Plan For Your Control Panel - IBM eServer iSeries Manual

3. It is recommended that you update iSeries Access for Windows to V5R3 before you upgrade the
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| OS/400 operating system. For more information, see Install iSeries Access for Windows.
Note: Failure to comply with the above actions may prevent the console from working correctly during
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| the upgrade or install.
Important: During a manual IPL of the server and if no console has been specified before, you will
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| receive two additional screens to confirm the setting of the console mode. The first will require a F10 to
accept your current console type and the second will show that a value did not previously exist (a zero
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will be present for the old value) and the new value will be shown. Pressing Enter will exit and set the
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| console mode automatically. The IPL will then continue to the IPL or Install the System screen. This
condition is most likely to occur during the installation of a new partition but could happen on your first
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| manual IPL of V5R3. For example, during the A-mode IPL following the restore of Licensed Internal
| Code during the upgrade or install when a console value of zero is found.
| Migrating to Operations Console before your server model upgrade
If you are going to be utilizing Operations Console on your new iSeries server (migrating from a different
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| console type), it is important that you configure the new Operations Console PC before the beginning of
the server model upgrade. At the point in the upgrade instructions where console functions are required
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on the new iSeries server, you will be able to perform any required functions without the need for your
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| current console device. The Operations Console features matching the connectivity you plan to use
should be specified as part of the order for your new iSeries server.
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| There may be circumstances in which a SPD-bus expansion unit is being used as part of a migration. In
these cases, the use of Operations Console supported SPD cards, like the 2699, will be used to support
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the console. Also, when migrating a former load source device that was used with an Operations Console
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| local console on a network configuration, and the load source device will become a load source in a new
partition, the LAN adapter must be deactivated before removing it from the old partition and installing it
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in a new partition. Failure to comply with these instructions may result in a console failure on the new
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| partition. For instructions on how to deallocate the LAN adapter from use by Operations Console, see
Deactivate the LAN card from use by Operations Console.
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Plan for your control panel

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| You can use your Operations Console connection to access the iSeries control panel without being in front
of the server. To make this connection to the control panel you will need to configure a remote control
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| panel (remote control panel) or a virtual control panel (virtual control panel). They are both a graphical
| interface to the iSeries control panel. The remote control panel allows you to perform most of the control
panel functions from a local or remote location. The virtual control panel allows you to perform most of
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| the control panel functions from a local location.
Note: The user must be granted access to a partition's remote control panel and functions to use the
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| remote control panel or virtual control panel. If a local console on a network is being used then the
service tools device ID must also be granted access to that partition's remote control panel to use
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this feature. Users and service tools device IDs default values will automatically grant access to the
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| remote control panel for the partition but can be set to revoked by an administrator for the user
ID, device ID, or both. The user that authenticates a connection must also have authority to the
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respective partition's keylock to change the mode.
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To review your control panel options, see comparisons, and setup instructions see the following:
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v Remote control panel to see considerations for the remote control panel.
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v Virtual control panel to see considerations for the virtual control panel and find setup instructions.
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| v Control Panel to review your control panel options, see comparisons and find setup instructions.
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