RE: HMC and Second iSeries

["Dan Hogan" <Dan.Hogan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

We did it a little differently, but, our HMC is was plugged into a
network hub on the same subnet as our new 8203 as well as our old 9406.
We powered on the 8203.  On the HMC I select Systems Management,
Servers, then in the right panel under connections, I selected Add
Managed Systems.  A pop-up window appears.  I selected Find Managed
Systems, entered an IP address range and waited.  It found the system
and then the real fun began.  HTH

Dan...

> I have a HMC with 4 ports running V7.3.0  I have it connected 
> to one new iSeries, 8203-E4A, a power 6 box.  It is connected 
> using Eth2 @ 192.168.128.1 providing DHCP and a direct 
> connect Ethernet cable.
>
> I also had Eth3 cabled to an older 9406-520, a power 5 box 
> but to the HMC2 port.  (The HMC1 port is attached to a switch 
> with the default IP address of 192.168.2.147.)
>
> I cannot shut down this older production box easily, 
> especially remove power to have it pick up an IP address as 
> it is 2000 miles away.  I was trying to put the Eth3 adapter 
> on the HMC into the 192.168.3.147 subnet but it does not 
> offer that when you select private and DHCP.  If I select 
> open, I can enter the hardcoded IP address. 
>
> Now since this is cabled direct, what is the proper way to 
> get the HMC and 520 talking?  I have access to ASM via the 
> HMC1 port.  Is it possible to set the HMC 2 port to pull the 
> IP address from the HMC Eth3 if I configure that for DHCP?  
> Again I cannot remove power from the 520 server to reset the 
> FSP so I need to do this live without crashing the server too.
>
> Chris Bipes
> Director of Information Services
> CrossCheck, Inc.