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Operator panel, Input/output ports – IBM 6C4 User Manual

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Operator Panel

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32-character LED diagnostics display

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LEDs for power on, attention, SCSI activity, and LAN activity

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Buttons for power on, system reset, and service processor reset

System Reset

Dumps AIX (if dump is enabled) and reboots.

Service Processor Reset

Resets the service processor (standby mode).

Input/Output Ports

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One 25-pin parallel

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Keyboard

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Mouse

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Two Ultra3 SCSI (one to internal 4-pack disk drive backplane, one to external VHDCI
mini 68-pin port)

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Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)

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Two 10/100 Ethernet (IEEE 802.3 compliant)

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Three serial ports. Serial port 1 (S1) has two physical connectors, one RJ-48 located
in front on the operator panel, and a 9-pin D-shell located on the rear of the chassis.
The other two serial ports are 9-pin D-shell connectors and are located on the rear of
the system chassis.

Current usage for the serial port connectors are as follows:

Serial Port
Number

Location

Applicable Usage Examples

Serial Port 1 (S1
Front)

Operator Panel

Service Agent, PDA System Management Applications
(for example: handheld devices, laptop sytems), Service
Processor menus

Serial Port 1 (S1
Rear)

Rear of the
System

Service Processor menus, Service Agent, PDA System
Management Applications (interface cable required)

Serial Port 2 (S2)

Rear of the
System

Service Processor menus, HACMP

Serial Port 3 (S3)

Rear of the
System

HACMP, UPS, and Modems

Note: Serial port 1 is never used to run HACMP or UPS. If you are configuring your

system to run HACMP and UPS concurrently, you must connect HACMP to
serial port 2 and UPS to serial port 3.

Do Not

run UPS connected to serial

port 2. If you decide to diconnect HACMP, you

must

reset the service

processor reset pin-hole switch before running another application. The
service processor reset pin-hole switch is located on the operator panel.

Chapter 1. Introducing the System

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