Plan for how Operations Console works with iSeries™ Navigator.
Both iSeries Navigator and Operations Console can be run on a single PC. Depending on how you have Operations Console connected to your server, there are two possible network configuration options available.
iSeries Navigator is the graphical user interface for managing and administering your server from your Windows® desktop.
Operations Console allows you to use a local or remote PC to access and control a console, a control panel, or both. Operations Console enables connections or console activities across a local area network (LAN), and enables directly cabled connections. A single PC can have multiple connections to multiple servers and can be the console for multiple servers. An example is having a logically partitioned server using the same PC as the console for all logical partitions. Since each logical partition is considered a separate server, you need a separate connection to the logical partition for which you want to use the console. Operations Console allows multiple connections to a single server, but only one PC can have control of a server at a time. Based on the Operation Console connectivity, you can have either of the following methods of configuration.
- The PC using Operation Console as a local console that is directly
attached requires a network connection for iSeries Navigator. To complete the iSeries Navigator
connection, the server needs to have a network adapter and configured i5/OS® line description (LIND).
When Operations Console is connected over a serial cable attached to an asynchronous adapter on the server, iSeries Navigator is connected through a LAN adapter on the server. The PC communicates to Operations Console through its communication port while communicating with iSeries Navigator through the LAN connectivity.
Figure 1. iSeries Navigator and Operations Console configuration over separate connections
- The PC used as a local console on a network (LAN) might require
an additional network connection. iSeries Navigator
requires a network connection to the network adapter and configured i5/OS line description (LIND). Operations
Console uses the service network adapter as defined by the service host name
(interface name). If the network adapter and configured i5/OS LIND
and the service network adapter, as defined by the service host name (interface
name), are on the same network, then an additional PC LAN adapter is not needed.
Figure 2. iSeries Navigator and Operations Console configuration on the same network
Figure 3. iSeries Navigator and Operations Console configuration on separate networks