Verify and change information about the server and connection configurations using the Properties window.
On the Properties window, there is information about the server associated with the connected configuration. This is where you make changes to an existing configuration.
The General tab contains information about the server your selected connection represents. The Log Directory field displays the path to the Operations Console data logs and is the only field you are allowed to edit. If the selected connection is not connected, the data provided originates from the last successful connection. If you select Properties for a connected configuration, you are presented with a dialog window that indicates some changes might not take effect until the next time you reconnect the configured connection.
If the partition number is displaying ****, then there is a configuration error associated with the configured connection. The error might be a wrong partition ID or possibly a wrong service host name IP address.
The Configuration tab contains options that change what functions are used and how the configuration connects. Options not available for the associated configuration are greyed out. The remote console does not have a Configuration tab. To make changes to the remote console, you must first delete and then re-create the remote console connection.
Answer BOOTP tab allows the system administrator to determine which PC's configuration will supply the IP data to the server. New servers or logical partitions attempting to connect to a local console on a network (LAN) might be using BOOTP. If more than one PC or configuration is allowed to supply the data, the first PC to respond to the broadcast packet supplies this data. Controlling which PC supplies this data might allow the administrator additional flexibility.
An example is when it is desirable to refer to a system within Operations Console with a name other than the name already assigned to the service tools host name (service interface). You have a PC in the computer room that was used to initially set up your server or partition so it uses the real service interface name. You want all the other PCs to display the name as something else. You can create the configured connection on the other PCs to use a fictitious serial number for the server so that BOOTP is always ignored from these PC's configurations. However, if you uncheck this option you prevent this PC from accidentally configuring the server with the wrong name and still use the real server's serial number. For more information regarding BOOTP, see Bootstrap Protocol.
For both local console directly attached configurations, the default IP used for the console is 192.168.0.2. If this PC uses the address range for another purpose, this field provides the user with a convenient method to change the address used by Operations Console. For example, you can use 192.168.1.2.
The Device ID tab allows a single button to reset the service tools device ID password on the PC. The server's service tools device ID password must also be reset separately. The service tools device ID's name for the configuration cannot be changed. To use a different service tools device ID you must delete this configuration and create a new configuration using a new device ID of a different name.
If you receive an error message that indicates you need to resynchronize the device ID passwords, you have to only reset the server's device ID password. The client automatically resets itself during the next connection attempt.
The Access Password tab allows you to change the access password. The access password is used, in part, to authenticate the device making the connection.
While on Properties window, you can use the ? help for more information. When you click on ?, the ? is now attached to your cursor. You can move the ? to the field you want more information on, and then click again. A context sensitive help dialog window is displayed containing information regarding that field.