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hello i was wondering how to get to the SMS and Open Firmware menus on the i5/9406-520? (to install Linux)

The BMC menu i think it's called works via RS232 port A at 19200 8,N,1 without problem, but when I select to boot SMS or OpenFirmware then power on it gets stuck and goes no further. B7005122 is the last shown IPL message.

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Stuart MacIntosh
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Dear Stuart

If you do a Google search with "ibm src b7005122", you will find an entry explaining that one possible cause of SRCB7005122 is that the load source disk unit cannot be found. 

If you boot Linux from an optical drive, you need to set the IPL mode of the machine to "D", not A or B. 

May I ask if you have all HW parts that support Linux in i520 machine?  For an i5 machine, there are separate orderable HW parts (adapter cards. disk controller, disk drives, etc.) for IBM i as opposed to Linux for Power. If you have all HW for IBM i in the machine, Linux would not find a vlid disk unit to install. 

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Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think. -- Albert Einstein.
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Satid S.

Original Message:
Sent: Wed March 15, 2023 08:07 AM
From: Stuart MacIntosh
Subject: how to boot to SMS and OpenFirmware on i5/9406-520 ?

hello i was wondering how to get to the SMS and Open Firmware menus on the i5/9406-520? (to install Linux)

The BMC menu i think it's called works via RS232 port A at 19200 8,N,1 without problem, but when I select to boot SMS or OpenFirmware then power on it gets stuck and goes no further. B7005122 is the last shown IPL message.

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Stuart MacIntosh
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Thank you, Satid!

That explains a lot, this machine ran AIX using the integrated RAID controller if I'm not mistaken. However I am still unable to access the SMS from this serial console (assuming I would install AIX instead) when selecting them from the power-on menu. Should I not be able to reach the SMS menu to configure disks and LPARs from here? 

I had hoped to simply boot a Debian or CentOS DVD from OpenFirmware. When I set the IPL partition to D the same B7005122 error is logged as when trying to boot to SMS or OpenFirmware. In addition B2003110 and B200F00D logged but seem related to the former issue.

Power On/Off System                                                             Current system power state: Off                                                 Current firmware boot side: Temporary                                           Current system server firmware state: Not running                                                                                                                1. System boot speed                                                                   Currently: Fast                                                          2. Firmware boot side for the next boot                                                Currently: Permanent                                                     3. System operating mode                                                               Currently: Normal                                                        4. AIX/Linux partition mode boot                                                       Currently: Continue to operating system                                  5. Boot to system server firmware                                                      Currently: Running                                                       6. System power off policy                                                             Currently: Automatic                                                     7. i5/OS partition mode boot                                                           Currently: D                                                             8. Power on                                                                    98. Return to previous menu                                                     99. Log out                                                                                                                                                     S1> 

D200B09F                                                                        D200B060                                                                        D200B06F                                                                        D200E060                                                                        D200E06F                                                                        D200B080                                                                        D200B08F                                                                        D200C100                                                                        D200C1FF                                                                        D200C200                                                                        D200C2FF                                                                        C2002200                                                                        C20022FF                                                                        C2002400                                                                        C2002450                                                                        C20024FF                                                                        C2002300                                                                        C20023FF                                                                        C2002500                                                                        C20025FF                                                                        C2003100                                                                        B2003110 LP=001                                                                 B7005122 

Thank you again for the help, the IBM Power platform is new to me!

Dear Stuart

If you do a Google search with "ibm src b7005122", you will find an entry explaining that one possible cause of SRCB7005122 is that the load source disk unit cannot be found. 

If you boot Linux from an optical drive, you need to set the IPL mode of the machine to "D", not A or B. 

May I ask if you have all HW parts that support Linux in i520 machine?  For an i5 machine, there are separate orderable HW parts (adapter cards. disk controller, disk drives, etc.) for IBM i as opposed to Linux for Power. If you have all HW for IBM i in the machine, Linux would not find a vlid disk unit to install. 

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Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think. -- Albert Einstein.
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Satid S.

Original Message:
Sent: Wed March 15, 2023 08:07 AM
From: Stuart MacIntosh
Subject: how to boot to SMS and OpenFirmware on i5/9406-520 ?

hello i was wondering how to get to the SMS and Open Firmware menus on the i5/9406-520? (to install Linux)

The BMC menu i think it's called works via RS232 port A at 19200 8,N,1 without problem, but when I select to boot SMS or OpenFirmware then power on it gets stuck and goes no further. B7005122 is the last shown IPL message.

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Stuart MacIntosh
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hello i was wondering how to get to the SMS and Open Firmware menus on the i5/9406-520? (to install Linux)

The BMC menu i think it's called works via RS232 port A at 19200 8,N,1 without problem, but when I select to boot SMS or OpenFirmware then power on it gets stuck and goes no further. B7005122 is the last shown IPL message.

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Stuart MacIntosh
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hello i was wondering how to get to the SMS and Open Firmware menus on the i5/9406-520? (to install Linux)

The BMC menu i think it's called works via RS232 port A at 19200 8,N,1 without problem, but when I select to boot SMS or OpenFirmware then power on it gets stuck and goes no further. B7005122 is the last shown IPL message.

Wow! POWER5 from 2004.

You may have problems finding a Linux that will run on POWER5.

I do not know the answer to you problem but the documentation it here:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power5?topic=as400-9406-520-i5-520

Google: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/search/B7005122%20?scope=POWER5

If a B2xx3110 error is logged, a B2xx3200 or B7005122 may be posted to the control panel. Work the B2xx3110 error in the Serviceable Event View. If the system IPL hangs at B2xx3200 or B7005122 and you cannot check the SRC history, perform the actions indicated for the B2xx3110 SRC.

With a reference to: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power5?topic=POWER5/ipha6_p5/b7xx.html

hello i was wondering how to get to the SMS and Open Firmware menus on the i5/9406-520? (to install Linux)

The BMC menu i think it's called works via RS232 port A at 19200 8,N,1 without problem, but when I select to boot SMS or OpenFirmware then power on it gets stuck and goes no further. B7005122 is the last shown IPL message.

hello i was wondering how to get to the SMS and Open Firmware menus on the i5/9406-520? (to install Linux)

The BMC menu i think it's called works via RS232 port A at 19200 8,N,1 without problem, but when I select to boot SMS or OpenFirmware then power on it gets stuck and goes no further. B7005122 is the last shown IPL message.

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Stuart MacIntosh
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Maybe this could be still true:

"The IBM iSeries server provides the ability to run Linux on the iSeries server in a 
secondary partition. The primary partition must be running OS/400 V5R1 or later, which 
provides the support required to boot the kernel in a secondary partition. The Linux operating 
system needs to be installed and executed in a secondary iSeries partition."

Source: https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246232.pdf

Or if you have a serial attached HMC on your side you could try:

Partitioning a new or nonpartitioned IBM System i5 or eServer i5 managed system using version 7 or later of the HMC

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Patrick Hügli

Original Message:
Sent: Wed March 15, 2023 08:07 AM
From: Stuart MacIntosh
Subject: how to boot to SMS and OpenFirmware on i5/9406-520 ?

hello i was wondering how to get to the SMS and Open Firmware menus on the i5/9406-520? (to install Linux)

The BMC menu i think it's called works via RS232 port A at 19200 8,N,1 without problem, but when I select to boot SMS or OpenFirmware then power on it gets stuck and goes no further. B7005122 is the last shown IPL message.

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Stuart MacIntosh
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Thank you Patrick. Unfortunately I only have an RS232 serial console (null modem) and no HMC here. Trying to run Linux on the metal if possible, I read it is supported via OpenFirmware but unable to reach the SMS to partition the disks in any case.

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Stuart MacIntosh

Original Message:
Sent: Fri March 17, 2023 08:11 AM
From: Patrick Hügli
Subject: how to boot to SMS and OpenFirmware on i5/9406-520 ?

Maybe this could be still true:

"The IBM iSeries server provides the ability to run Linux on the iSeries server in a 
secondary partition. The primary partition must be running OS/400 V5R1 or later, which 
provides the support required to boot the kernel in a secondary partition. The Linux operating 
system needs to be installed and executed in a secondary iSeries partition."

Source: https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246232.pdf

Or if you have a serial attached HMC on your side you could try:

Partitioning a new or nonpartitioned IBM System i5 or eServer i5 managed system using version 7 or later of the HMC

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Patrick Hügli

Original Message:
Sent: Wed March 15, 2023 08:07 AM
From: Stuart MacIntosh
Subject: how to boot to SMS and OpenFirmware on i5/9406-520 ?

hello i was wondering how to get to the SMS and Open Firmware menus on the i5/9406-520? (to install Linux)

The BMC menu i think it's called works via RS232 port A at 19200 8,N,1 without problem, but when I select to boot SMS or OpenFirmware then power on it gets stuck and goes no further. B7005122 is the last shown IPL message.

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Stuart MacIntosh
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That's a tricky case

Maybe helpful if you have an external DVD:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/srcb7005122-during-d-ipl

Did you try to boot from the temporary Firmware boot side?           

Please check your I/O i.e Adapter/slot/Disk population for any unsupported config.

Did you try to do a minimum HW config (CPU/Mem/IO) and boot from standalone diagnostic CD?
Slow Boot!
Any AIX RAID configuration can be showed/edited in this mode in addition.  
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6474531
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power5?topic=wad-loading-using-aix-online-diagnostics-eserver-hardware-standalone-diagnostics

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Patrick Hügli

Original Message:
Sent: Sun March 19, 2023 04:55 AM
From: Stuart MacIntosh
Subject: how to boot to SMS and OpenFirmware on i5/9406-520 ?

Thank you Patrick. Unfortunately I only have an RS232 serial console (null modem) and no HMC here. Trying to run Linux on the metal if possible, I read it is supported via OpenFirmware but unable to reach the SMS to partition the disks in any case.

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Stuart MacIntosh

Original Message:
Sent: Fri March 17, 2023 08:11 AM
From: Patrick Hügli
Subject: how to boot to SMS and OpenFirmware on i5/9406-520 ?

Maybe this could be still true:

"The IBM iSeries server provides the ability to run Linux on the iSeries server in a 
secondary partition. The primary partition must be running OS/400 V5R1 or later, which 
provides the support required to boot the kernel in a secondary partition. The Linux operating 
system needs to be installed and executed in a secondary iSeries partition."

Source: https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246232.pdf

Or if you have a serial attached HMC on your side you could try:

Partitioning a new or nonpartitioned IBM System i5 or eServer i5 managed system using version 7 or later of the HMC

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Patrick Hügli

Original Message:
Sent: Wed March 15, 2023 08:07 AM
From: Stuart MacIntosh
Subject: how to boot to SMS and OpenFirmware on i5/9406-520 ?

hello i was wondering how to get to the SMS and Open Firmware menus on the i5/9406-520? (to install Linux)

The BMC menu i think it's called works via RS232 port A at 19200 8,N,1 without problem, but when I select to boot SMS or OpenFirmware then power on it gets stuck and goes no further. B7005122 is the last shown IPL message.

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Stuart MacIntosh
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