Installation guide

Using the Operator Control Panel

Reset the

System

Pressing the Reset button (shown in Figure 1–10) resets the

system. The system aborts all current processes, initializes, and

performs startup self-tests.

When the system is in console mode or in operating system

mode, you use the Reset button, as a last resort, to reset the

system if it hangs. (First, try pressing Ctrl/C or Ctrl/Y or

entering other operating system commands before pressing the

Reset button.)

Caution

Pressing the Reset button halts all system processes. Do

not perform this procedure from operating system mode

unless your system is hung and you have exhausted all

other ways of terminating the process.

When you press the Reset button, the system will reset itself and

perform system self-tests.

Reset a system as follows:

Step Action

1 Press the Reset button on the control panel

(Figure 1–10.)

If the auto_action environment variable is set to boot

and the bootdef_dev environment variable speciﬁes

the boot device, your system will perform a self-test

and autoboot. Once you log in to the system, you

can resume normal operation. It is not necessary to

perform the next step.

If not, proceed to the next step.

2 Return to operating system mode by entering the

boot

command at the console terminal prompt (

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