HMC (HARDWARE MANAGEMENT CONSOLE)

Intro:

The system administrator is able to manage the software configuration and operation of partitions in a server system, as well as to monitor and identify hardware problems. HMCs offer an inexpensive method to administer complex and expensive servers, as a console need only consist of a 32-bit Intel-based desktop PC with a DVD-RAM drive. HMC is used to:

• Configure and manage logical partitions and partition profiles
• Perform DLPAR functions.
• Activate and manage Capacity on Demand resources.

HMC is categorized as hardware HMC and software HMC.

HMC Hardware :

desktop hmc - eg: 7042 c06

rack mount hmc- eg: 7042 cr4

HMC Software:

it is the end user application, there are lots of version in HMC ( v2,v7 Version 7 is the latest )

note: version 7 does not need a WEBSM .

Operating  System Message(osm) window is the window used to enter the commands. the following is the osm window,

The followings are few HMC commands used  in real time:

$P - PURGE

$S - START

$C - CANCEL 

$T - CONTROL 

$E - RESET

$A - RELEASE 

$I - INTERRUPT

$D - DISPLAY 

$N -REPEAT

$B - BACKSPACE 

$H - HOLD

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