Accessing The Advanced System Management Interface By Using An Ascii Terminal - IBM Power System POWER7 Series Common Service Procedures

browser. For example, if you connected your PC or notebook computer to HMC1, type
https://169.254.2.147 in your PC's or notebook computer's web browser.
6. When the login display appears, enter one of the following default user IDs and passwords.
Table 20. Default user IDs and passwords for the web interface
User ID
general
admin
7. Change the default password when prompted.
8. If you plan to connect your PC or notebook computer to your network, complete the following steps:
a. From the navigation area, expand Network Services.
b. Click Network Configuration. Do one of the following:
v If your PC or notebook computer is connected to HMC1, fill in the section labeled Network
interface eth0.
v If your PC or notebook computer is connected to HMC2, fill in the section labeled Network
interface eth1.
c. Ensure that the following fields are filled in correctly.
Table 21. Fields and values for network configuration
Field
Configure this interface?
Type of IP address
IP address
Subnet mask
d. Click Save Settings.
e. Disconnect your PC or notebook computer from the server.
f. Connect the server to your company network.
g. Go to any PC or notebook computer on your company network that is running a supported
browser. For information about supported browsers, see ASMI requirements.
Type the following in the Address field of your browser:
https://host name.domain name
where host name and domain name are the host name and domain name you entered when
completing step 8c.
h. Log in to the ASMI.
9. Set the time of day on the server.

Accessing the Advanced System Management Interface by using an ASCII terminal

You can connect the ASCII console to the server to access the Advanced System Management Interface
(ASMI).
The ASCII interface to the ASMI provides a subset of the web interface functions. The ASCII console is
available only when the system is in platform-standby state. It is not available during the initial program
load (IPL) or run time. The ASMI on an ASCII console is not available during some phases of system
operation, such as the initial program load (IPL) and run time.
To set up the ASCII console for direct or remote access to the ASMI, complete the following tasks:
Password
general
admin
Value
Selected
Static
This is the same address that you used in step 5 on page
56.
255.255.255.0
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