Hardware Management Console

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Important: The Hardware Management Console features (FC 0062, FC 0063, FC 0082, or FC 0083) can only be carried forward to the rack mount. The only new Hardware Management Console feature offered with the rack mount is with the Hardware Management Appliance feature (FC 0355).

A single console can support multiple machines and can be located remotely to the physical sites.

The supported Hardware Management Console features are as follows:

  • The Hardware Management Console Tower (FC 0062 or FC 0082) consists of:
    • A processor or system unit, including two Ethernet LAN adapters, capable of operating at 10, 100, or 1000 Mbps and will use removable UFDs to install Licensed Machine Code (LMC)
    • Optional HMC Tabletop KMM (keyboard, monitor, mouse) - (FC 0148 - carry forward only)
    • The console requires a customer-supplied table to hold the KMM.
  • The Hardware Management Console Rack Mount (FC 0063 or FC 0083) consists of:
    • 1U HMC system unit, including two Ethernet LAN adapters, capable of operating at 10, 100, or 1000 Mbps and will use removable UFDs to install Licensed Machine Code (LMC)
    • Optional 1U HMC Rack Mount KMM (keyboard, monitor, mouse) - (FC 0154 - carry forward only)
    • Three C13/C14 10 amp power jumper cables (2.8 m (9 ft))
    • The customer must provide the following:
      • A rack to hold the 1U Hardware Management Console and the 1U Rack Mount KMM
      • Three power receptacles, which provides C13 outlets for the C13/C14 power jumper cables -- two for the 1U HMC system unit and one for the KMM.
 

Requirements

The Hardware Management Console Tower requires two 110/120V AC outlets for USA and Canada. The Hardware Management Console Rack Mount uses three PDU plug positions (two for the 1U HMC unit for USA and Canada. (Other power requirements are country dependent.)

An Ethernet switch will not be offered as a configurable feature on rack mount. You must supply your own Ethernet switch to manage the Ethernet connection between the Support Elements and HMCs. It is recommended that the Ethernet switch support a speed of 1 Gbps.