Connect A Local Console To A Server - IBM E Server i Series Manual

2. If you deleted a local console configuration, look for an icon that has the name
3. If the icon exists, you need to delete the network object or DUN object as

Connect a local console to a server

You need to connect your local console to a server:
Connect a local console on a network to a server
Connecting a local console on a network (LAN) to a server allows you to have an
active console and a functional remote control panel (if configured). An active
console is a command interface to an iSeries server (5250 emulation) that is
currently interacting with the server. A functional remote control panel allows you
to perform most control panel functions (depending on the partition connected to)
as if you were at the server.
If you have problems when performing some of these steps, see Network
connection errors in the troubleshooting topic for possible solutions.
Perform the following steps to connect a local console on a network to an iSeries
server:
1. Open Operations Console to start the connection:
2. If you did not select Start connection when Operations Console starts in
3. In the Service Device Sign-on window, sign on using the access password that
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of the iSeries system to which the local console used to connect.
Otherwise, if you deleted a remote console configuration, look for an icon that
has the computer name of the local console that you used to connect to the
iSeries system.
follows:
a. Right-click the icon.
b. Click Delete.
Connect a local console on a network to a server
Use these instructions to connect a local console on a network to a server.
Connect a local console to another server
Use these instructions to connect a local console to another server.
Connect a local console directly attached to the server
Use these instructions to connect a local console directly attached with remote
access allowed to a server.
a. Click Start and select Programs.
b. Select IBM iSeries Access for Windows.
c. Click Operations Console.
By default, Operations Console does not automatically try to connect a local
console on a network to an iSeries server. If you selected Start connection
when Operations Console starts in Properties, the local console connects to the
iSeries server automatically. The connection status shows Connecting before
changing to Connecting Console.
Properties, you need to connect to the server as follows:
a. Select the configuration name.
b. From the Connection menu, click Connect.
allows the server to access your service device information. You also have to
provide your assigned service tools user ID and password.