RE: new hardware - is it v5r3m5?

Here's my opinion of the four choices:

HMC = sweet - you can even remote console if you set it up right
Twinax = thick gangly cables, but rarely fails (and on the way out)
LAN console = BLECCH!!!!!
Ops console = BLECCH!!!!! 

I often think that the people who designed the HMC wanted it to be
thought of not only as the Hardware Management Console, but the Heavenly
Marshmallow Creampuff.  Such luxurious computing it provides.

Little low on coffee - sorry.  Hope it made you chuckle.

--
Justin C. Haase - iSeries System Engineer
IBM Certified Systems Expert - eServer i5
Kingland Systems Corporation

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I really haven't had any issues lately with the HMC locking up.  Since
you have to have an HMC anyway for an i5 with multiple i5/OS partitions,
why not use it for the console?  You already have the maintenance
required to sync HMC code, FSP firmware, hardware and i5/OS so that's
taken out of the equation.

Rob Berendt
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>what console issues?
Earlier this year there was considerable traffic on this list about HMC 
issues (whether
they were used for console I do not know...)
jim

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>I doubt it will come with v5r3m5.  I believe that it reserved for the
> systems that use the new boot from san IOP.
>
> what console issues??  If you mean lan console, then I think it is
much
> better thean it was in v5r1.
>
> Since you have two partitions you have 4 console choices; twinax, ops
> console, lan console and HMC.
>
> Choose the best for your environment.
>
> _____________________________
> Bryan Dietz
> Aktion Associates
>
>
>
> midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 12/05/2005 10:43:02 PM:
>
>> If new box shipped now (520) then will it be V5R3M5?
>> Have console issues been solved?
>> This box will run at least 2 partitions.
>> Any comments?
>>
>> jim franz
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