Configuring A Service Host Name (Interface Name) - IBM System i Manual

6. To create additional service tools device IDs, repeat the steps starting at step 4.
7. Press F3 when you finish creating your service tools device IDs.
Notes:
1. If you reset a service tools device ID, the password becomes the name of your service tools
device ID in uppercase.
2. If you have more than one PC connected to your console, you need to create several service
tools device IDs.
3. Sometimes the service tools device ID password has to be changed, such as when the
password has to be resynchronized between the PC and the system. When a mismatch occurs
in the service tools device ID password between the system and the Operations Console PC,
you need to resynchronize the password by performing recovery steps on both the PC and the
system.
4. QCONSOLE cannot be left in a reset state on the system. This is considered a security
exposure.
Related reference
"Resynchronizing the PC and service tools device ID password" on page 81
When a mismatch occurs in the service tools device ID password between the system and the
Operations Console PC, you need to resynchronize the password by performing recovery steps on
both the PC and the system.
Related information
Service tools user IDs and passwords
Access service tools

Configuring a service host name (interface name)

The service host name (interface name) is the name that identifies the System i service connection on
your network that is used for service tools, which includes an Operations Console local console on a
network (LAN) configuration.
You need a service host name (interface name) any time a console or remote control panel is being
connected using a network connection. One reason to add this function is when a system has been
logically partitioned. Although the primary partition can have a non-networked console, a remote control
panel to a secondary partition might be desirable.
Regardless of which method you use to implement the configuration data, the actual name and
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| associated address used for the service host name depends on the network environment in which the
system will be placed. The implementation method has no bearing on whether the configured connection
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is the first connection. Follow these guidelines when entering the name for the service host:
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| v For small network infrastructures in which only a few devices are connected, you can typically specify
| anything you want for the name and associated address. When you set up a small network, you can
specify the name and an address range.
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v For large network infrastructures managed by IT personnel, a specific name might be required. This
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| avoids confusion with other devices on the same network, and might be used to allow the network
infrastructure's equipment to know in advance what the connection name is and what address the
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connection will use to communicate on the network. Alternatively, you might be able to specify an
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| original name, but the address might be given to you by the network administrator.
There are two methods to create a service host name (interface name):
| v A service host name (interface name) cannot be created during the manufacturing process for a system
that has Operations Console local console on a network (LAN) configuration ordered. The LAN
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adapter is installed and the correct console type is specified. Then, when the user gets the system, the
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| Operations Console configuration wizard, when completed, supplies the system with the customer
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