RE: Hooking up and starting a 520

Hi Jerry

I agree with Lukas that it makes life a lot easier particularly in the initial setup scenario. In this case it means that network-wise James wonât have to think about anything other than those two machines and removes a lot of possibilities. That's real handy when the console doesnât connectt as the list of things you need to check is much, much smaller.

Once the machine is up and running then you donât need a dedicated machine but it is simpler to get p and running with one. I've been through this a number of times (including machines shipped configured for HMC when no HMC was available) and using a dedicated laptop for the initial set-up job saved me a lot of grief.

Once you have the initial console connection be sure to create a couple of additional devices in SST as spares/back doors.


Regards
Evan Harris

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
Sent: Friday, 18 September 2009 7:55 a.m.
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Hooking up and starting a 520

I don't understand what you mean by "avoids a lot of hassles," Lukas. I'm not trying to pick nits here, but I've worked with an Ops Console, too, and it was a hassle having to get my butt out the chair and go to the system. Maybe it was just the way we had it setup, but it an Ops Console was no different from a twinax console in that regard. On the other hand, with the LAN Console we can have redundancy, which is why my boss (who rarely uses the console) has it configured on his PC. If my PC dies (this is Windows after all), he can take over the console even if it is in the middle of a job. He doesn't have to get out of his chair or anything except start it from a desktop icon.

I've never worked with an HMC, but LAN Console is better and less hassle than either twinax console or Ops Console. Both of the latter, by the way, require special connectors whereas the LAN is just, well, strung off of the LAN.

Jerry C. Adams
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