View additional tasks to further customize the configuration of
your system.
By completing the initial server setup checklist, you have completed
the tasks necessary for your server to function and operate on the most basic
level. To further customize the configuration of your system, select any of
the following tasks:
- Creating
a virtual computing environment
- When you create a virtual computing environment, you consolidate the physical
and logical resources into a manageable virtual environment. This allows you
to pool resources such as memory, processors, networks, and storage into a
single virtual environment.
- Accessing
the ASMI
- The Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) is the interface to the
service processor that allows you to perform general and administrator-level
service tasks such as reading service processor error logs, reading vital
product data, setting up the service processor, and controlling the system
power. The ASMI might also be referred to as the service processor menus.
You can access the ASMI through a Web browser, the ASCII console, or the Hardware Management Console (HMC).
If you do not have an HMC,
set up access to the ASMI in addition to your Operations Console or twinaxial
console.
- Setting up
Operations Console
- Operations Console allows you to use one or more PCs to access and control,
either remotely or locally, the server console and control panel functions.
Set up Operations Console in addition to your HMC to
manage the i5/OS® operating
system in a partitioned environment.
- Setting
up a twinaxial console
- The twinaxial console uses the command line interface to access and manage
the server, and it does not require the use of a PC to act as a console. Set
up the twinaxial console in addition to your HMC to
manage the i5/OS operating
system in a partitioned environment.
- Managing
the Thin Console
- The Thin Console for System i5™ provides
a 5250 system console for the i5/OS operating
system on select IBM System i5™ and eServer™ i5 models
that are not managed by a Hardware Management Console (HMC).
- Installing iSeries™ Navigator
- iSeries Navigator is
a graphical user interface for managing and administering your server and i5/OS from your Windows® desktop. iSeries Navigator makes operation
and administration of servers and i5/OS easier
and more productive.
- Install
and configure Windows environment on iSeries
- Windows environment
on iSeries is available
on IBM System i5 and eServer i5 models.
It is a way for the server and Personal Computers (PCs) to work together.
It allows the server to control the PCs, making the PCs easier to administer.
Setting up Windows environment on iSeries involves
installing hardware and two separate pieces of software: IBM® i5/OS Integrated
Server Support and the Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server
2003 operating system from Microsoft®.