IBM E Server i Series Manual page 92

user or PC is the active console. Also, leaving the newly connected PC in this state
will not allow the console activities to be automatically transferred to this PC. In
this case you have two choices.
v Disconnect the connection using the Operations Console window. To disconnect
v Disconnect the emulator session. To disconnect the emulator, follow these steps:
If no device is acting as the console the next time a connection is made, either
through Operations Console or the emulator, this PC will become the console. It is
up to the users to determine whether or not this method is the correct way to
manage console activities.
Note: This same method is shared with a local console directly attached to the
Multiple remote consoles through dial-up support connecting to the same local
console directly attached to the server
In this environment only one remote console is allowed to connect to the local
console. The users will have to work out an arrangement in which another remote
console can access the local console. If this is needed on a regular basis it might be
as easy as assigning a time period in which each remote console would access the
local console. When the time is up for the first remote, it would release control and
disconnect. The next remote would then connect at its assigned time and request
control. This assumes that the local console did not have control when the first
remote got control.
Switching from one console type to another while the server is being IPLed in
manual mode and has not completed the IPL to command entry
Note: If you plan to use Operations Console (LAN) as a backup to another console
In this environment, you only need to make the current console type unavailable
to the server. Disconnecting the configuration will do this for an Operations
Console. Then, make the target console type available. For Operations Console you
would start a connection. Now, do a function 21 on the control panel (or remote
control panel). This forces the server to look for a console device again. It should
find the target console type.
When this involves twinaxial workstations, you can make the device unavailable
by removing power to the electronics or removing the cable from the device or
from the 4-port (or 8-port) port connector.
Switching from one console type to another while the server has been IPLed to
command entry
You can attempt to use the same function 21 method as explained above, but you
need to know that this is not consistent. Some circumstances, depending on server,
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the connection, follow these steps:
1. Select the connection name you want to disconnect.
2. Click Connection —> Disconnect.
1. In the emulator window, click Connection.
2. Select Disconnect.
server or local console directly attached to the server with remote access
allowed.
type, you must have the console type set to Operations Console (LAN) and
have the associated network adapter configured prior to needing this device.
Setting the console to Operations Console (LAN) does not prevent an
Operations Console (direct) or twinaxial console from becoming the console
during an IPL. Just make certain only one console type is available during
the IPL.