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The Question is: The console is at a ">>>" prompt that is NOT the boot prompt. This mode was entered accidently. Both systems are up and fully operational in the FT configuration. We want to return the console to a operator console and get out of the ">>>" mode. "Help " is not available at the prompt. We DO NOT want to shut down, reboot, halt the processors, etc. only return to console mode. The Answer is : The triple-angle-bracket is the console prompt on the Alpha, VAX and VAXft series -- including the VAXft model 410 -- and in this case indicates that one of the two zones in this VAXft system is at the console prompt. Based on your statements, this VAXft system appears to presently be operating in "degraded duplex" mode. While in degraded duplex, I/O in the zone is accessable, but OpenVMS is not running in that zone. (And again, this "dead sergeant" prompt is the console prompt.) You will want to (re)boot the halted zone to resume normal operations, or (if not clustered) you can attempt to issue the START/ZONE command to restart the zone from the halt. (If the system is still running, the output of the VAXft DCL command SHOW ZONE would be interesting.) When an OpenVMS system is operating in and configured in an OpenVMS Cluster, an attempt to restart the system with a CONTINUE or a START/ZONE after a system HALT will generally lead to an immediate CLUEXIT bugcheck as too much time will have elapsed and the cluster sanity timers will have expired. (OpenVMS Alpha system that might have USB consoles also cannot be halted and restarted in this fashion.) These systems must be rebooted. The OpenVMS FAQ has a discussion of the BREAK signal, and how it can be generated on a console serial line and can (unintentionally or otherwise) halt a VAX or Alpha system.
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