Cabling The Server And Setting Up A Console; Determining Which Console To Use - IBM E850C Installing

d. Pivot the cable management arm bracket to provide clearance (3). See Figure 22.
Figure 22. Steps to provide line cord clearance in a fully-populated system
e. Return the cable management arm bracket to its original position.
f. Tighten the screws that you loosened in step b.

Cabling the server and setting up a console

Your console, monitor, or interface choices are guided by whether you create logical partitions, which
operating system you install in your primary partition, and whether you install a Virtual I/O Server
(VIOS) in one of your logical partitions.

Determining which console to use

There are different console types available to manage this server. Learn more about the consoles that are
available.
Go to the instructions for the applicable console, interface, or terminal in the following table.
Table 3. Available console types
Console type Operating system
ASCII terminal AIX, Linux, or VIOS
Hardware AIX, Linux, or VIOS
Management Console
(HMC)
Integrated AIX, or Linux
Virtualization
Manager for VIOS
Logical partitions Cable required
Yes for VIOS, no for Serial cable equipped
AIX and Linux with a null modem
Yes Ethernet (or
cross-over cable)
Yes Serial cable /
Ethernet cable for
LAN connection
Installing the IBM Power System E850C (8408-44E)
Cabling setup
instructions
"Cabling the server
with an ASCII
terminal" on page 30
"Cabling the server
to the HMC" on page
31
"Cabling the server
and accessing the
IVM" on page 32
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