IBM i series Handbook page 732

IBM Licensed Programs: System Management Products, Services
• Dial-up local controlling system (LCS) for Operations Console allows you to remotely
connect an LCS through your ECS modem. It is activated from the system control
panel by an onsite operator.
Note: There is no support for Remote Control Panel with this feature.
Operations Console is a follow-on to the AS/400 Client Access Communications console. For
Windows 95/NT clients, it is packaged with the iSeries Client Access for Windows Family
software. Operations Console is an AS/400 Client Access installation option, but ordering
Client Access is not required to use Operations Console. It is packaged with Operations
Navigator, which comes with OS/400.
Operations Console supports four types of local controlling system configurations:
• Stand-alone local controlling system: A PC locally attached to an iSeries or
AS/400e server through the Operations Console cable. Remote users are unable to
connect to this PC.
• Local controlling system with dial-in support: A PC locally attached to an iSeries or
AS/400e server through the Operations Console cable. Remote users are able to
connect to this PC, with or without the intervention of an operator.
• Dial-up local controlling system: A PC that dials into an iSeries or AS/400e server.
This iSeries and AS/400e server runs without a locally attached console device. This
locally controlling system (LCS) does not support the remote control panel. Remote
controlling systems are not allowed to attach to this PC.
• Operations Console on the LAN: A PC that is using the Service Tools Security
framework and connects to the iSeries server over the LAN. The PC can be setup to
have the Console function as well as the Remote Control Panel function. Only the
standard LAN cable is required. A dedicated adapter (#2744 or #4838) is required.
Remote controlling systems
Remote controlling systems are PCs that dial into a local controlled iSeries or AS/400e
server for access. The PC dialing in remotely becomes the console. If the remote control
panel is installed and configured on the local controlling iSeries or AS/400e server, you can
also use the remote control panel as the remote control system.
Client Access Express must be installed to use AS/400 Operations Console. During the
installation of Client Access Express, AS/400 Operations Console support is installed. Also
during the Client Access Express installation, a 5250 emulator is installed (if PC5250 or IBM
Personal Communications Version 4.2 or later is not already installed). The Operations
Console Cable is required to use the console function for a direct attached Operations
Console PC. The remote control panel cable is required to use the remote control panel
function (a graphical control panel to operate as the iSeries and AS/400e control panel).
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