RE: Lan console connection

Follow up on this topic

It appears there are other problems. The system was supposed to have all 12
drives in the expansion unit. I moved 6 drives to the expansion unit from
the main unit and installed an HMC to help diagnose the problems. IPLing
with an A side manual the system stopped with no load source found.

I then changed to an 1 D side IPL with the base CD.

A DST session was started through the HMC and NO disks were found at all.
All the above was done while working with IBM.

Tomorrow morning the IBM CE is coming out with a SAS YO cable and card for
it to see if that is the problem.

So for now, the problem seems to be with the system and IBM will be working
with it

More to follow

Thanks to all that helped

Dave


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Massiello
Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 11:09 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Lan console connection

Dave,

You are using Ops Console LAN attach, so you want to have it set to
03. The E2 also needs to be set so that you can use the Internal High speed
Ethernet ports. Make sure both are set correctly when you do the 65+21
sequence.

Then you plug (I recommend a direct Ethernet cable the first time)
your Ethernet from your PC into T1.

You configure the PC with iSeries Access Operations Console so that
the BOOTP will "send" the information to the iSeries. That is how the
iSeries gets the initial IP address. Make sure you set the partition to 1
if this is a standalone 8203-E4A box.

The PC and the 8203-E4A MUST be on the same subnet when you are
configuring the addresses for the first time, and that is another reason
that I put in a direct cable.

Happy New Year

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Willenborg
Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 7:48 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: Lan console connection

I just received in a 8203 E4A. This is system came in with no software
loaded including the LIC.



I installed the I_BASE_1 CD in the drive and did a 1 D IPL.



The system appears to IPL to the "looking for Console" message.

I have an XP pc with iSeries access for windows loaded. I want to make this
PC the console temporarily until the network team gets their steps completed
so I can use a remote LAN console.



I have connected the PC to the T1 port on the system using a Ethernet cable.
In talking to IBM today, I was told to set the console code to E2 if I
remember correctly. I thought the console code should have be 02 for direct
connect console.



IBM was having me enter the IP address of what the iSeries will be after I
configure the Ethernet connection, into the TCPIP section of the local area
network properties. I explained to them I didn't think this was correct but
the EXPLAINED that it was. I was to use OPS console then to connect. Of
course no connection was ever made.



Now, what steps have to be completed in order to direct connect the PC as a
locally attached console?



I am about ready to pull out what hair I have left over this



Thanks

Dave Willenborg

FNTS

Omaha NE