Scenario: A single console directly attached to the system without remote support

 

This scenario discusses a situation in which you might want a single console attached to the system.

Your company owns a System i™ product, and you want to use a PC to manage your system. You need one console directly connected to the system to physically access the console to manage your system.

For this scenario, you should configure a local console directly attached to the system.

 

Advantages:

• The administrator will have access to his console in the event of a network failure. With a local console on a network configuration, a network failure will cause you to lose the ability to access your console.

• You can use this PC to become the System i console.

• The console can be securely placed behind locked doors in the system room.

 

Disadvantages:

• You must be close to the system to manage or access the console.

• A console cable is required.

• This configuration does not support remote connections.

• This configuration does not support a directly connected remote control panel.

• This configuration does not support remote control panel function for logical partitions.

• Only one directly attached configuration is allowed per PC.

 

Parent topic:

Scenarios: Selecting your configuration

 

Related concepts

PC preparations for Operations Console
Planning considerations for your control panel

 

Related reference

Scenario: A single console directly attached to the system with remote support