Dial The Server; Manage Your Multiple Consoles - IBM E Server i Series Manual

manual mode and the extended control panel functions should be activated. The
extended functions are activated from when the communications line was
activated.
To deactivate the communications line on the server, do the following:
1. If your system is not in manual mode, if the extended functions are not
2. Use the Down button to select function 65. Press the Enter button.
If the deactivation is successful, the Function/Data window displays D1008065. See
Failure to display D1008065 and D1008066 automatically after calling the function,
if the expected reference code did not appear in a few minutes.

Dial the server

These instructions are only for a local console through dial-up support
configuration. Once someone activates the line at the server, the local console PC
has to dial into the system. Start a connection just as you would to connect to a
local console. Once fully connected, you receive control automatically. Disconnect
when you are finished.
To disconnect, follow these steps:
1. Select the configuration name (under iSeries Connection). This is the name
2. From the Connection menu, click Disconnect. The connection status shows
3. Wait for the connection status to show Disconnected.
When you disconnect, the iSeries server automatically deactivates the
communications line.
If you fail to connect, the person at the iSeries server again has to activate the line.
Moreover, if you are dialing a 7857 modem, you also have to follow the
configuration steps for this modem again.

Manage your multiple consoles

If you have more than one workstation that is capable of being the console to the
same server or logical partition, there may be more than one way of using that
device as the console, depending on your configuration and circumstances. The
following will explain the more common procedures:
Multiple local PC consoles on a network
When a workstation is already a console and another local console on a network
attempts to become the console the connection will be successful but the emulator
will go to a Disconnected state, as shown in the bottom left corner of the emulator
window. Many connections of this type can be connected but again only one can
be the active console. Currently, there is no mechanism for this PC to know which
activated, or both, follow these steps:
a. First, if your server uses a keystick, insert it in the key slot.
b. Place the server into manual mode by using the system's control panel.
c. Using the Up and Down buttons, select function 25. Press the Enter button.
d. Use the Up button to select function 26. Press the Enter button.
that Operations Console uses to refer to a specific iSeries system.
Disconnecting.
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