Adapter requirements

Depending on your configuration, there are many different adapters you can use.

If your system is managed by a Hardware Management Console (HMC), use the HMC to designate hardware resources.

Operations Console (LAN) supports the following adapters:
  • PCIe2 2-port 1GbE Adapter (FCs 5767 and 5768)
  • PCIe2 4-port 1GbE Adapter (FCs 5260 and 5899)
  • PCIe3 4-port 10GbE SR Adapter (FCs EN15 and EN16)
  • PCIe3 4-port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter (FCs EN17 and EN18)
These adapters can be filled in the PCI Express (PCIe) slots.

The following table contains console-supporting adapter locations when the system is not managed by an HMC.

Table 1. Console-supporting adapter locations when the system is not managed by an HMC
System type System model Local console on a network (LAN)
8284 21A C6, C7, C9, C10, C11, and C12
8286 41A C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, and C121
8286 42A C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, and C121
9119

MHE

MME
  • System node drawers - C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, and C81
  • I/O expansion drawers - C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, and C61, 2
9080

MHE

MME
  • System node drawers - C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, and C81
  • I/O expansion drawers - C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, and C61, 2
Note:
  • 1. Use local macro or console service function (65+21) +Bn for card selection, where the value of n can be 1 - 9 or A - Z.
  • 2. The I/O expansion drawers have 6 PCI slots in each of the two modules.

These systems do not support a remote control panel that is directly attached to the server. However, you can use the virtual control panel connected over LAN for most control panel functions.

For the 9119 or 9080 systems, the location of the PCI slots can be represented as Py-Cx, where:
  • Py is the planar location label of the system node backplane or the expansion drawer PCI module.
  • Cx is the slot location label in the system node or in the expansion drawer PCI module.

For more information on placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities for the 9080-MHE, 9080-MME, 9119-MHE, or 9119-MME system .

When the system is not managed by an HMC, the LAN console IOA must be in the same system node drawer or in the same I/O expansion drawe PCI module (same Py location value) as the alternate load source (ALS) IOA. The LAN console IOA can be in any of the available system drawer or expansion drawer slots listed in the above table for this system type.

Parent topic: Operations Console hardware requirements


Last updated: Thu, June 14, 2018