Remote control panel

Use the IBM® i remote control panel to use control panel functions through a PC.

The remote control panel is a window on your console that shows a control panel representation from your server. With the remote control panel, you can perform most of the control panel functions from a local or a remote location. By default, user-created device IDs have these permissions. All user IDs that want access need the appropriate authority, as well as device IDs.

The user must be granted access to a logical partition's remote control panel and functions to use the partition remote panel key, which controls whether the remote panel can change the mode from manual to normal. If the panel is in manual mode, the user-privilege operator-panel function is required to perform a function or operation. To change the mode, you must authenticate the connection and you must have the authority to the respective logical partition's keylock.

Automatically created device IDs do not have access to the remote control panel. You must manually grant access to users and service tools device IDs for the remote control panel and the logical partition.

The default access to the remote control panel for the automatically created device IDs can be changed in Dedicated Service Tools (DST). Log in to DST by using the service tools user ID. For more information, see: Work with service tools user IDs or the DST can also be activated by using the operation panel function 21. For more information, see: Selecting function 21 from the control panel.