Remote POST Console

Remote POST Console

You can use the Service Processor Manager Remote POST Console function to remotely monitor, record, and replay all textual output generated during POST. To monitor and record the POST data on a remote system:

Connect to the remote system's Advanced Systems Management Adapter
Open the Remote POST window
Then restart the remote system (using the Service Processor Manager's System Power Control functions).

All POST data will be displayed in and recorded by the Remote POST window as the remote system completes POST. While you are monitoring POST on a remote system all local keystrokes are relayed automatically to the remote system, enabling you to interact with the POST process on the remote system.

To review data after POST completes, disconnect from the remote system and use the Replay functions.

Figure 9. The Remote POST window

Use the selections available in the Replay pull-down menu to replay the textual output that was captured during the last Remote POST operation. All text that was displayed by the remote system during POST will be displayed as it appeared on the remote system.

To begin playing the recorded POST data, or to resume playing the recorded POST data after stopping playback, click on Replay Last POST.
To halt playback of the recorded POST data, click on Stop.
To resume viewing the recorded POST data from the beginning, click on Restart.
Select Fast, Medium, or Slow to specify the speed at which the recorded POST data is displayed in the Remote POST window.

Note:

Remote POST data can be replayed only when you are not connected to a remote system's Advanced Systems Management Adapter.
Remote POST playback is slower than realtime POST operations.
This function requires a specially architected POST routine and is available only on some IBM systems. For a list of systems that support this feature, see 'Supported Advanced Functions'.

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