Managing the HMC by using the HMC Classic or HMC Enhanced interface

This topic helps users to understand how to use the Hardware Management Console (HMC), describes the tasks you can use on the console, and describes how to navigate using the web-based user interface.

Notes:
  1. When the Hardware Management Console (HMC) is at version 8.7.0, or later, the HMC Classic interface is not supported. The functions that were previously available with the HMC Classic interface are now available with the HMC Enhanced+ interface.
  2. The procedures and functions of the HMC Enhanced interface, which was an option that was provided with HMC version 8.20, are now a part of the HMC Enhanced+ interface that is provided with HMC version 8.30.
  • What's new in Managing the HMC
    Read about new or significantly changed information in Managing the HMC since the previous update of this topic collection.
  • Introduction to the HMC
    This section briefly describes some of the concepts and functions of the Hardware Management Console (HMC) and introduces the user interface that is used for accessing those functions.
  • Using the web-based user interface
    You can use the web-based user interface to perform tasks on the Hardware Management Console (HMC) or on your managed resources.
  • HMC tasks, user roles, IDs, and associated commands
    The roles discussed in this section refer to HMC users; operating systems running on logical partitions has its own set of users and roles.
  • Systems Management for Servers
    Systems Management displays tasks to manage servers, logical partitions, and frames. Use these tasks to set up, configure, view current status, troubleshoot, and apply solutions for servers.
  • Systems Management for Partitions
    Systems Management displays tasks you can perform to manage servers, logical partitions, and frames. Use these tasks to set up, configure, view current status, troubleshoot, and apply solutions for partitions.
  • Systems Management for Frames
    Set up, configure, view current status, troubleshoot, and apply solutions for frames.
  • Systems Management for Power Enterprise Pool
    Systems Management for Power® Enterprise Pool displays Power Enterprise Pool tasks that you can perform.
  • HMC Management tasks
    The tasks that are available on the Hardware Management Console (HMC) for the HMC Management tasks are described.
  • Service Management tasks
    The tasks that are available on the HMC for the Service Management tasks are described.
  • Updates
    Display tasks to manage Licensed Internal Code (LIC) on your HMC, managed system, power subsystem, or I/O adapters.
  • Remote operations
    Connect to and use the HMC remotely.
  • Customizable data replication
    The Customizable Data Replication service provides the ability to configure a set of Hardware Management Consoles (HMCs) to automatically replicate any changes to certain types of data so that the configured set of HMCs automatically keep this data synchronized without manual intervention.


Last updated: Fri, December 06, 2019