Hi guys, Sorry for the OT. I've posted it in some IBM related forums but no reply yet. We've got an IBM pSeries p9115-505 machine from warehouse. I notice that it doesn't have any port for the monitor. Where do we plug the monitor?
From Google it says something about HMC (Hardware Management Center).
Any hints is really2 appreciated. Thank you.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 2:56 AM, Fajar Priyantofajarpri@arinet.org wrote:
Hi guys, Sorry for the OT. I've posted it in some IBM related forums but no reply yet. We've got an IBM pSeries p9115-505 machine from warehouse. I notice that it doesn't have any port for the monitor. Where do we plug the monitor?
From Google it says something about HMC (Hardware Management Center).
Any hints is really2 appreciated. Thank you. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
HMC means Hardware Management Console and it's the software which controls the server. You need to do some research first using google or IBM's website.
Fajar Priyanto wrote:
Hi guys, Sorry for the OT. I've posted it in some IBM related forums but no reply yet. We've got an IBM pSeries p9115-505 machine from warehouse. I notice that it doesn't have any port for the monitor. Where do we plug the monitor?
From Google it says something about HMC (Hardware Management Center).
Any hints is really2 appreciated.
a HMC is a linux based x86 IBM workstation with special software that acts as the console for any number of p5 servers. For a single server, its kind of silly.
if you don't have the HMC, hook up a serial terminal to tty0 (or is it com1 or ttyA or something) and bring it up from there. I remember it took me about half a day to figure it out, there's some silly dance with that funky litttle pullout LCD display on the front panel too....
once you have AIX up and configured for your network (hint, `smitty` is the answer to all admin questions), you won't need the console again.
sorry i can't be any more help as I haven't had a p5 in my lab for a year+ now, great machines, but for whatever reasons (probably friction) we stuck with Sun. once youve used LVM on AIX, you'll wonder how you ever put up with the sad excuse for LVM in Linux.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Fajar Priyantofajarpri@arinet.org wrote:
Sorry for the OT. I've posted it in some IBM related forums but no reply yet. We've got an IBM pSeries p9115-505 machine from warehouse. I notice that it doesn't have any port for the monitor. Where do we plug the monitor?
From Google it says something about HMC (Hardware Management Center).
Hi,
You have 2 options. Either you also get a HMC (which is a Intel machine running some special Linux-based software), it manages the hardware and allows you to see the console and do the install.
The second options is to use the serial port on the machine itself (you will need a null-modem cable for this). Then using things like minicom or hyperterminal you can access the console.
So no, you can't connect a keyboard or screen to it. It only has a text-based console.
Regards, Tim
P.S. Yes, I've worked for IBM in the past and yes I have 2 of these as well at my current job.
The second options is to use the serial port on the machine itself (you will need a null-modem cable for this). Then using things like minicom or hyperterminal you can access the console.
On the off-chance you are using a Vista laptop to connect via the serial port, you can use putty (usually used as an SSH client) to connect. Hyperterminal was pulled from Vista.
I use putty for serial port access regularly.
-geoff
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On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Geoff Galitzgeoff@galitz.org wrote:
The second options is to use the serial port on the machine itself (you will need a null-modem cable for this). Then using things like minicom or hyperterminal you can access the console.
On the off-chance you are using a Vista laptop to connect via the serial port, you can use putty (usually used as an SSH client) to connect. Hyperterminal was pulled from Vista.
I use putty for serial port access regularly.
Thanks for all the responses. I'll try the serial console. Wow, I've never expected there is such a server that is treated like some kind of appliance that doesn't need a normal server I/O. Thanks for the smitty password too, that's cool to know.
On Thursday August 13 2009, Fajar Priyanto wrote:
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Geoff Galitzgeoff@galitz.org wrote:
The second options is to use the serial port on the machine itself (you will need a null-modem cable for this). Then using things like minicom or hyperterminal you can access the console.
On the off-chance you are using a Vista laptop to connect via the serial port, you can use putty (usually used as an SSH client) to connect. Hyperterminal was pulled from Vista.
I use putty for serial port access regularly.
Thanks for all the responses. I'll try the serial console. Wow, I've never expected there is such a server that is treated like some kind of appliance that doesn't need a normal server I/O. Thanks for the smitty password too, that's cool to know.
You might also be able to add a "graphics adapter" if you have a slot available, basically a supported vga card. By default a p505 doesn't come with one since it's only a 1U box. My p505 is attached to an HMC and has a single partition on it which I use as my NIM
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