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Managing the Thin Console

Learn how to manage the Thin Console, which provides a 5250 system console for the IBM® i5/OS® environment on select System i® models that are not managed by a Hardware Management Console (HMC).

Use the Thin Console on the following models: 9405-520, 9406-520, 9406-525, 9406-550, and 9407-515. These models must be running i5/OS V5R3 or later and a firmware level or SF240 or later.