Manage Your Multiple Consoles - IBM eServer iSeries Manual

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On the initial startup of Operations Console you may notice some small changes. The first change is that

there is a new drop-down menu item available, Options.

v Show Warnings This option can be used to prevent many of the common dialog windows from

showing. For example, the confirming a delete function dialog window will not be displayed if this is

not selected.

v Prerequisite Warning The dialog presented during the configuration wizard concerning the

requirements can be turned off using this option.

v Use Single Sign-on This option provides the ability to share common signon data when connecting

multiple configurations at the same time. This allows the use of a single signon dialog window instead

of one for each connection.

v Double-Click This option has two items associated with it. The first is for expanding or collapsing the

tree structure, the + (plus sign) control. Instead of a single click to expand or collapse you can change

the function to use a double-click. The second item requires the user to use another method for starting

a connection instead of double-clicking on the configuration name.

There is also a change to the second toolbar button. The new button takes you to the Properties page of

the selected configuration. If you are familiar with older releases of Operations Console you might have

used the old button to change a configuration. All changes to the configuration are now made using the

Properties page.

Another more visible change is that each configured connection has a + (plus sign) to the left of the icon.

You may also notice the icon itself is different. The use of a red and green indicator may make it easier

for you to see which configurations are connected and which are not connected. The + (plus sign) is a

standard Windows expand and collapse function. Each configured connection will expand out into

separate functions associated with that particular connection. If, for example, the connection is to the first

partition of an LPAR multi-partitioned system you might also see separate entries for a remote control

panel for each partition. This should make it easier to administer your connections.

When the configured connection is in the expanded mode and you right-click on a remote control panel

configuration, you will see that a new option has been made available. The SRC history option allows

you to retrieve all or part of the recorded SRCs issued by the server. This information can be very useful

when debugging certain problems from IPLs to control panel activity.

The ability to drag and drop your configured connections has been added. You now have the ability to

customize the list to appear the way you want it to appear. This will allow you to group configurations

together so a common function can be performed on multiple connections at the same time. The standard

Windows tagging methods for selecting more than one connection applies here. Connections most likely

to share functions can be grouped at the top of the list, for example.

Functions were added so that the selected data columns can be placed in the order you want them. Using

the drag and drop method, you can arrange any column, except iSeries Connection, in the position most

useful to you. You can also select which columns appear. From the View menu, select the Choose

Columns pull-down menu. Then, select the columns you would like to appear and click on the column

title to include it or not include it. A check next to the title includes it on the display. Only one column

can be selected or deselected each time. Repeat this procedure to add or delete additional columns.