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Quick follow up question from another "console challenged" lister:

You use OPS console and LAN console in the same paragraph, almost the same breath. Are they the same, then?

Pete Helgren

Larry Bolhuis wrote:
...cap the marker and open the window joe..... :-)

There is a device called the 'Thin Console'. It does most of what you describe over a simple connection to one of the i5's HMC ports. This is Ethernet so the connection truly is very simple. The device however only does what a Twinax tube does - 5250 emulation. So you end up not wasting a slot for a twinax card and the required IOP and you get twinax class simplicity and reliability. Unless it's gotten some serious upgrades, it doesn't connect to anything else so you can't connect to it with Telnet or a browser. It's just a terminal.

Yes OPS console is 'fat' and it has it's problems mostly the Windows PC required to run it. However once it's running it does work pretty well. I use LAN console almost everywhere I don't have an HMC. I often simply use an old PC with W2K or XP. For FrankieIII it's an old thinkpad with no display (I access it via remote desktop) You could easily use one to access both the 270 and the i5 being the primary console for both systems.
For the cheapest HMC purchase a desktop or desk-side unit and use you own monitor or KVM. Both are under $1900 though that still doesn't qualify as 'cheap' It does everything I want a console to do and the newest software version allows you to access it from a simple browser (no more WEBSM).

So as usual you pay your money and take your choice.

- Larry



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