Perform Manual IPL on iSeries 9406-520

By the way, this is a "Normal" IPL, not a "Manual" IPL.  

A Manual IPL requires the operator to use a console to respond to various prompts as the system starts up, so you cannot do a Manual IPL without some sort of local console, remote console, or HMC.

- Gary Patterson

Thanks, I will try

I don't have enough letters, I have 02  B  N and on the second line I have T, I don't see any S or V, and when I press enter it goes to 02. The instructions say "exit function 02" How? I don't have an Exit button, if I change it to function 01, nothing happens, and I have no function 03, I just have 01, 02 and 04, please help, thanks!

Sorry, Option 3 is only available in Manual mode.  Some of the Option 2 settings are probably only accessible in Manual mode, too.  Just set the B and N options, press Enter twice, and press the Power button (assuming the system is currently powered-down, of course).

After you set your IPL options, press the Power button to start the IPL.

- Gary Patterson

actually the system is not powered down (I don't think) it had the following message A6005008, which I look it up and I think it said the console was missing...! Do I still do what you said above? Thanks!

I went to 02 B N and P on the second line and pressed Enter and it went to 02 only and press Enter again and it's pointing to B again, there is an arrow under B and nothing happens!

can I just unplug this machine, and plug it back in so it will start working?

Missing console message usually comes up if you try a Manual IPL with no console attached.

Power down (press the power switch, you'll get prompted with the "O" symbol, press power switch again)

Once the system is down, then attempt a B-Normal IPL.

- Gary Patterson

Don't recommend pulling the plug.  You can leave the system unable to IPL.  Plus there's almost never a need to do that.

- Gary

I have 02 on the screen and I press power button, but nothing changes still 02 on the screen, I even kept is pressed for 10 sec and nothing changed

it goes in a loop, what the heck is Exit function 02? when I am at 02 B N T I press Enter and it takes me to just 02 and in the book it says "exit function 02", how in the world do I IPL now, what do I press, because if I press Enter again it goes back to 02 B N T and if I press the power nothing happens, I'm stuck!!!

You exit function two when you hit Enter that last time.  When you've exited function 02, the Increment/Decrement keys will change the function number.

Need to be in Manual mode to do a Manual powerdown from the power switch.

Let's take this from the top.  I'm not in front of a machine now, so this might not be press-for-press, but it is close:

Navigate using Up/Down to function 02.
Press Enter
Select "B" with up/down
Press Enter
Select "M with up.down
Press Enter twice

Press the Power button twice to power down.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas14dfe6c4604d3aca3862565c2007d512c

- Gary Patterson





- Gary

I did that and now it's showing 01 B M V=F and on the next line P and the power button is blinking green

it's going to message A6005008 and stopping there.

You've succeeded in starting a Manual IPL.  Now you need to power down again, switch to a Normal IPL, and power back up.

So instead of a M I put a N?

Yeah, you can only power down using the Power button if you are in "M"anual mode.

Once you've powered down, THEN switch to "N"ormal mode, and power up.  You can't do a Manual IPL if you don't have a console.

By the way, if you plan to use this system, you need to think about getting some kind of console attached.

- Gary Patterson

it works, thanks!

Happy to help.  Glad it worked out!