Both Operations Console and iSeries® Navigator, which is the graphical user interface for managing and administering your server from your Windows® desktop, can run on a single PC. Depending on how you have Operations Console connected to your server, there are two possible network configuration options available.
Operations Console allows you to use a local or remote PC to access and control a console, a control panel, or both. Operations Console enables connections or console activities across a local area network (LAN), and enables directly cabled connections. A single PC can have multiple connections to multiple servers and can be the console for multiple servers. An example is having a logically partitioned server using the same PC as the console for all logical partitions. Because each logical partition is considered a separate server, you need a separate connection to the logical partition for which you want to use the console. Operations Console allows multiple connections to a single server, but only one PC can have control of a server at a time. Based on the Operation Console connectivity, you can have either of the following methods of configuration.
- The PC using Operation Console as a local console that is directly attached
requires a network connection for iSeries Navigator.
To complete the iSeries Navigator connection,
the server needs to have a network adapter and configured i5/OS® line
description (LIND).
When Operations Console is connected over a serial cable attached to an asynchronous adapter on the server, iSeries Navigator is connected through a LAN adapter on the server. The PC communicates to Operations Console through its communication port while communicating with iSeries Navigator through the LAN connectivity.
Figure 1. iSeries Navigator and Operations Console configuration over separate connections
- The PC used as a local console on a network (LAN) might require an additional
network connection.iSeries Navigator requires
a network connection to the network adapter and configured i5/OS LIND.
Operations Console uses the service network adapter as defined by the service
host name (interface name). If the network adapter and configured i5/OS LIND and the service network
adapter, as defined by the service host name (interface name), are on the
same network, then an additional PC LAN adapter is not needed. Figure 2. iSeries Navigator and Operations Console configuration on the same network
Figure 3. iSeries Navigator and Operations Console configuration on separate networks