RE: System i5 first boot

We would have had to get a side car in order to get a twinax card, because we 
have the IXS card - 3 slots, IIRC. Personally I get along fine with Ops Console 
- but I don't use it from iSeries Access - I use the option in PCOMM that does 
the same thing. Host type is iSeries, interface is COM port, and attachment is 
SNA-over-Async (Console).

Vern
-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx> 

Quite right; that extra slot can be pretty expensive just to use for a 
console. 

On a small config it makes a big difference 

At 11:21 a.m. 14/11/2006, you wrote: 

And all this talk of twinax is just pointless when you do not have a 
twinax card. 

Heh!! 

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Evan Harris 

Hi Aaron 

-snip- 

console options to set up, partly because it has the weakest 

documentation. 

For those championing twinax, I don't disagree with the general 
thrust of what has been said (it IS simple) but it is worth keeping 
in mind that you would quite likely have some similar problems 
getting a console at initial set-up if the box is not shipped as 
configured for a twinax console. This doesn't always happen as I know 
from personal experience (which is party how I became familiar with 
some of the items above) 

regards 
Evan Harris 

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