2.5.2 Common Boot Time
LED Error Codes and Recovery Actions
The following questions are designed to help you verify your knowledge of
this chapter:
- A system administrator suspects that a colleague rebooted their server The
previous evening. Which of the following commands will confirm this suspicion?
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A.
- uptime
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B.
- lastboot
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C.
- reboot -l
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D.
- bootinfo -t
- Once the machine has been powered on, which of the following is the
correct way to reach the Systems Management Services menu on a PCI machine?
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A.
- Press the space-bar when the LED displays 262.
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B.
- Turn the key to Service mode when the LED displays 200.
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C.
- Choose SMS when the boot option menu appears on screen.
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D.
- Press the appropriate function key once the keyboard has been enabled.
- While attempting a preservation install, all of the hardware connections
appear to be correct. However, when trying to boot from CD-ROM, the machine
ends up in diagnostics. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this
problem?
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A.
- The battery on the machine is bad.
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B.
- The root volume group is corrupt.
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C.
- The low-level debugger is not enabled.
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D.
- There is a hardware problem with the CD-ROM.
- A machine has a bootlist that is set for network booting. In attempting
to access SMS menus in order to change the bootlist to the local disk, it is
discovered that someone has set an SMS supervisory password, and the password
is not recorded. Which of the following actions will allow the system
administrator to gain access to the SMS menus?
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A.
- Boot from AIX installation media, then reinstall SMS.
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B.
- Boot from AIX installation media, then reset the supervisory password.
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C.
- Call IBM and ask for the over-ride password based on the serial number.
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D.
- Remove the battery from the system for at least one minute. Replace the
battery and then reboot.
The following are the answers for the previous questions:
- A
- D
- D
- D
2.7 Exercises