“Planning considerations for your Operations Console installation or upgrade” on page 11To plan for your Operations Console installation or upgrade, you need to know this information.“Changing from one console type to another” on page 52Depending on how your console connection is set up, you can change to a different console type.Related informationAccess service toolsChanging network values for Operations Console (LAN)If you need to make a change to the network adapter used for Operations Console (LAN), such as a newIP address, use these instructions.About this taskNote: To perform the following procedure using SST, select the option Work with service tools user IDsand Devices everywhere it says select Work with DST environment.1. Access Dedicated Service Tools (DST) or System Service Tools (SST).2. Select Work with DST environment.3. Select System Devices (skip this step if using SST).4. Select Select Console.5. Select Operations Console (LAN). The LAN adapter currently in use should be shown.6. Press F11.7. Use one of the following methods to make your change:v If you are making a simple change, such as the IP address, enter in the new values and continuewith step 8.v If you will be changing the adapter card press F6 to perform a clear. Continue with step 8.8. Press F7 to store the new values.9. Press F3 until the DST main menu appears.Important: If the change did not affect the network IP address or the service host name (interfacename) you can exit these instructions now.If you made a change that caused the network IP address or service host name (interface name) tobe different for the currently configured connections, this change must be reflected on all PCs thatconnect to this service host name (interface name). Since you cannot modify the network IP addressor service host name (interface name) of an existing connection’s configuration on the client you willhave to delete the current connection and re-create a new connection using the new network IPaddress. Continue with the next step.10. Reset the service tools device ID password on the system. To do this, follow these steps:Note: You must unlock the SST option before the option is usable.a. Select Work with DST environment.b. Select Service tools device IDs.c. Type 2 in front of the service tools device ID to be reset, and press Enter.d. Press Enter again to confirm the reset.Note: When you reset the password in DST, the device ID password becomes the device IDname in uppercase.Important: If more than one PC connects to this service host name (interface name) using anetwork connection you will have to delete the configurations and therefore reset theservice tools device IDs of those PCs as well. To reset another service tools device ID,repeat this step.78 System i: Connecting to System i Operations Console
