Logging in to the HMC from a LAN-connected web browser

Log in to the Hardware Management Console (HMC) remotely from a LAN-connected web browser.

Use the following steps to log in to the HMC from a LAN-connected web browser:

1. Ensure that your web browser has LAN connectivity to the wanted HMC.
2. From your web browser, enter the URL of the wanted HMC in the format https://hostname.domain_name (for example: https://hmc1.ibm.com) or https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
   If this connection is the first access of the HMC for the current web browser session, you might receive a certificate error. This certificate error is displayed if any of the following conditions occur:

   • The web server that is contained in the HMC is configured to use a self-signed certificate and the browser is not configured to trust the HMC as an issuer of certificates.
   • The HMC is configured to use a certificate that is signed by a certificate authority (CA) and the browser is not configured to trust this CA.

   In either case, if you know that the certificate that is being displayed to the browser is the one used by the HMC, you can continue and all communications to the HMC is encrypted.
   If you do not want to receive notification of a certificate error for the first access of any browser session, you can configure the browser to trust the HMC or the CA. In general, to configure the browser, use one of the following methods:

   • You must indicate that the browser permanently trusts the issuer of the certificate.
   • By viewing the certificate and installing to the database of trusted CAs, the certificate of the CA that issues the certificate is used by the HMC.

   If the certificate is self-signed, the HMC itself is considered the CA that issues the certificate.

3. When prompted, enter the user name and password that is assigned by your administrator.