Twinaxial console for i5/OS logical partitions

The twinaxial console uses a basic command-line interface to access i5/OS® on logical partitions. It does not require the use of a PC to act as a console.

The management tasks that you can perform using a twinaxial console depend upon whether you are managing your logical partitions using a Hardware Management Console (HMC) or using the Virtual Partition Manager on i5/OS:

If you are using an HMC to manage your logical partitions, you can use the twinaxial console to access i5/OS on your i5/OS logical partitions.
If you are using the Virtual Partition Manager on i5/OS to manage your logical partitions, you can use a twinaxial console to access i5/OS on your i5/OS logical partition. In turn, you can use the twinaxial console to access the Virtual Partition Manager on the i5/OS logical partition. This allows you to create up to four Linux® logical partitions on the managed system and manage the resources for all logical partitions on the managed system.

Twinaxial console and an HMC

The following figure shows a partitioned IBM® System i5® model with an HMC connected to the server firmware and twinaxial consoles connected to each i5/OS logical partition. Use the HMC to create and manage logical partitions. Use the twinaxial console to access i5/OS on your i5/OS logical partitions.

This image represents a partitioned IBM System i5 model with an HMC and twinaxial consoles.

Twinaxial console and the Virtual Partition Manager

The following figure shows a partitioned IBM System i5 model with a twinaxial console connected to i5/OS on your i5/OS logical partition. Use the twinaxial console to access the Virtual Partition Manager and create and manage the logical partitions on your managed system.

This image represents a partitioned IBM System i5 model with a twinaxial console connected to the i5/OS Virtual Partition Manager.

For more information about adding and using twinaxial console to your computing environment, refer to Managing the twinaxial console.

For more information about partitioning using the Virtual Partition Manager, refer to Partitioning with the Virtual Partition Manager.