RE: HMC - FSP Upgrade

From an ease of setup and configuration I would love to have the HMC functions integrated into the FSP on all Power systems. Then I would support your statement of having an HMC for every iSeries. For the larger shops with multiple systems they can opt for an External HMC system to centralize management.

I know IBM is kind of moving, pushing the blade solution which I have not had the opportunity to work with and may have VIOS or whatever it is called, replace the FSP and HMC. And once I get my two HMC both controlling the 3 iSeries we have that with FSP's I will be a much happier customer. ;-)

Ok IBM are you following this thread? Is it feasible to put enough flash storage, USB port, CPU and Memory on to the FSP to run the HMC software? I would go with the Web based interface and forgo the KVM in favor of 2 USB ports and keep the 2 Ethernet ports. (hint the USB ports can be used to load firmware or backup the configuration or off load logs. 16GB USB storage sticks are very cheap these days and hold more than a DVD-RAM. (Much faster too.)

Chris Bipes
Director of Information Services
CrossCheck, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lukas Beeler
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:39 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: HMC - FSP Upgrade

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 22:52, Pete Massiello
<pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a few customers who have decided to get an HMC on a non-lpared machine, and they love it. ÂTotal remote connectivity and manageability.

From a technical standpoint, i'd ship every system with a HMC. In
fact, from a technical standpoint, i wouldn't mind if the HMC was the
only console option.