How can I boot the BS2000 on an SU x86?

Requirement

Login into the SE Manager as administrator, BS2000 administrator or a privileged operator.

The Power status of the SU x86 shows the value ON.

Procedure

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Switch to the BS2000 system's Operation mode tab of the SU x86: in native BS2000 mode to the native BS2000 system:   in VM2000 mode to the monitor system:

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In the Console and dialog group, click Open by the BS2000 console function: The console mnemonic must be configured in the BS2000 parameter file; in the default case, the console mnemonics C0 and C1 are defined. If the browser now displays a warning about the security certificate, click Continue to this website. A BS2000 console window opens. The console is loaded. As BS2000 is not yet active, no console messages can yet be seen.

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Open the KVP menu with the function key F2 (on the keyboard or on a virtual keyboard on the console window):

Main KVP Function Menu
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0 - Exit
4 - View last messages
5 - Show logging files
6 - SVP commands
7 - Programmable function keys
8 - Help
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Please enter value:

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Click behind Please enter value: and enter the value 6 to display the menu with the SVP commands:

SVP commands

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0 - Back to main menu
1 - Start BS2000
2 - Start BS2000 dump IPL
3 - Dump IOH memory
4 - Report actual default parameters for IPL
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Please enter value:

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Enter the value 1 to display the menu containing the IPL functions for starting BS2000:

Start BS2000 ================================================================================== 0 - Back to main menu 1 - Execute with current parameters 2 - Execute with preset parameters 3 - Execute with current parameters and save into preset parameters
Change params: a - IPL load device: b - Consol device: c - Startup mode [a|d|f]: d - BS2000 systemname: e - Clear BS2000 memory [y|n]:	current 9908 Z0 a ABGAFR01 n	preset parameters 9908 Z0 f ABGAFR01 n
================================================================================== Please enter value:

The menu shows, among other things, the (current and preset) load disk (also called IPL or boot disk) of BS2000. As the Server Unit was rebooted, the boot disk from the auto IPL configuration is set. This can differ from the boot disk of the last IPL. If necessary, use menu item a to select a different boot disk.

Initial startup from the boot disk requires a DIALOG startup. For this purpose the value d must be set for the IPL parameter Startup mode . If necessary, select this value using menu item c .

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Enter the value 1 to save the settings and start the IPL. This action closes the KVP menu and the current console messages are displayed.

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Take note of the console messages and answer the question messages.

As a large number of messages are output one after the other, question messages can also quickly “disappear”. The /SHOW-PENDING-MSG (or /STATUS MSG) command enables you to have all the open question messages displayed again.

As soon as the message NSI0000 displays “System ready”, startup of BS2000 has already been largely completed. You can continue to observe the current BS2000 session on the console and, when necessary, react to system messages (e.g. reply to a mount message).

The F3 and F4 keys enable you to scroll backward and forward in the history of the console inputs. Pressing Ctrl + d or entering ::c terminates the console.

For more extensive administration tasks in BS2000, you must log in on BS2000, see section "How do I open or close a BS2000 dialog?".

As an alternative to the procedure described above, you can also boot a BS2000 system in the SE Manager with the BS2000 IPL action. See the description in section "How can I boot the BS2000 via the SE Manager?".