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Managing the HMC

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.

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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.
System Plans
Display the tasks used to record or import specifications for logical partitions, partition profiles, or hardware specifications on a chosen system.
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.
HMC commands

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Last updated: Tue, June 17, 2014