DS8000 Service Documentation Version 6.3.3

AIX IPL

This section provides descriptions for the numbers and characters that display on the operator panel and descriptions of the location codes used to identify a particular item.

Note: The AIX® IPL progress codes occur on only when running AIX or booting standalone diagnostics. The codes do not occur on servers that run Linux® or on Linux partitions.

Operator panel display numbers

This section contains a list of the various numbers and characters that display in the operator panel display. There are three categories of numbers and characters.
  • The first group tracks the progress of the configuration program.
  • The second group tracks the progress of the diagnostics.
  • The third group provides information about messages that follow an 888 sequence.

AIX configuration program indicators

The numbers in this list display on the operator panel as the system loads the AIX operating system and prepares the hardware by loading software drivers.

Note: Some systems may produce 4-digit codes. If the leftmost digit of a 4-digit code is 0, use the three rightmost digits.