Logging in to the HMC from a LAN-connected web browser

Log in to the HMC remotely from a LAN-connected web browser.

Use the following steps to log in to the HMC from a LAN-connected web browser:

1. Ensure that your web browser PC has LAN connectivity to the desired HMC.
2. From your web browser, enter the URL of the desired HMC, using the format https://hostname.domain_name (for example: https://hmc1.ibm.com) or https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
   If this is the first access of the HMC for the current web browser session, you can receive a certificate error. This certificate error is displayed if:

   • The web server contained in the HMC is configured to use a self-signed certificate and the browser has not been configured to trust the HMC as an issuer of certificates,
   • The HMC is configured to use a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority (CA) and the browser has not been configured to trust this CA.

   In either case, if you know that the certificate being displayed to the browser is the one used by the HMC, you can continue and all communications to the HMC will be encrypted.
   If you do not want to receive notification of a certificate error for the first access of any browser session, you can configure the browser to trust the HMC or the CA. In general, to configure the browser, use one of the following methods:

   • You must indicate that the browser will permanently trust the issuer of the certificate
   • By viewing the certificate and installing, to the database of trusted CAs, the certificate of the CA that issued the certificate used by the HMC.

   If the certificate is self-signed, the HMC itself is considered the CA that issued the certificate.

3. When prompted, enter the user name and password assigned by your administrator.