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  • 1.  Lan console VS New enhanced LAN console

    Posted 05/14/26 03:38 PM
    Edited by Miguel Peralta 05/14/26 03:39 PM

    I found this post in the IBM ideas section, and I completely agree with it. We need a more robust LAN console that takes advantage of the HMC's ports. Not everyone has a monster with 100 partitions; some of us only have one, which is sometimes complicated to manage or connect to the console:

    Is there anybody on this earth that does not absolutely hate LAN Console?

    Every Power system ships with an HMC port and a service processor behind it. Please use that as the one and only console interface.


    Use Case:

    Package the following components from vHMC into ACS:
    - 5250 console (WITH 132 COLUMN SUPPORT!)
    - the ability to specify the D-IPL adapter
    - the ability to remote power the system up or down
    - all the other stuff LAN Console supports that are necessary

    https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-2569



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  • 2.  RE: Lan console VS New enhanced LAN console

    Posted 05/18/26 02:39 AM

    Once upon a time they did have a Thin Client that connected to the HMC port. I beleive it was back to Power 5 systems.

    It worked like a charm but it was short lived before they discarded this.

    So it is possible to do this and I would like this opportunity back.

    LAN console is OK untlil you get into trouble. Then it is a big hassle.

    Magne Stamnes



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