Hardware Management Console V7 Handbook

Abstract
The IBM Hardware Management Console provides systems administrators a tool for planning, deploying, and managing IBM System p and IBM System i servers. This IBM Redbooks publication is designed for system administrators to use as a desk-side reference when managing partition-capable System i and System p servers using the HMC.

The major functions that the HMC provides are server hardware management and virtualization (partition) management.

In this book, we discuss how to:

- Configure the HMC
- Manage software levels on the HMC
- Use service functions on the HMC
- Update firmware of managed systems
- Move profiles from System i servers that previously did not connect to a HMC
- Use System Planning Tool deployments

In addition, we explain how to use the new HMC graphical user interface and the new HMC commands that are available with the HMC software Version 7, Release 3.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. HMC overview
Chapter 2. Basic operation
Chapter 3. Installing the HMC
Chapter 4. System plans and the HMC
Chapter 5. HMC security and user management
Chapter 6. Network configuration and the HMC
Chapter 7. Partitioning
Chapter 8. Dual HMC and redundancy
Chapter 9. Virtual I/O
Chapter 10. Command line interface
Chapter 11. Firmware maintenance
Chapter 12. Service Management
Chapter 13. Capacity on Demand
Chapter 14. Advanced System Management Interface
Appendix A. An example of backing up HMC Critical Console Data
Appendix B. Introduction to IBM Director
Appendix C. Moving existing System i LPAR profiles to HMC

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