Re:new hardware - is it v5r3m5?

I guess my response is more a comment on console options than V5R3M5.  
My two cents:

> HMC = sweet - you can even remote console if you set it up right
> Twinax = thick gangly cables, but rarely fails (and on the way out)
> LAN console = BLECCH!!!!!
> Ops console = BLECCH!!!!!

I run a 810 with three LPARs with the primary at V5R2.  So as a result 
I don't have the HMC option.  With limited slots to run ethernet 
cards, I could spare three slots to dedicate three ethernet cards for 
the Lan Console fro each partition.  I didn't want to have three 
twinax consoles so I got creative.  I use a Windows 2000 pc with a 4 
port PCI Serieal port expander.  I run VMWare and run three seperate 
Windows 2000 machines on the box.  VMWare virtualized the serial ports 
so Ops Console gets it's COM1 because each VMWare Windows 2000 machine 
has a COM1.  You can RPD into the box if you want. Works pretty good.  
If you need to you can have the Production LPAR window full screen so 
the operators don't accidentially get on the wrong LPAR.


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