Installation and Initial Configuration Guide

Resetting the IBM 2212

Question

How do I reset the operational software on the IBM 2212?

Answer

The IBM 2212 operational software can be reset in the following ways:

• Unplug and replug the IBM 2212 power cord.

• Press and hold for 6 seconds the reset button on the system card. The IBM 2212 will behave as if it has been powered off and back on: component tests are run and the operational code is reloaded.

  Note:

  If you press the reset button and hold it for less than 6 seconds, the memory contents will be dumped if dumping has been enabled via talk 6 in the command-line interface. It will also reboot the IBM 2212 if reboot has been enabled via talk 6 in the command-line interface. If reboot has not been enabled, the IBM 2212 will hang until it has been powered off and on. It is recommended that reboot always be enabled on the IBM 2212.

• Both the OPCON (*) prompt and Config only> prompt support the reload and restart commands. From either prompt, type reload or restart and press Enter.

  The reload command causes the IBM 2212 to behave as if it has been powered off and back on: system card and hard drive or compact flash component tests are run and the operational code is reloaded.

  The restart command activates configuration changes, operational code is not reloaded and diagnostic tests are not run. You cannot use restart to initialize a new version of the operational code.

  Note:

  The Config only> prompt appears when no config file is active. Lack of an active config file indicates that an active configuration has become corrupted or that the IBM 2212 is not configured.

• From the Bootstrap Menus, choose the issue reset option. The issue reset option on the Bootstrap Menus causes the IBM 2212 to behave as if it has been powered off and back on: system card and hard drive or compact flash component tests are run and the operational code is reloaded.

• At the SVC> prompt, type reboot and press Enter. This causes the IBM 2212 to test the system card and hard drive or compact flash components and reload the operational software on the hard drive or compact flash.

Note:

The software that is loaded and interface the IBM 2212 boots to are determined by the current boot mode setting. To change the boot mode setting, access the SVC> prompt and use the bootmode command. (SeeAccessing the Service Recovery Prompt (SVC>).)