Managing Your Console Configuration; Connecting A Local Console To A System; Connecting To Another System; Changing A Console Configuration - IBM i Series Handbook

The proper asynchronous communications adapter is available without further configuration changes, so
you can use the console service functions (65+21) to change the console type. This automatically starts the
communications adapter associated with the local console directly attached to the system. If you want to
use the PC that you were using for the network-attached console, you simply disconnect the network
configuration and create (or use a previously created configuration) a local console directly attached to
the system configuration. After the console service functions (65+21) have successfully completed, you
connect the directly attached configured connection. This device should become the console automatically
and you will be at the step originally expected. If the network failure preceded the old console getting
the language screen, the new console will present that screen. If the failure happened after you started an
action, the new console will either be running that action or the action might be complete, in which case
you will see the results of that action.

Managing your console configuration

You can manage your local console configurations with these tasks.
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Connecting a local console to a system

You can connect a local console on a network to a system or directly connect a local console to a system.
After you create a connection, you can connect to another system.

Connecting to another system:

After another connection is created, you can perform these steps to connect Operations Console to
another system.
About this task
When using Operations Console, you can have multiple configurations and connect to several systems at
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| the same time. By connecting to another system as a local console on a network (LAN) or a local console
directly attached, you can work with another system in your network or directly attached. Operations
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Console allows only one directly attached local console configuration, but it allows more than one
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| network configuration.
It is assumed that the additional connection has been created already.
Follow these steps to connect to another system:
1. On the Operations Console Connection window, select the configuration name that you want to
connect.
2. From the Connection menu, click Connect.
Results
Note: All supported PC operating systems can connect multiple network configurations at the same time
allowing a single PC to be the console for multiple systems or partitions.

Changing a console configuration

You might need to change an existing local console to meet your needs while using Operations Console.
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About this task
To accomplish this, you must be a member of the Administrators group to change or create a local
console. If you are changing a system name, you must delete the configuration and re-create it with the
new name.
Related tasks
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System i: Connecting to System i Operations Console