Learn how to connect to a 5250 console remotely, in addition
to configuring remote security and the Hardware Management Console (HMC) firewall.
Before you begin
The remote support for HMC 5250 uses Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption. With SSL encryption that is required for all remote access to the
HMC, a certificate is required to provide the keys for this encryption. The HMC provides a
self-signed certificate that allows this encryption to occur. To connect to a 5250 console
remotely, you must use the IBM® i Access Client Solutions (5250
Console).
About this task
To connect to a 5250 console remotely, complete the following steps:
Procedure
- A remote HMC 5250 console can be configured for Linux,
Mac, and Windows environments. To configure an HMC 5250
console in a Linux, Mac or Windows environment, complete the following steps:
- Start IBM i Access Client Solutions.
- From the main panel, select System Configurations.
- If the system is already in the list of configured systems, select the
system and then click Edit. If the system is not
already in the list of configured systems, select New. On the General tab,
enter the system host name or IP address in the System name field.
- Click the Console tab.
- Click HMC 5250 Console.
- Enter the HMC host name or IP address.
- Click OK.
- Click Close.
- From the main panel, select the System name that contains the HMC console configuration that you
configured. This is the System name found on the System Configurations General tab.
- To start the 5250 console, click 5250 Console.
- Open the 5250 emulator and select the language that you want to view on the interface.
- Log in using your HMC user
ID and password.
- Select the managed system that contains the logical partition
to which you want to connect.
- Select the logical partition to which you want to connect.
- If you select Shared, you must enter a session key that can be used by
another user with another 5250 emulator. If you are the first user, you must enter the session key
twice to verify accuracy.
- If you select Dedicated, other users are
not able to share the session with you.
- If you select Details, you can view which
users are connected to this partition.
