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To make a connection to the control panel, you must configure a remote control panel (RCP) or a virtual control panel (VCP). All user IDs that want access need the appropriate authority, as well as device IDs.
Both RCP and VCP are graphical interfaces to the control panel. The RCP allows you to perform most of the control panel functions from a local or a remote location. The VCP allows you to perform most of the control panel functions from a local location only. By default, user-created user IDs will have these permissions.
The user must be granted access to a partition's RCP and functions to use the RCP or VCP. If a local console on a network is being used, then the service tools device ID must also be granted access to that partition's RCP to use this feature.
Users and service tools device IDs default values automatically grant access to the RCP for the logical partition. The user that authenticates a connection must also have authority to the respective partition's keylock to change the mode.
- A
- Function/Data display
- B
- Increment and Decrement buttons
- C
- Power on indicator
- D
- Power button
- E
- System Attention light
- F
- Enter button
- G
- Mode button