Originally posted by: clevi
Hi,
i'm having some wierd problem with one of my server P5 machines and i really need some help!
i have a physical P5 machine which is managed by our HMC.
right now, i have a problem with this machine cause looks like one network card is dead. AIX cannot startup when network is dead due to "Tcp/ip configuring" while booting, which cause the machine hangs on led 0581.
i know how to solve this issue but in order to do so i need console!
whenever i try to open a console from the HMC i get the error message "unable to open console, partition is in invalid state".
so i tried to connect serial console using hyper terminal app from laptop but its refused to open a terminal.
i've read that whenever server P5 is connected to an HMC its impossible to work with the serial Ports cause they are disabled. i've also tried to disconnect the HMC conncetion from this machine , shut it down and let her startup without managed by an HMC so perhaps the serial 1 port will work but it doesnt. i've tried with 9600 and 19200 speed and non of them works:(
i have no other ideas of how can i open a console to this machine and enabled the second network card.
Please, does anyone have any idea how to opena console from the HMC or direclty to the machine??
tnx a lot
chen
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