Re: Questions about Ops Console

["Paul Stratton" <Paul.Stratton@xxxxxxxxxx>]

IBM manual Operations Console Setup SC41-5508-02 has all the info for cable
and Lan attached PC consoles.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 4:55 PM
Subject: 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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