Re: What kind of Console for LPAR ?

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On 27 Mar 2003 at 11:07, Chuck Lewis wrote:

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


Well, we have OpsConsole (direct connect) on our 820, and we made it a point
to order our 810 with twinax console!

During several cums and other install stuff, OpsConsole failed on us. We had to 
work
hard on the system panel (there are some service functions) to get the console 
online
again.

Hey, scratch install of system (disaster recovery), after 24 hours of working, 
we do a
rstcfg. After 45 minutes, we find that the console has disconnected - another 
IPL needed.

OpsConsole is fine 99.9% of the time, but Murphy has his roll with the last .1%.

If you need to remote control the system, OpsConsole is the way to go. But if 
you can do
without, I'll always take one of my 10+years old twinax displays!

Regards,

Oliver