IBM Power 750 Express 8408-E8D, Manual

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Cabling the server and setting up the console
Your console, monitor, or interface choices are guided by whether you create logical partitions, which
operating system you install in your primary partition, and whether you install a Virtual I/O Server
(VIOS) in one of your logical partitions.
Note: If you ordered your system or expansion unit preinstalled into a rack, you must remove the
shipping bracket that is on the left side of the rear of the system or expansion unit before you cable it.
Go to the instructions for the applicable console, interface, or terminal in the following table.
Note: After you have cabled your system to a console, connect the power cables to the system. For more
information, see “Connecting the power cables to the system” on page 25.
Table 1. Available console types
Console type Operating system Logical partitions Cable required
Cabling and setup
instructions
ASCII terminal AIX
®
, Linux, or VIOS Yes for VIOS, no for
AIX and Linux Serial cable equipped
with a null modem “Cabling the server
with an ASCII
terminal”
Hardware
Management Console AIX, IBM i, Linux, or
VIOS Yes Ethernet (or crossover
cable) “Cabling the server to
the Hardware
Management
Console” on page 21
Integrated
Virtualization
Manager for VIOS AIX, IBM i, and
Linux Yes Ethernet cable for
network connection “Cabling the server
and accessing the
Integrated
Virtualization
Manager” on page 22
Operations Console IBM i Yes
Use your Operations
Console to manage
existing IBM i
partitions.
Ethernet cable for
LAN connection “Cabling the server
and accessing
Operations Console”
on page 23
Keyboard, video, and
mouse (KVM) Yes Monitor and USB
cables equipped with
KVM “Connecting the
monitor, keyboard,
and mouse to the
system” on page 25
Cabling the server with an ASCII terminal
If you are not creating logical partitions, you can use an ASCII terminal to manage a server that is
running the AIX, Linux, or VIOS operating systems. From the ASCII terminal, you can access the
Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) to perform additional installation tasks.
The ASCII terminal is connected to the server through a serial link. The ASCII interface to the ASMI
provides a subset of the web interface functions. The ASCII terminal is available only when the system is
in the standby state. It is not available during the initial program load (IPL) or run time.
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