Restarting a system with logical partitions

To restart the whole system (perform a power down and an initial program load (IPL)), the secondary partitions must power down with the primary partition.

If you are going to restart the primary partition, first power down all of the secondary partitions.

You can restart a secondary partition without affecting the other secondary partitions. If the secondary partition is powered on, you can restart it using PWRDWNSYS OPTION *CNTRLD DELAY (600) RESTART (*YES). You can use this command from a command line at one of its workstations or use the Run Command in System i® Navigator.

Secondary Partition State Unattended IPL Attended IPL
Running with IBM® i active
  1. Use the remote control panel for the logical partition to select normal mode and to set the appropriate source (type).
  2. Right-click the logical partition with which you want to work and select Run Command.
  3. Type PWRDWNSYS OPTION (*CNTRLD) DELAY (600) RESTART (*YES) and Click OK.
  1. Use the remote control panel for the logical partition to select manual mode and to set the appropriate source (type) .
  2. Right-click the logical partition with which you want to work and select Run Command.
  3. Type PWRDWNSYS OPTION (*CNTRLD) DELAY (600) RESTART (*YES) and Click OK.
Running with IBM i not active
  1. Use the remote control panel for the logical partition to select normal mode and to set the appropriate source (type).
  2. Use the remote control panel and click the power button. (Delayed power off).
  3. Wait for the partition to power off.
  4. Use the remote control panel and click the power button again.
  1. Use the remote control panel for the logical partition to select manual mode and to set the appropriate source (type).
  2. Use the remote control panel and click the power button. (Delayed power off).
  3. Wait for the partition to power off.
  4. Use the remote control panel and click the power button again.
Not running
  1. Use the remote control panel for the logical partition to select normal mode and to set the appropriate source (type).
  2. Use the remote control panel and click the power on button.
  1. Use the remote control panel for the logical partition to select manual mode and to set the appropriate source (type).
  2. Use the remote control panel and click the power on button.

See Basic system operations for more information on performing attended or unattended IPLs. Operations Console provides additional information on the remote control panel.