RE: Twinax console refuses to give signon screen

["Ingvaldson, Scott" <SIngvaldson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can you force a DST signon using function 21 from the front panel?  If
so check option 5-Work with DST Environment > 2-System Devices >
6-Select Console

At V5R3 the options should be:
        1 - Twinax
        2 - Ops Console (Direct)
        3 - Ops Console (Lan)
        4 - HMC

If you can force DST but changing this doesn't work, try deleting DSP01
then copying and renaming QCONSOLE to DSP01.  Also verify that DSPSYSVAL
SYSVAL(QCONSOLE) shows DSP01.

Regards,
 
Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group


-----Original Message-----
date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:37:53 -0600
from: Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Twinax console refuses to give signon screen

Thanks all.

Still stumped.  Many have mentioned that the upper right indicates no 
communication.  Yep.  Me too.  I know that.  However if the same three 
cables and three terminals work on two other machines with no problem, 
what does that leave in the mix?  Having even swapped the "brick" I am 
guessing the failure is the card itself.  But wouldn't a faulty card be 
reported on the system somewhere?

Last night I decided to IPL in manual mode and I got SRC A600 5001 
(predictably).  Tried an IPL from CD thinking maybe somewhere there was 
a setting that was causing the console not to come up. Can't force this 
thing to see the console.

Tonight I'll try pulling the card and re-seating it though I still think

that the system configuration is somehow at the heart of the problem 
(although just how that is possible, I don't know).  Also, I'll blow the

dust off the wrap plug and see if I can get to the bottom of this.

Console worked about 3 months ago when I applied a CUME  and Group 
PTF's.  Don't know why it would decide to NOT connect now.

As far as I know I don't have an alternative console option on this
machine.

Pete


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