Re: Disabling service processor password requirement upon reboot ...

Hello,

On 5/11/07, Sandor W. Sklar <ssklar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've just built one of the new p5 servers, and it seems that when
rebooting the OS (AIX 5.2), it is not possible to do this without a
console connection, because just after the screen fills with "IBM IBM
IBM ...", I'm told that I have to enter the Service Processor 'admin'
password to continue.

Which model(s) do you have?

I guess it must be set in the system firmware menus (with "AIX/Linux
partition mode boot ") - unfortunately none of our servers can be shut
down at the moment, so I cannot test it ;-)

LGee

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