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you need not remember to increase the value if you try to add an additional connection. These service
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| tools device IDs are listed in the Work with Service Tools Device IDs window so you can keep track of
how many are created. However, the device ID QCONSOLE is listed and can be used normally. For
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example, if you create a service tools device ID with a name of QCONSOLE02, when the third connection
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| is established to use the autocreated device IDs, the ID is given out as if it were created automatically.
You can change the default value of the Autocreate service tools device IDs option by performing the
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| instructions in Changing the value of the autocreate device ID option topic.
This function is used for any new configured connections you create. This means that if you upgraded
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| from a prior release of Operations Console on the PC, your current configurations are retained and
continue to work just as they did before. However, if the PC and system do get out of synchronization,
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| instead of issuing an error message to resynchronize them, this function automatically recovers the issue.
When you create a local console on a network configured connection, you need to enter the name of the
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| service interface (service host name.) The name you use depends on the circumstances for the connection.
| For example, if this is a new system and this is the first console to connect, then the name might be
whatever you want to call it or it might be what a DHCP server gave it.
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Automatic management of the access password
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| By default, you cannot set an access password when you create an Operations Console configuration. An
access password is automatically generated and supplied to the connection process at the appropriate
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time. You do not need to know this password as it is automatically managed by the system.
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However, if you do want to change the access password, you can do this on the Properties page.
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Changing this password causes the automatic process of supplying the password to be disabled. You
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| need to enter your access password for any connection that requires an access password.
The sign-on process requires a valid DST user ID and password to be entered to authenticate the user.
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Automatic discovery of systems
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| When Operations Console starts, a search for qualified systems begins. A qualified system is any system
running i5/OS V6R1. It does not need to have Operations Console as the console type. If the PC gets a
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| response from the network for any qualified systems, Operations Console creates a configuration for that
| system. It also preserves any pre-existing configured connections. A qualified system must have a value
set for the Autocreate service tools device IDs option, which has a default value of 10. If this value is
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| zero, the system might not report correctly and therefore might not show up in this auto-generated list of
systems. This auto-discovery function occurs any time Operations Console begins or when performed
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on-demand by holding down the alt key, the shift key, and then pressing w. This causes Operations
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| Console to begin a new search for eligible systems.
Important: If a system shows up in the list of configured connections, it does not guarantee that the
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| system can be connected to. In rare cases, there are conditions in which the system is able to
satisfy the requirements to report but not meet all requirements for a connection.
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Related tasks
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"Changing the value of the autocreate device ID option" on page 48
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| This topic steps you through the process of changing the value used by local consoles on a network to
automatically manage service tools device IDs.
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"Creating service tools device IDs on the system" on page 74
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| You will need to set up service tools device IDs on the system for a local console on a network
configuration.
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System i: Connecting to System i Operations Console