Setting up a console

Learn more about setting up a console so that you can manage the system.

Determining which console to use
Your console, monitor, or interface choices are guided by whether you create logical partitions, which operating system you install in your primary partition, and whether you install a Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) in one of your logical partitions.

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Last updated: Wed, May 28, 2025