Control Tasks Between Users; Granting Or Refusing Control To A Remote Console - IBM System i Manual

3. If the User Logon window appears, sign on so the operating system at the local console checks
whether you are a user with dial-in authority. After you sign on successfully, the connection status
shows Connected.
Note: If you do not sign on to the remote console connection in approximately a minute, Dial-up
Networking ends the connection.
4. If the Service Device Sign-on window appears, sign on using your service tools user ID and
password.
Related tasks
"Requesting control at the remote console" on page 54
To get an active console at the remote console, you must request control from the local console. An
active console is a command interface that is currently interacting with a system through 5250
emulation.
Related reference
"System i control" on page 50
Control of your system means having an active console at a PC.
"Remote console through dial-up fails to connect to local console" on page 104
Here are the solutions to a problem that occurs when a remote console modem fails to establish a
connection with a local console.
"Troubleshooting Operations Console connection" on page 96
Problems can occur during an Operations Console session. The following topics are some solutions to
common problems that are encountered during your initial setup and management of your
configurations.

Control tasks between users

If you have a local console directly attached with remote access allowed or a remote console through
dial-up support, you can perform control tasks.
For example, you can grant or refuse control of the console, request control of the console, and determine
which user is in control of the console.
| Both directly attached local consoles and LAN-attached local consoles can have data on the display at the
same time. This is not associated with the console option Allow console recovery and console can be
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taken over by another console. Regardless of console connectivity, all console-capable devices are
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| presented with display data. The following information covers the relationship between the local console
directly attached with remote access and a remote console.
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Related reference
"Takeover or recovery of an Operations Console connection" on page 60
You can use these functions to take control of another console device.

Granting or refusing control to a remote console:

Granting control allows another user to work with the system. Refusing control denies a requesting user
access to the system and allows the current user to continue to have control. When you grant control to
another user, your console session and the remote control panel window close.
When a remote console requests control, and the local console has control, the Operations Console
Request window appears at the local console. The window shows the service tools user ID with which
the requesting remote console user signed on to the operating system of the remote console (PC). The
default is set to grant control.
Note: If the local console is not in control at the time the remote user requests control there is no dialog
presented at the local console. The remote user is automatically granted control.
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