Manufacturing Default Configuration

Resolving The Problem

Manufacturing Default Configuration

The manufacturing default configuration is the initial single partition setup of the managed system as received from your service provider.

When your system is in the manufacturing default configuration, you can install an operating system on the managed system and use the managed system as a non-partitioned server. In this state, you do not need to manage the system using a Hardware Management Console (HMC).

If you choose to attach an HMC to a managed system that is in the manufacturing default configuration for reasons other than partitioning (such as to activate Capacity on Demand), all of the physical hardware resources on the system are automatically assigned to the logical partition. If you add new physical hardware resources to the managed system, the resources are automatically assigned to the logical partition. However, in order to use the newly added resources, you need to dynamically add the resources to the logical partition or restart the logical partition. You do not need to make any partitioning changes on the server if you do not want to do so.

However, if you use the HMC to create, delete, change, copy, or activate any logical partitions or partition profiles on the managed system, the system will be in partition mode. You must then use the HMC to manage the managed system. If the server has at least one IBM i logical partition, you must also change the managed system properties on the HMC so that one of the IBM i logical partitions on the managed system is the service partition for the managed system. If a managed system is managed using an HMC and you want to return the managed system to an non-partitioned state or, if you want to partition the managed system with the Integrated Virtualization Manager or the Virtual Partition Manager, you must follow a special procedure to reset the server.

Managed systems that are partitioned using the Integrated Virtualization Manager are not managed with an HMC. If a managed system is managed using the Integrated Virtualization Manager, you do not need to reset the server to return the managed system to a non-partitioned state. Also, you do not need to reset the server if you want to switch from using the Integrated Virtualization Manager to using an HMC. To switch to using an HMC, you should do the following:

1. Back up the data on each logical partition
2. Attach the HMC to the server
3. Create the logical partitions
4. Restore the data to the storage assigned to each logical partition

The Manufacturing default configuration is how a POWER system is shipped (normally).

The Manufacturing default configuration will not allow you to tag a console. Your partition will probably fail with an A6005008.

Selecting the partition by going to Tasks -> Serviceability -> Control Panel Functions -> 65 (Disable Remote Service) and 21 (Activate Dedicated Service tools) will register the appropriate SRCs on the partition; however, because you can not tag your console, you will not have a console.

You will have to create a new partition and or create a new partition profile (to tag the console).

If you create a new profile, you will receive a warning that you are about to exit Manufacturing default configuration...are you sure? Answer YES.

If you create a new partition, you will not get prompted, and you will automatically exit Manufacturing default configuration.