Control panel function codes
Learn about function codes that are displayed on the control panel to indicate status and function options.
To display all functions, put the control panel in manual operating mode. For details, see Putting the physical control panel in manual operating mode.
The following table includes descriptions of the primary and customer-extended control panel function codes.
| Function code | Function selected | |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Displays the current IPL parameters. This function is available in both normal and manual operating mode. |
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| 02 | Used to select the IPL type, system operating mode, and firmware IPL mode. This function is available in both normal and manual operating mode. | |
| 03 | Restarts an IPL of the system using the selected IPL parameters. This function is available only in manual operating mode and when the system power is on. | |
| 04 | Performs a lamp test; all displays and indicators are lit. This function is available in both normal and manual operating mode. | |
| 05 - 06 | Reserved. | |
| 08 | Causes fast power off. This function is available only when the system is in manual operating mode and the system power is on. | |
| 09 - 10 | Reserved. | |
| 11 | Displays a system reference code (SRC) on the control panel using up to 32 ASCII characters, including non-hexadecimal characters. This function is available in both normal and manual operating mode when an SRC is available. | |
| 12 | Displays an SRC on the control panel using up to four extended SRC data words. This function is available in both normal and manual operating mode when an SRC is available. | |
| 13 | Displays an SRC on the control panel using up to eight extended SRC data words. This function is available in both normal and manual operating mode when an SRC is available. | |
| 14 - 19 | Displays an SRC on the control panel using callout data. These functions are available in both normal and manual operating mode when an SRC is available. | |
| 20 | Displays the machine type and model, VPD card CCIN, and IPL types. This function is available in both normal and manual operating mode. | |
| 21 | For System i models, it causes the Use Dedicated Service Tool (DST) display to appear on the system console. To exit the DST, select the Resume operating system display option. This function is available only in the manual operating mode and when activated by the IBM® i operating system.Not applicable for System p servers. | |
| 22 | Forces a partition dump. This function is available only in the manual operating mode and when activated by the operating system. | |
| 23 - 24 | Reserved. | |
| 25 - 26 | Use service switches 1 and 2 to enable or disable functions 50 through 99. These functions are available only in the manual operating mode. | |
| 27 - 29 | Reserved. | |
| 30 | Displays the service processor IP address and port location. This function is
available only in the manual operating mode and in standby. Note: If IPv6 is
displayed, then the service processor network ports are configured with IPv6 IP addresses. There
aren’t enough characters on the control panel to display the entire address.
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| 31 - 33 | Reserved. | |
| 34 | Retries the partition dump. This function is available only in the manual operating mode and when activated by the firmware. | |
| 35 - 40 | Reserved. | |
| 41 | Initiates a non-disruptive platform system dump. This function is available only in the manual operating mode and when activated by the system processor. | |
| 42 | Performs a platform dump. This function is available only in the manual operating mode and when activated by the system processor. | |
| 43 | Performs a service processor dump. This function is available only in the manual operating mode. | |
| 44 | Reserved. | |
| 45 | This function starts the node identification LED to flash. This function is available only in the manual operating mode and the system must be in the stand-by state. | |
| 46 | This function starts an LED guided installation procedure for SMP cables. This function is available only in the manual operating mode and the system must be in the stand-by state. | |
| 47 | This function skips an SMP cable during installation. This function code is activated only when the function code 46 is running. | |
| 48 - 54 | Reserved. | |
| 55 | Displays or changes the platform system dump collection policy, platform system dump hardware content, and platform system dump firmware content settings. This function is available only in the manual operating mode. | |
| 56 - 62 | Reserved on systems that are running on system firmware level Ax710. | |
| 63 | Displays up to the last 25 system status SRCs. This function is available only in the manual operating mode. | |
| 64 | Displays up to the last 25 diagnostic status SRCs. This function is available only in the manual operating mode. | |
| 65 | Deactivates a remote service session. This function is available only in the manual operating mode. | |
| 66 | Activates a remote service session. This function is available only in the manual operating mode. | |
| 67 | Initiates an I/O processor dump and a disk unit I/O reset/reload. This function is available only in the manual operating mode. | |
| 68 | Powers off power domains to affect replacement of IOPs and IOAs when the system is powered on (concurrently). This function is available only in the manual operating mode. | |
| 69 | Powers on power domains to affect replacement of IOPs and IOAs when the system is powered on (concurrently). This function is available only in the manual operating mode. | |
| 70 | Initiates IOP dumps. This function is available only in the manual operating mode. | |
| 71 | Activate network boot. This function is only available in manual operating mode, when PowerVM is the hypervisor and customer engineer (CE) function ranges have been enabled. | |
| 72 | Disable network boot. This function is available only in manual operating mode when PowerVM is the hypervisor and customer engineer (CE) function ranges have been enabled. | |
| 73 | Factory reset. This function is only available when the platform is powered off. This function is only available in manual operating mode and customer engineer (CE) function ranges have been enabled. | |
| 74 - 99 | Reserved. |
If you cannot find the function code in this chart, added features or devices might not have been available when this information was produced. Look on the control panel for supplemental unit function code information for the function code that you displayed.