Using the system management services

Learn how to use each of the system management services (SMS) menus and how each option on the menus can help you manage your system.

Notes:

If the firmware console is a graphics terminal, you might be asked to enter the password for the service processor's admin user that was set using the Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI).
On some of the SMS menus, you will see the term LPAR. LPAR is equivalent to the term logically partitioned server or partitioned server.
In a partitioned server, SMS menus display only those devices that are assigned to the partition that is being booted. In a partition that uses all the resources in a server, SMS menus display all devices in the system.
In some of the following example menus, Un is used in place of Ufeature_code.model.serial number for legibility.

If you have not performed the steps to start the system management services, see Starting the system management services and select the correct procedure for your system before you continue.

The following table contains the titles of the menus or tasks that can be accessed in the SMS application. Use it to access and review the specific task that you want.

Table 1. SMS menus and descriptions
Menu or task	Description
Main Menu	Describes the opening menu when first starting SMS.
Select Language	You can change the language used by the SMS menus.
Setup Remote IPL	You can enable and set up the remote startup capability of your server or partition.
Adapter Configuration	You can set the network speed, enable or disable spanning tree, and set the protocol.
Speed, Duplex	You can set the interface speed at which the card runs and select half or full duplex.
Spanning Tree Enabled	You can enable or disable the spanning tree option.
Protocol	You can set the appropriate protocol for your network.
Ping Test	You can test an adapter's network connection to a remote system.
Change SCSI Settings	You can view and change the addresses of the SCSI controllers attached to your system.
Select Console	You can select which console to use to display the SMS menus.
Select Boot Options	You can view and set various options regarding the installation devices and boot devices. The Select boot options menu gives you the following options: Select Install or Boot Device, Select Boot Devices, Multiboot Startup
Normal Mode Boot or Service Mode Boot	You can have your system perform a boot in the normal or service mode.
Hard Drive	Displays a menu identifying the different types of hard drives installed on your system. (for example, SCSI or SSA)
Set Boot Sequence	You can set the location of the device in the boot list. It gives options to Display current settings, Restore default settings, Multiboot startup, and Exiting system management services

After the SMS starts, the following menu is displayed:

Main Menu

 1. Select Language
 2. Setup Remote IPL (Initial Program Load)
 3. Change SCSI Settings
 4. Select Console
 5. Select Boot Options


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Navigation keys:

                                             X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

If you have a model 7037-A50 or 7047-185 server, the following menu is displayed after the SMS starts:

Main Menu

 1   Select Language
 2   Setup Remote IPL (Initial Program Load)
 3   Change SCSI Settings
 4   Select Console
 5   Select Boot Options
 6   Power/Restart Control
 7   System Service Aids
 8   Set Beep Volume
 9   Select Keyboard


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Navigation keys:
 M = return to Main Menu      N = Next page of list
 ESC key = return to previous screen         X = eXit System Management Services
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Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key

For more information on the additional options available with these models, see Model 7037-A50 and 7047-185 additional main-menu options.

On all menus except the main menu, there are several navigation keys:

M: Return to the main menu.
ESC: Return to the previous menu.
X: Exit the SMS and start the operating system.
If you enter X, you are asked to confirm your choice to exit the SMS menus and start the operating system.

When there is more than one page of information to display, there are two additional navigation keys:

N: Display the next page of the list.
P: Display the previous page of the list.

Note: The lowercase navigation key has the same effect as the uppercase key that is shown on the menu. For example, m or M returns you to the main menu.

On each menu, you are given the option of choosing a menu item and pressing Enter (if applicable), or selecting a navigation key.

Select Language

Note: If you are using a TTY (ASCII) terminal, it must support the ISO-8859 character set to correctly display languages other than English. When you select this option, you can change the language used by the SMS menus.

 SELECT LANGUAGE

  1. English
  2. Francais
  3. Deutsch
  4. Italiano
  5. Espanol






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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

Setup Remote IPL

When you select this option, you can enable and set up the remote startup capability of your server or partition. A list of network interface card (NIC) adapters in the server is displayed first. An example of this menu follows:

Attention: In a partitioned server, only those network adapters that have been assigned to the partition being booted are displayed in the NIC Adapters menu. In a full system partition, all network adapters in the system are listed in the adapter parameters menu.

NIC Adapters

		       Device                       Slot                  Hardware Address
 1. Port 1 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et       Un-P1-T9                  00096bff616b
 2. Port 2 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et       Un-P1-T10                 00096bff616a
 3. 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X        Un-CB1-C03-T1             000295e3814f



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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

When you select an adapter, the Network Parameters menu is displayed:

Network Parameters

Port 1 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et    Un-P1-T9     00096bff616b
 1. IP Parameters
 2. Adapter Parameters
 3. Ping Test


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

Selecting the IP (Internet Protocol) parameters option displays the following menu:

IP Parameters

Port 1 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et    Un-P1-T9     00096bff616b
 1. Client IP Address    [000.000.000.000]
 2. Server IP Address    [000.000.000.000]
 3. Gateway IP Address   [000.000.000.000]
 4. Subnet Mask          [255.255.255.000]


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

To change IP parameters, type the number of the parameters for which you want to change the value. Entering IP parameters on this menu automatically updates the parameters on the ping test menu.

Attention: If the client system and the server are on the same subnet, set the gateway IP address to [0.0.0.0].

When you select Adapter Configuration, you can set the network speed, enable or disable spanning tree, and set the protocol as shown in the following menu:

Adapter Configuration

Port 1 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et    Un-P1-T9     00096bff616b
1.  Speed, Duplex
2.  Spanning Tree Enabled
3.  Protocol


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

When you select the Speed, Duplex option, you can set the interface speed at which the card runs and select one of the following options. The current setting is indicated by "<===".

Full Duplex: This setting enables concurrent sending and receiving. This is usually wanted (and should be enabled) when your system is connected to a network switch.
Half Duplex: This setting requires an adapter to only send or receive at a single point in time. When your system is connected to a hub, it auto-negotiates and uses half duplex to avoid collisions.
Auto-negotiation: This is the process of deciding whether to work in full duplex mode or half duplex mode. Auto-negotiation allows the adapter to decide for itself which mode is optimal depending on the type of network it is attached to.

Adapter Configuration

Port 1 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et    Un-P1-T9     00096bff616b

1.  auto, auto
2.  10,half
3.  10,full
4.  100,half
5.  100,full


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

When you select the Spanning Tree Enabled option, you can enable or disable the spanning tree. If this option is enabled, because the network to which the system is being attached supports spanning trees, the firmware imposes a waiting period of up to 60 seconds before the adapter is allowed to communicate with the network. If this option is disabled, the network adapter can access the network immediately after the system is connected.

The spanning tree protocol is a link-management protocol that provides path redundancy while preventing duplicate loops in a network. The spanning tree option is enabled or disabled on the network switch. If the LAN adapter port being configured with the SMS adapter menus is attached to a network switch that has the spanning tree protocol enabled, the spanning tree option on the Adapter Configuration menu remains enabled, which is the default. If the network switch does not support the spanning tree protocol, or it is disabled, the spanning tree option on the Adapter Configuration menu can be disabled. Leaving this option enabled does not affect the adapter's operation. This setting potentially affects the ping test and NIM installation. If the port's spanning tree setting is disabled, but it is enabled on the network switch to which it is attached, the ping test and NIM installation might fail even though the network and the adapter are operational.

When you select the Protocol option, you can set the appropriate protocol for your network as shown in the following.

Protocol

Port 1 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et    Un-P1-T9     00096bff616b

 1. Standard  <===
 2. IEEE802.3


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

Select the Ping Test option from the Network Parameters menu to test an adapter's network connection to a remote system. After you select the ping test option, the same series of menus takes you through setting up the IP parameters and the adapter configuration before attempting the ping test.

Notes:

After the ping test is initiated, it might take 60 seconds or longer to return a result.
When the ping test passes or fails, the firmware stops and waits for a key to be pressed before continuing.

Change SCSI Settings

When you select this option, you can view and change the addresses of the SCSI controllers attached to your system.

SCSI Utilities

  1. Hardware Spin Up Delay
  2. Change SCSI Id


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

Select Console

When you select the Select Console utility, you can select which console to use to display the SMS menus. This selection is only for the SMS menus and does not affect the console used by the operating system.

Follow the instructions that are displayed on the menu. The firmware automatically returns to the menu on which the POST indicators (memory, keyboard, network, SCSI, speaker) display across the bottom of the menu. Press the numeric 1 key after the word keyboard is displayed and before the word speaker is displayed to return to the SMS main menu.

Note: If you do not change the console to another device before removing the current console, you must reattach the current console to change your console selection.

Select Boot Options

Select this option to view and set various options regarding the installation devices and boot devices.

  1. Select Install or Boot a Device
  2. Select Boot Devices
  3. Multiboot Startup


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

Select Install or Boot Device: You can select a device from which to boot or install the operating system. This option is for the current boot only.
Select Boot Devices: You can set the boot list.
Multiboot Startup: Toggles the multiboot startup flag, which controls whether the multiboot menu is invoked automatically on startup.

If you select Select Install or Boot Device, the following menu is displayed:

  Select Device Type

 1.  Diskette
 2.  Tape
 3.  CD/DVD
 4.  IDE
 5.  Hard Drive
 6.  Network
 7.  None
 8.  List All Devices


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

If you select Hard Drive, a menu similar to the following is displayed:

  Select Hard Drive Type

 1.  SCSI
 2.  SSA
 3.  SAN
 4.  None
 5.  List All Devices


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

If you select SCSI, for example, all of the SCSI adapters that are in the system, or assigned to the partition, are displayed on the next menu. Depending on the devices that are installed in your system, a menu similar to the following is displayed:

Version SF220_014
SMS 1.5 (c)  Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2003 All rights reserved.
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Select Media Adapter

1.  Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0
2.  Un-P1-T12 /pci@80000002000000f/pci@2,2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0
3.  Un-P1-T13 /pci@80000002000000f/pci@2,2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@1
4.  List all devices


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

When you select an adapter, the next menu displays the devices of the requested type that are attached to that adapter. In the following example, all of the SCSI hard files that are attached to the first adapter are listed:

Version SF220_014
SMS 1.5 (c)  Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2003 All rights reserved.
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Select    Device
Device    Current    Device 
Number    Position   Name

1           1       SCSI 73407 MB Harddisk Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/
                     pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

You can now select the appropriate device for this installation or boot.

If you have a 911x-xxx server, system firmware released in 01SF235 or later supports a dual-boot option, which means you can have two bootable operating systems on one hard drive. If the system firmware detects two bootable operating system images on a device, the previous menu will instead look like the following example:

Select    Device
Device    Current      Device
Number    Position     Name
  1.        1          SCSI 36401 MB Harddisk, part=2 (AIX 5.3.0)
                       (loc=U7879.001.0397700-P1-T12-L3-L0)
  2.        2          SCSI 36401 MB Harddisk, part=4 (AIX 5.3.0)
                       (loc=U7879.001.0397700-P1-T12-L3-L0) 
  3.       None

In this menu, part= indicates the partition that owns this instance of the operating system. If the operating system supports a boot-info partition, the boot-info partition value is displayed after the partition number. In this example, the value of boot-info partition is AIX® 5.3.0. Linux® does not support a boot-info partition, so the field between the two parentheses after the partition number is empty. If a device does not support more than one instance of an operating system, the partition number and description field in the boot-info partition are displayed if available.

When a device is selected for installing the operating system, or to boot from, the Select Task menu retrieves more information about the device, or to boot from that device in normal mode or service mode. The following is an example of this menu.

Select Task

SCSI 73407 MB Harddisk Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0

1.  Information
2.  Normal Mode Boot
3.  Service Mode Boot


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen           X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

If you select either Normal Mode Boot or Service Mode Boot, the next menu asks, Are you sure? If you answer yes, the device is booted in the appropriate mode. If you answer no, the firmware returns to the Select Task menu.

Select Boot Devices

In a partitioned system, the Select Boot Devices menu lists only those devices from which an operating system can be booted and that are assigned to the partition that is being booted. In a full system partition, all devices from which an operating system can be booted are listed on the Select Boot Devices menu.

Note: To minimize the search time for bootable devices, these menus follow this hierarchy:

device type -> bus type -> adapter -> devices attached to the adapter

By selecting List All Devices from the Select Device Type menu or the Select Media Type menu, you can view all of the potentially bootable devices at one time.

The List All Devices function can take a long time on a large system with many I/O adapters and devices, such as large disk arrays.

Select Select Boot Devices to view and change the customized boot list, which is the sequence of devices read at startup.

 Configure Boot Device Order

 1.  Select 1st Boot Device
 2.  Select 2nd Boot Device
 3.  Select 3rd Boot Device
 4.  Select 4th Boot Device
 5.  Select 5th Boot Device
 6.  Display Current Setting
 7.  Restore Default Setting


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

When you select any of the options 1-5, the Select Device Type menu is displayed.

 Select Device Type

 1.  Diskette
 2.  Tape
 3.  CD/DVD
 4.  IDE
 5.  Hard Drive
 6.  Network
 7.  None
 8.  List All Devices


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

When you select a device type, such as option 5, a Select Media Type menu is displayed. The following is an example of that menu.

 Select Media Type

 1.  SCSI
 2.  SSA
 3.  SAN
 4.  IDE
 5.  ISA
 7.  None
 8.  List All Devices


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

When you select the media type, all adapters of that type are displayed on the Select Media Adapter menu. The following is an example of that menu for a SCSI media type.

Version SF220_014
SMS 1.5 (c)  Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2003 All rights reserved.
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Select Media Adapter

1.  Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0
2.  Un-P1-T12 /pci@80000002000000f/pci@2,2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0
3.  Un-P1-T13 /pci@80000002000000f/pci@2,2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@1
4.  List all devices


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

Then, you must select each adapter individually to see the devices that are attached to it. The following is an example of this menu for the first adapter in the previous example:

Version SF220_014
SMS 1.5 (c)  Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2003 All rights reserved.
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Select    Device
Device    Current    Device 
Number    Position   Name

1           1       SCSI 73407 MB Harddisk Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/
                     pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

When you select a device type, you can view detailed information about the device or set the device location in the boot list from the Select Task menu. The following is an example of the menu for a hard disk.

 Select Task

SCSI 73407 MB Harddisk Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0
 1.  Information
 2.  Set Boot Sequence: Configure as 1st Boot Device


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen           X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

Selecting Information displays a menu similar to the following for a hard disk.

 Device Information
    /pci@8000000200000dd/pci@2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@1/sd@5,0
                   :  (Bootable)
DEVICE             : SCSI 73407 MB Harddisk Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/
                     pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0
NAME               : sd
DEVICE-TYPE        : block

Parent Information
IBM,FW-ADAPTER-NAME: Ultra-320
NAME               : scsi
DEVICE-TYPE        : scsi-2


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen           X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

When you select the Set Boot Sequence option, you can set the location of the device in the boot list.

Display Current Settings

This option displays the current setting of the customized boot list. An example of this menu, with one device in the boot list, follows.

 Current Boot Sequence

1. SCSI 73407 MB Harddisk Un-P1-T14 /pci@80000002000000d/pci@2/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0
2. None
3. None
4. None
5. None


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen              X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

Restore Default Settings

This option restores the boot list to the default boot list. The default boot list varies depending on the devices that are installed in the system.

The default boot list is as follows:

Primary diskette drive (if installed)
Optical drive (if installed)
Tape drive (if installed)
Hard disk drive (if installed)
Network adapter

Multiboot Startup

Multiboot Startup toggles the multiboot startup flag, which controls whether the multiboot menu is invoked automatically on startup.

Exiting system management services

After you finish using the SMS menus, type x (for exit) to boot your system or partition.