Cabling The Server And Setting Up A Console; Determining Which Console To Use - IBM Power System S822 Installing Instructions

Figure 18. Plugging the power cords into the power supply and attaching cables to the power supply handles
b. Connect the system power cords from the server and I/O drawers to the PDU with an IEC 320
type receptacle.
c. Attach the PDU input power cord and plug it into the alternating current (ac) power source.

Cabling the server and setting up a 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.

Determining which console to use:

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.
Choose one of the consoles, interfaces, or terminals in the following table.
Table 6. Available console types
Console type Operating system
ASCII terminal AIX, Linux, or VIOS
Hardware AIX, IBM i, Linux, or
Management Console VIOS
(HMC)
Integrated AIX, IBM i, or Linux
Virtualization
Manager for VIOS
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Logical partitions Cable required
Yes for VIOS, no for Serial cable equipped
AIX and Linux with a null modem
Yes Ethernet (or
cross-over cable)
Yes Serial cable
Cabling setup
instructions
"Cabling the server
with an ASCII
terminal" on page 25
"Cabling the server
to the HMC" on page
26
"Cabling the server
and accessing the
IVM" on page 27