                        
                                                                                
 Select one of the following:                                                   
                                                                                
    1. Packaging hardware resources (systems, frames, cards,...)                
    2. Logical hardware resources (buses, IOPs, controllers,...)                
    3. Locate resource by resource name                                         
    4. Failed and non-reporting hardware resources                              
    5. System power control network (SPCN)                                      
    6. Work with service action log                                             
    7. Display label location work sheet                                        
    8. Device Concurrent Maintenance                                            
    9. Work with resources containing cache battery packs                       
                                                                                
Bottom                                                                          
Selection                                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
 F3=Exit      F6=Print configuration      F9=Display card gap information       
 F10=Display resources requiring attention      F12=Cancel

Note: The system power control network (SPCN) option appears only on systems with SPCN.

The Hardware Service Manager display provides the following information:

System type, model, and serial number
Licensed Internal Code and operating system release information
Note: For details on how to interpret the Release field, see Determining the dominant operating system.
A list of the Hardware Service Manager options
Note: The options available vary depending on the system type and paging environment. For details, see Hardware Service Manager options.
Function keys
Note: The function keys vary depending on the display that is shown. For information on how to use them to collect information, see Collecting information and performing functions from the Hardware Service Manager displays.

For more information on the system configuration and resources, see System architecture and configuration and Resource names.