Using Superdome GSP Menus

The Guardian Service Processor (GSP) provides a set of menus that give you access to various service commands, consoles, log files, and other features.

To use these menus, see “Navigating through GSP Menus”.

The following sub-menus are available from the GSP Main Menu when you log in to a Superdome server's GSP utility hardware:

Console Menu—Provides access to consoles for the Superdome server's partitions.
Virtual Front Panel Menu—Provides a Virtual Front Panel for various partitions or for the entire system.
Command Menu—Includes service, status, system access, and manufacturing commands.
Console Log Viewer Menu—Allows access to the Superdome server's console logs.
Chassis Log Viewer Menu—Allows access to the Superdome server's chassis code logs.

These GSP menus provide a central point for managing an HP Superdome complex outside of HP-UX.

While the GSP menus provide many tools and details not available elsewhere, additional features are available from HP-UX running in a Superdome partition.

Figure 2-2 Overview of HP Superdome GSP Menus

Navigating through GSP Menus

This section describes how to navigate through Superdome GSP menus and sub-menus.

As Figure 2-3 “Navigating through HP Superdome GSP Menus” shows, there are various commands and options for returning to the GSP Main Menu and escaping or ending a GSP login session.

The following list has additional tips for navigating through GSP menus and using GSP features:

Control-b
Exit current console, console log, chassis log, or Virtual Front Panel.
When accessing a partition's console, any log files, or any Virtual Front Panel (VFP), you can exit and return to the GSP Main Menu by typing ^b (Control-b).
Q (or lower-case q)
Exit or cancel current menu prompt.
Enter Q (or lower-case q) as response to any menu prompt to exit the prompt and return to the previous sub-menu.
You can do this throughout the GSP sub-menus, including the console menus, various command menu prompts, and the log and VFP menus.
Note that, from the GSP command menu prompt (GSP:CM>) you must enter MA (not Q) to return to the GSP main menu. However, you can enter Q or q to cancel any command.
Control-]
Escape the GSP connection and return to the telnet prompt.
At any time during your telnet connection to a Superdome server's GSP, you can type the ^] (Control-right bracket) escape sequence.
This key sequence escapes back to the telnet prompt. When at the telnet> prompt you can use the following commands, among others: ? (print telnet command help information), close (close the current connection), and quit (exit telnet).
To return to the GSP connection, type enter (or return) one or more times.

Figure 2-3 Navigating through HP Superdome GSP Menus

Using Superdome GSP Menus

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