Cabling The Server And Setting Up The Console; Cabling The Server With An Ascii Terminal - IBM 8408-E8D Manual

Cabling the server and setting up the console

Your console, monitor, or interface choices are guided by whether you create logical partitions, which
operating system you install in your primary partition, and whether you install a Virtual I/O Server
(VIOS) in one of your logical partitions.
Note: If you ordered your system or expansion unit preinstalled into a rack, you must remove the
shipping bracket that is on the left side of the rear of the system or expansion unit before you cable it.
Go to the instructions for the applicable console, interface, or terminal in the following table.
Note: After you have cabled your system to a console, connect the power cables to the system. For more
information, see "Connecting the power cables to the system" on page 25.
Table 1. Available console types
Console type Operating system
ASCII terminal AIX
Hardware AIX, IBM i, Linux, or
Management Console VIOS
Integrated AIX, IBM i, and
Virtualization Linux
Manager for VIOS
Operations Console IBM i
Keyboard, video, and
mouse (KVM)

Cabling the server with an ASCII terminal

If you are not creating logical partitions, you can use an ASCII terminal to manage a server that is
running the AIX, Linux, or VIOS operating systems. From the ASCII terminal, you can access the
Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) to perform additional installation tasks.
The ASCII terminal is connected to the server through a serial link. The ASCII interface to the ASMI
provides a subset of the web interface functions. The ASCII terminal is available only when the system is
in the standby state. It is not available during the initial program load (IPL) or run time.
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Logical partitions
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, Linux, or VIOS Yes for VIOS, no for
AIX and Linux
Yes
Yes
Yes
Use your Operations
Console to manage
existing IBM i
partitions.
Yes
Cabling and setup
Cable required instructions
Serial cable equipped "Cabling the server
with a null modem with an ASCII
terminal"
Ethernet (or crossover "Cabling the server to
cable) the Hardware
Management
Console" on page 21
Ethernet cable for "Cabling the server
network connection and accessing the
Integrated
Virtualization
Manager" on page 22
Ethernet cable for "Cabling the server
LAN connection and accessing
Operations Console"
on page 23
Monitor and USB "Connecting the
cables equipped with monitor, keyboard,
KVM and mouse to the
system" on page 25
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