Learn how to connect to a 5250 console remotely, in addition
to configuring remote security and the Hardware Management Console (HMC) firewall.
The remote support for HMC
5250 uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption. With SSL encryption required for all remote access
to the HMC, a certificate is required to provide the keys for this encryption. The HMC provides a
self-signed certificate that allows this encryption to occur. To connect to a 5250 console
remotely, you must use one of the following emulators:
Note: In the HMC remote 5250 console, you cannot use the EnableTelnetKeepalive
setting, which is available for IBM i Access for Windows Version 7.1.
To connect remotely, complete the following steps:
- A remote HMC 5250 console can be configured for Linux, Mac, and Windows environments.
To configure
an HMC 5250 console in a Linux,
Mac or Windows environment,
do the following:
- Start IBM i Access Client
Solutions.
- From the main panel, select System Configurations.
- If the system is already in the list of configured systems, select the
system and then click Edit. If the system is not
already in the list of configured systems, select New. On the General tab,
enter the system's host name or IP address in the System name field.
- Click the Console tab.
- Click HMC 5250 Console.
- Enter the HMC Host name or IP address.
- Click OK.
- Click Close.
- From the main panel, select the System name that contains the
HMC console configuration you just configured. This will be the System
name found on the System Configurations General tab.
- To start the 5250 console, click 5250 Console.
To configure a Windows environment
that is running either PC5250 or IBM Personal
Communications, do the following:
- Open the 5250 emulator application on your PC.
- Create a new session.
- In the Configure PC5250 window, type the HMC host name or IP address in the System
Name field and indicate the port number. Type 2300 in the
port number field if you are not using SSL, or type 2301 if
you are using SSL.
- Click Properties.
- If you are using the IBM
iSeries Access PC5250 emulator, do the following:
- Select Use default User ID, prompt as needed from the menu.
- In the User ID field, type Q#HMC.
Note: The user ID,
Q#HMC, is not used for security authentication. You will be prompted for additional security values
by the HMC Telnet Proxy.
- If you are not using SSL, select Not secured as the security setting, or
select your current SSL level.
- Open the 5250 emulator and select the language you want
to see on the interface.
- Log in using your HMC user
ID and password.
- Select the managed system that contains the logical partition
to which you want to connect.
- Select the logical partition to which you want to connect.
- If you select Shared, you must enter a
session key that can be used by another user with another 5250 emulator.
If you are the first user, the session key is entered twice to verify
accuracy.
- If you select Dedicated, other users are
not able to share the session with you.
- If you select Details, you can view which
users are connected to this partition.
