Re: Remote Control panel on 820 -- MIDRANGE-L

Al,
I thought that also. I am running NT boxes with Ops Console on 2 820DSD 
machines.
Once it was configured, it has worked well. We do not have the Control Panel
cables yet, so we cannot rate that side.

Downsides:
1. Rochester delivered machines with WAN IOP card and new iSeries internal modem
card swapped in slots C4 and C6. Since we have to have the WAN card in a 
specific
slot, Ops Console would not function.
2. Twinax adapter was installed in the 3rd frame, so we could not use a twinax
console either.
3. The Remote Panel cable requires a parralel port, but I was under the 
impression
that it required an additional serial slot, so purchasing acquire 2 new
non0standard PCs with 2 serial ports. (I know, adding a card to a company 
standard
PC was much cheaper, but another dept handled configuring the PCs.) I do not 
know
if I was mistaken, used old documentation, or the cable connection varies by
machine type.
4. Did have to call  Support Line, they identified the card slot problem, and 
also
showed how to reset the WAN card through the control panel. They were most
helpful.

This was all at V4R5

Bob

"Al Barsa, Jr." wrote:

> At 04:00 PM 11/27/00 +0800, you wrote:
>
> If anyone from IBM Rochester is reading this, just delete it now.
>
> Remote console doesn't work well.  (These words were developed by my
> advisors, who asked that my other comments regarding absorption be
> withdrawn.)  I would suggest that you do not waste your time.
> Look for alternative solutions that are predicted to work better, but are
> yet unannounced.
>
> Al
> >Hi All !!
> >
> >We're shortly going to be installing an LPAR'd 820 with a PC for the Ops
> >Console and Remote Control Panel, however a curious little item in
> >'CA4155081 Operations Console Setup' has us wondering.  It states that "For
> >AS/400e servers 270, 820, 830, and 840, the remote control panel runs only
> >under Windows NT.  For other AS/400e servers, the remote control panel runs
> >under Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT Workstation 4.0 or later, and
> >Windows 2000 professional.'.
> >
> >We'd really like to install Win2000 on the Ops Console, and are just
> >wondering if the above statement is absolutely correct.  I can't understand
> >why it would work under WinNT but not under Win2000.  Does anyone have
> >remote Control Panel working under Win2000 ??
> >
> >Thanks in Advance
> >
> >
> >Dwayne Lindner
> >Senior Analyst - Data Centre
> >Wesfarmers Rural Division
> >184 Railway Parade, Bassendean WA 6054
> >Ph: (08) 9273 5365
> >Email: dwayne.lindner@writ.wesfarmers.com.au
> >
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