Reset or Remove Connection

Use Reset or Remove Connection to remove or reset a managed system from the Contents area of the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

• When you remove the connection with a managed system, the connection is broken between the HMC and the managed system. Remove the connection with the managed system if you no longer want to manage the managed system using this HMC. Use this window to remove the connection before you physically disconnect the HMC from the managed system (or from the network).
• When you reset the connection with a managed system, the connection is broken and then reconnected. Reset the connection with the managed system if the managed system is in a No Connection state and you have verified that the network settings are correct on both the HMC and the managed system.

If you assign static IP addresses to service processors, and you physically replace one managed system with another managed system without first using this window to remove the old connection from the Contents area, you might need to reboot the HMC before you can remove the old connection from the Contents area.

If you reconnect the managed system to the HMC after you remove the connection, you must use the mksysconn -o auto HMC command to clear the connection history on the HMC before reconnecting the managed system. If you reconnect the managed system to the HMC without first using the mksysconn -o auto HMC command, the HMC does not recognize the managed system.

Select Reset Connection or Remove Connection and click OK.