IBM DS8880 Architecture and Implementation (Release 8.2.1)

IBM DS8880 Management Console planning and setup

This chapter describes the planning tasks that are involved in the setup of the required DS8880 Management Console, which is also known as the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

This chapter covers the following topics:

•DS8880 Management Console overview

•Management Console software

•Management Console activities

•Management Console and IPv6

•Management Console user management

•Optional Secondary Management Console

8.1 DS8880 Management Console overview

The Management Console (MC) is a multi-purpose ...