Operations Console for IBM i logical partitions

Operations Console allows you to use a local or remote PC to access IBM® i on logical partitions. Operations Console is an installable component of System i® Access for Windows® licensed program.

You can use Operations Console to connect to IBM i logical partitions either over a network (LAN connect) or through a console that is attached to a serial port that is owned by the IBM i logical partition (directly attached).

The management tasks that you can perform using Operations Console depend upon whether you are managing your logical partitions using a Hardware Management Console (HMC) or using the Virtual Partition Manager on IBM i:

If you are using an HMC to manage your logical partitions, you can use Operations Console to access IBM i on your IBM i logical partitions.
If you are using the Virtual Partition Manager on IBM i to manage your logical partitions, you can use Operations Console to access IBM i on your IBM i logical partitions. In turn, you can use Operations Console to access the Virtual Partition Manager on your IBM i logical partitions. 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.

The following figure shows a partitioned IBM System i model with an HMC and local console on a network.

This image represents a partitioned IBM System i model with an HMC and a local console on a network.

The following figure shows a partitioned IBM System i model with an HMC and local consoles directly attached to the server.

This image represents a partitioned IBM System i model with an HMC and local consoles directly attached to the server.

Note: Directly attached Operations Console does not support the remote control panel. For remote control panel support, you will need either LAN or the virtual control panel that uses the serial cable from the existing console.