Working with the control panel
The control panel is the initial interface on your system. With the system control panel, you can determine processor activity, read error codes to help determine component failure analysis, turn the system on and off, and change initial program load (IPL) characteristics.
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From the control panel, you can process system functions such as the following actions:
- Determine processor activity
- Display and get attributes or error codes to analyze problems
- Turn on or off the system
- Set IPL characteristics
You can use the physical control panel on the system or a remote control panel to perform these operations. It might be helpful to you if you set up the virtual control panel or the remote control panel. You can access control panel functions and use APIs to operate your remote control panel with a user-written program.
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