You can manage servers, logical partitions, and Capacity on Demand
with the Hardware Management Console (HMC). The
HMC communicates with systems using service applications to detect, consolidate,
and send information to your service provider for analysis. The HMC also provides
5250 emulation, which allows you to perform most operating system management tasks
through the HMC.
The Advanced System Management Interface 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 may also be referred to as the service processor menus. Set up access
to the ASMI if you plan to manage the AIX(R) or Linux(TM) operating systems without
an HMC.