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  • Subject: RE: Ops Console
  • From: "William Corbett" <corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 17:03:22 -0400
  • Importance: Normal

I'll share my opinion of a PC as the console...

Mostly the whole point of the console is for a system problem.  A twinax
console ALWAYS works, always.  If there's a serious system problem, you have
to be able to get to the console.  A pc running any emulation-type program
is prone to problems, or at least one more possible point of failure.
What if you're having problems with the servers?  Or any other problem which
won't let the PC connect?  Or heaven forbid, there's one of those windows
problems, it could happen, ya know. :)

A word to the wise:  I ordered my 170 with operations console AND the twinax
card.  Since I ordered it with Ops console and wasn't using it, there was an
SRC on the panel always. (I forget the number)  I had a terminal seemingly
working fine as the console, but Rochester informed me that it wasn't REALLY
the console.  If I had a serious problem, the system may not recognize that
it had a console at all and I could have big problems doing DR.
They got it fixed, but actually had to get on my machine to do it.

AS/Resources, Inc.
William A.(Tony) Corbett
IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Developer
http://www.asresources.com
corbett@asresources.com
404-784-4737



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