Re: System i5 first boot

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Twinax may not be as good in one's opinion, but I would be hard pressed to
think of something more reliable. HMC is certainly more flexible, Ops
Console is a PITA (IMO) and I've never had the bad luck to work with LAN
Console.

And Aaron is the one on the cabling quest - I'm lucky enough to work on
systems that provide a green screen. :)

On 11/13/06, rob@xxxxxxxxx <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Twinax works, but not as good, or reliable, as other solutions.
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> But we're getting off on a tangent here.  Michael, where are you in here?
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> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/icbase/iphah/cablekickoff.htm
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> So you're trying to use Operations Console I assume. Right?
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> And I agree with Joe...you could save yourself a lot of pain by getting a
> twinax device. But...that's so 80's...of course, it works.
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> On 11/13/06, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > I don't use the HMC, Aaron, I use a $50 dumb tube and a twinax
> > brick.  I've
> > never had any problems.
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> > Joe
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> > > From: albartell
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> > > I do not have an HMC.  Just a single 9406 520 machine.
> > >
> > > Right now I have a super long peer-to-peer networking cable going from
> > the
> > > System i to my desktop and am trying to configure it that way.  Is
> that
> > an
> > > appropriate way to do it?
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