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>Setting up the hardware with SMS</H1
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> This chapter describes how to configure the system's Firmware
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to use the hardware properly. To do this we are going to use a
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software tool from IBM called System Management Services, SMS.
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>Where is the BIOS?</H2
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> Lots of Linux users are familiar with the x86 platform, and
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immidiatly ask "What key may I press to access the
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BIOS". Well, on the 7248 it's not that easy, but it's not
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very difficult either. This is a real UNIX machine, and real
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UNIX machines don't have a BIOS. They have some sort of
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Firmware instead. There is not much to yell about, 'cause to
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the users, it's almost the same thing. Firmware often seem to
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have lots of bugs in them, just like the BIOSes in the PC
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world. They often are more selective on what kind of hardware
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they support too. For hardware system management on our 7248,
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IBM has a software program to be booted from floppy disk,
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called "SMS" - "System Management Services". With this you can
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access the Firmware. You can get images for SMS and for
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updated firmware <A
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TARGET="_top"
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> here</A
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>. You should select MS-DOS images from the menu.
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They are actually zip-files in disguise, so you should be able
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to make those disks from a Linux box as well, using unzip and
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mtools. (If you feel totally lost on this, I wrote a quick
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help, look in <A
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HREF="x969.htm"
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>the Section called <I
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>Appendix: Make SMS and firmware floppies from Linux</I
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> To boot the SMS, turn off the machine, insert the SMS floppy,
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push the power button and press the F4 key while the system
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check icons pop up in the bottom of the screen. (If you prefer a
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text based interface, try F2 instead.) Basic usage is outside
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the scope of this document, but it's not very difficult.
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>What settings to use</H2
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You should have a little look over your system to see whats
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actually there. Then you should check the boot sequence, as it's
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quite important to make your system boot right. The sequence
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should be: (You guessed it) Floppy disk -> CD-player -> first
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SCSI harddisk -> second SCSI harddisk -> etc.
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>More info about the hardware</H2
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> You might find good references in IBM's sales manual, some
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clicking and searching from <A
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>here</A
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> There are also some <A
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HREF="http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/resource/hardware_docs/"
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TARGET="_top"
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> reference manuals in pdf format</A
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> for free download from
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>the IBM RS/6000</A
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pages that might come handy.
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