Questions about Ops Console

>   And while LAN console appears to be a 'nice alternative' to the Ops
> Console, it turns out that it's not available for EZ-Setup *NOR* to do a
> scratch re-load of a system with no load source. It also requires one of
> the 100Mb LAN cards so this causes even more grief wrt IOAs/IOPs/Buss
> because of the 100Mb cards higher IOP loads.  So you STILL gotta be able
> to make the Ops Console work even if you're doing LAN console.  "Not
> ready for prime time......"
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A couple of questions from the uninformed, if you would indulge me.

First, the nature of the products: am I correct to say that Ops Console is a
PC program that acts as my system console but attaches via serial port,
while LAN Console is a similar product that runs via TCP/IP?

Second, the box itself: I get the idea that iSeries (or at least my model
270) come configured either for Ops Console or a local console.  My machine
seems to have come configured for the PC, even though I didn't ask for it (I
guess it's the default).  However, I use a twinax attached dumb tube as my
console.  Because of that, my machine runs fine, but is always displaying an
A900 error code.  Is there a way to change this configuration myself, and if
not, I seem to remember a manual IPL procedure that makes the A900 go away.
Does anybody recall that?

Finally, where is the easiest place (yeah I know) to find information about
installing and running Ops Console?  As I said, my model 270 seems to want
Ops Console, and I really should learn about it.  Will Ops Console run on an
NT machine?  Is the serial port standard on the 270, and just for grins
(because even if I find a manual, they never seem to be very good about
this) where physically on the box is the correct port?  That is,
approximately what location on the back, and does it have a label?

Joe

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