Re: V4R3 AS400 config - integrated PC and ...

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A little additional information would be useful. The model number would 
be a great start!

It 'smells like' a model 150. Those had an IPCS card in there that could 
be used for Token-Ring or Ethernet support. It then actually ran a 
slimmed down OS/2 (Which makes the second time today I discussed OS/2. 
Whooda thunk it?)  That card could also be used (I believe) to run WinNT 
or 2000 I can't remember which any longer.

There is no possible way that the internal card could be the actual 
system console. If you think about that for a moment, the OS has to be 
up and running to support the card but the card would be needed to 
support the console. So which comes first??? :-)

As to the 'other PC' I suspect that one is the actual console to this 
system though 'required for IPL' is a bit strong as most systems will 
perform a normal ('unattended')  IPL without any console attached.

    - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

On 7/27/2011 5:50 PM, Jerry Draper wrote:
> Just saw the strangest AS400 config ever and I'm wondering if this guy
> needs any of this stuff.
>
> It's running V4R3 and has two peculiarities:
>
> 1.  There's a "integrated" PC card running Windows that serves as the
> "console".  In the back of the AS400 there's a VGA plug and another
> cable that serves a keyboard and a mouse.
>
> Can this be removed in favor of a dumb twinax terminal?
>
> 2.  There's another PC running Windows NT that is required for the IPL.
> The ethernet is configured to bring up this WinNT box.
>
> Can this be removed and then config the ethernet adapter for LAN access?
>
> Jerry