Re: 520 Power 5 Remote Console Access

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes that will work and work reasonably well. The one thing that you 
cannot do is operate the control panel completely through that 
connection. You can get a virtual control panel on the PC while the 
system is running however during an IPL the control panel will be gone 
for a time and you are 'in the dark' during that time. You cannot power 
the system UP with the Virtual Control Panel.

A better solution is to purchase an HMC and connect that to your 
POWER5.  With that you can power the system up and down, view the SRC 
codes all the way through an IPL and have complete visibility of the 
system even if it fails.  Personally I would prefer the HMC solution 
about 5 to one over the LAN console.

    - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

On 10/5/2011 9:38 PM, Sam_L wrote:
> We have a 520 Power 5 as a backup machine in a remote data center.  I'd
> like to be able to remotely access the console. I want to do system
> maintenance (PTFs&  upgrades) without needing to involve the data center
> staff.
>
> I believe we need to remove the twinax console and set up a PC as a LAN
> console.  PC needs to be running at least iSeries Access 6.
>
> Then I could do a remote desktop to that PC and I'd be running the console.
>
> Am I on the right track?
>
> Thanks,  Sam
>
> I found this IBM document:
> http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/SLKBase.nsf/1ac66549a21402188625680b0002037e/79a308457dd4c6c18625770e0057530f?OpenDocument
> by googling "lan console power5 520"