Setting Up A Console; Determining Which Console To Use; Cabling The Server With An Ascii Terminal; Cabling The Server To The Hmc - IBM Power System S814 Installing

Figure 19. Plugging the power cords into the power supply and attaching cables to the power supply handles
b. Connect the system power cords from the server and I/O drawers to the PDU with an IEC 320
type receptacle.
c. Attach the PDU input power cord and plug it into the power source.

Setting up a console

Your console, monitor, or interface choices are guided by whether you create logical partitions, which
operating system you install in your primary partition, and whether you install a Virtual I/O Server
(VIOS) in one of your logical partitions.

Determining which console to use

Your console, monitor, or interface choices are guided by whether you create logical partitions, which
operating system you install in your primary partition, and whether you install a Virtual I/O Server
(VIOS) in one of your logical partitions.
Go to the instructions for the applicable console, interface, or terminal in the following table.
Table 7. Available console types
Console type Operating system
ASCII terminal AIX, Linux, or VIOS
Hardware AIX, IBM i, Linux, or
Management Console VIOS
(HMC)
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Logical partitions Cable required
Yes for VIOS, no for Serial cable equipped
AIX and Linux with a null modem
Yes Ethernet (or
cross-over cable)
Cabling setup
instructions
"Cabling the server
with an ASCII
terminal" on page 12
"Cabling the server
to the HMC" on page
13.