This topic describes how to disable console support for either
the embedded Ethernet port or add-on 5706/5707 adapters, or both. These options
do not disable the port or adapter, but makes them ineligible as a console-supporting
resource. Also, this support is only available on servers that are not managed
by a Hardware Management Console (HMC).
This allows you to use one or both of these resources for another
purpose other than Operations Console. Initially, the embedded Ethernet port
is the default location for Operations Console (LAN) configurations and is
dedicated for that purpose. If a 5706 or 5707 adapter is also present in a
location where the console can use it, you can turn off this support to prevent
Operations Console from selecting the adapter for console use. These instructions
are typically only used when the system is not managed by the HMC and
the console resource is determined by location.
To disable either the embedded Ethernet port or add-on 5706/5707
adapters, complete the following steps:
- Access
Dedicated Service Tools (DST) or System Service Tools (SST).
- If you are using DST, select Work with DST environment,
or if you are using SST, select Work with service tools user IDs
and devices.
- If you are using DST, select System devices.
- Select Select Console.
- Type a 2 in either the Allow
supported internal LAN adapter to be the console or Allow
supported Gigabit LAN adapter to be the console field, depending
on what you want to disable.
- Press Enter.
If you do not have a working console device, but you have another
workstation that can access system service tools (SST), then you can use the
preceding DST/SST procedure or the
OPSCONSOLE
native macro to disable your intended resource. If you do not have
any working devices, then you must
use the
console service functions (65+21). You also use either of these methods
to re-activate support for these resources.