Re: What kind of Console for LPAR ?

Hi,

Thanks for the complement, but we do not market a product that completes
with either Ops Console or LAN Console.  Our product, APRM, is an Automatic
Partition Resource Manager, which dynamically balances partition workloads
in a partitioned system.  For more information on that, see our web site.

Al

Al Barsa, Jr.
Barsa Consulting Group, LLC

400>390

914-251-1234
914-251-9406 fax

http://www.barsaconsulting.com
http://www.taatool.com





                                                                                
                                                          
                      rob@xxxxxxxxx                                             
                                                          
                      Sent by:                    To:       Midrange Systems 
Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>               
                      midrange-l-bounces@x        cc:                           
                                                          
                      idrange.com                 Subject:  Re: What kind of 
Console for LPAR ?                                           
                                                                                
                                                          
                                                                                
                                                          
                      03/27/2003 01:27 PM                                       
                                                          
                      Please respond to                                         
                                                          
                      Midrange Systems                                          
                                                          
                      Technical Discussion                                      
                                                          
                                                                                
                                                          
                                                                                
                                                          




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>
Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
03/27/2003 11:07 AM
Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion

        To:     "midrange-l" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
        cc:
        Fax to:
        Subject:        What kind of Console for LPAR ?


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

_______________________________________________
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing
list
To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.


_______________________________________________
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.