IBM E Server i Series Manual page 81

Operations Console needs a valid access password, service tools user ID, and
service tools password to authorize the connection between the local console
and server. For more information, see Service Tools. For a visual of this
concept, see Operations Console LAN security administration.
Note: If the connection is to a logical partition and you have configured a
console and remote control panel, you will receive a sign-on window for
each function.
After you sign on successfully, the connection status shows Connected.
4. Confirm that the console and remote control panel, if configured, appear.
If you encounter other status messages, see Troubleshoot status messages for their
descriptions and possible solutions to the problems they describe.
To use your PC to access another iSeries server, you need to Connect to another
server.
Connect to another server
When using Operations Console you can have multiple configurations and connect
to several servers at the same time. Connecting to another server as a local console
on a network (LAN) or through local or remote dial-up support allows you to
work with another server in your network or at a remote location. Operations
Console only allows one directly attached local console configuration but more
than one network or remote configurations.
It is assumed that the additional connection has already been created.
Perform the following steps to connect to another server:
1. On the Operations Console Connection window, select the configuration name
that you want to connect.
2. From the Connection menu, click Connect.
Notes:
1. If you have a local console directly attached to the server and one or more
remote consoles configured, you have to disconnect the currently connected
configuration in order to make the connection to another server. Operations
Console does not support the local console directly attached to the server and
an outgoing remote console connection to be active at the same time.
2. If the PC you are using has multiple remote console configurations only one
can be connected at a time.
3. 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.
Connect a local console directly attached to the server
Connecting a local console directly attached to the server with remote access
allowed to a server allows remote consoles to connect to the server. It also allows
iSeries control to be automatically granted to the first requester or allows you to
have control at the local console to handle incoming control requests.
Perform the following steps to connect a local console directly attached to the
server with or without remote access allowed to a server:
1. Open Operations Console to start the connection:
a. Click Start and select Programs.
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