Rack Mounted Hmc; Hmc Characteristics - IBM p5 590 System Handbook

On the desktop you can connect a keyboard and mouse to either the standard
keyboard, mouse PS/2® style connectors or to the USB ports. A USB keyboard
and mouse is part of the ship group for a new HMC.
The desktop HMC can use a number of IBM displays as shown in e-config. A
spare display can be used, however there is no ability to add device drivers to the
support nonstandard displays. Test any display before using it in a production
environment.

8.1.2 Rack mounted HMC

The 7310-CR3 can be installed in a 19-inch rack beside the p5-590 or p5-595
system.
The supported rack mounted models are the 7310-CR3 and the older version
7315-CR2 that can be migrated to POWER5 HMC code. The HMC 7310-CR3
system unit uses a standard 1 EIA unit, normally located below the
screen/keyboard mounted 1 EIA pull-out tray (when configured).
The rack mount HMC does not have standard PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports. A
breakout cable is shipped to use them. This cable plugs into the large connector
to the left of the RJ-45 connectors. This breakout cable terminates in a pair of
PS/2 style female keyboard and mouse connectors and a display connector. You
can then plug any standard keyboard or mouse and display.

8.1.3 HMC characteristics

The Hardware Management Console (HMC) controls managed systems,
including IBM Sserver hardware, logical partitions, and Capacity on Demand
activation.
The following are the characteristics of the HMC.
It connects to the managed system or systems using an Ethernet LAN
connection.
It runs a Java-based application running in a pre-installed operating system.
The user is able to access the management applications through a GUI
interface or using a command line interface. Both of these interfaces can be
used either by locally operating the HMC (using the keyboard and mouse) or
accessing it remotely, through one of the following ways:
– It can be operated remotely using a Web-based System Management
Remote Client running on a Windows based PC, Linux based PC, or AIX
5L workstation.
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