Adding managed systems to the HMC environment

Understand how to add managed systems to the HMC, so that you can manage them using the HMC interface.

You can manage multiple systems from a Hardware Management Console (HMC). To add a managed system to the HMC, you must establish a network connection between the HMC and the service processor of the new system. Configuring the HMC to work with the new managed system depends on how you have set up and configured the existing network connections between the HMC and the already-installed managed systems, including connections to the logical partitions.

For more information about configuring network connections on the HMC, see HMC network connections.

Use the following topics to determine how to add a managed system to your HMC environment based on your existing network configuration. After completing the HMC connection, add the system to your HMC environment by selecting the managed system connection in the HMC GUI and selecting Add managed system from the Selected menu. Follow the instructions in the Add managed system window by specifying the name or IP address of the managed system or specifying a range of IP addresses to find and select the managed system to add. For more information about the Add managed system function, refer to the HMC GUI help.