Re: What kind of Console for LPAR ?

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Judging by Joe's reply, perhaps you meant Op's Console, versus iSeries 
Navigator, (formerly known as Operations Navigator).

We have one system that uses op's console.  It is direct attached.  The 
rest of our systems and lpar's use twinax console.

We probably underuse op's console.  All we have it do is connect and 
create a 5250 session.  We don't have it do the pretty picture that is 
supposed to look like the front panel of the iSeries.  Since that machine 
is local and IPL's quick we never saw a benefit to setting that part up. 
We had a consultant set it up, (while he was setting up LPAR).

Al Barsa markets a product that is supposed to be a competitor for op's 
console.  I don't know enough about it to make a comment.


Pro's and con's?

Cost of twinax.  We already required a PC in the machine room anyway for 
some other functions.  (Great sound for CD's on those downtime weekends 
also.  Bummer it didn't have a DVD drive.)  We already had several twinax 
cards tied up for other partitions.

Someone said that putting your primary partition under Op's Console is 
that cat's meow but I still haven't figured out why.


Rob Berendt
-- 
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 




"Chuck Lewis" <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi Folks,

 

With the 3 choices of console on a new 8xx LPAR box, what are the pros and
cons of  twinax, ops nav or Lan ?

 

Thanks !

 

Chuck

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