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Cabling the server and setting up the console

Your console, monitor, or interface choices are guided by whether you create logical partitions, which operating system you install in your primary partition, and whether you install a Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) in one of your logical partitions.

Note: If you ordered your system or expansion unit preinstalled into a rack, you must remove the shipping bracket that is on the left side of the rear of the system or expansion unit before you cable it.

Choose one of the consoles, interfaces, or terminals in the following table.

Table 1. Available console types
Console type	Operating system	Logical partitions	Cable required	Cabling and setup instructions
ASCII terminal	AIX®, Linux, or VIOS	Yes for VIOS, no for AIX and Linux	Serial cable equipped with a null modem	Cabling the server with an ASCII terminal
Hardware Management Console	AIX, IBM® i, Linux, or VIOS	Yes	Ethernet (or cross-over cable)	Cabling the server to the Hardware Management Console
Operations Console	IBM i	Yes Use your Operations Console to manage existing IBM i partitions.	Ethernet cable for LAN connection	Cabling the server and accessing Operations Console
Integrated Virtualization Manager for VIOS	AIX, IBM i, or Linux	Yes	Serial cable	Cabling the server and accessing the Integrated Virtualization Manager
Keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM)	Linux or VIOS	Yes	Monitor and USB cables equipped with KVM	Cabling the server with keyboard, video, and mouse

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Last updated: Thu, November 07, 2013