Tag: HMC

IBM Specials December 2011

22 December 2011 No Comments by Computer Merchants
Computer Merchants Specials

IBM Servers IBM 9406/520 2400 CPW OS V5R4 – P1 $8,000 IBM 9406/800 25/30 CPW OS V5R4 – P05 $3,350 IBM 9405/520 30/500 CPW OS V5R3 – P05 $4,850 IBM 9406/520 1000/1000 CPW OS V5R4 – P10 $6,200 IBM 9406/525 3800/3800 CPW OS V5R4 – P10 $22,000 IBM Expansion Unit IBM 9406/0595 PCI-X Expansion with [...]

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Tips For Upgrading The HMC To Version 7.3.3

11 December 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

If you are contemplating upgrading to HMC Code 7.3.3., here are a couple of tips that may assist you when you perform the install. After you have imported your system plan or created your LPAR’s, you may get this error when you open up a 5250 console session: HMC not configured for this LPAR and [...]

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From The Archives: Highlights of December 2005

6 September 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

This month we added another newsletter to our web site from the print archives. This time, we’re revisiting December 2005. Highlights of December 2005 IBM iSeries Technical Update 2005 Hardware Management Consoles – A One Minute Guide IBM Support Line How To Reset The Dedicated Service Tools Password  Buying Hardware From Computer Merchants How We Streamline [...]

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Quick Recap Of How We Can Help You

17 June 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Here’s a quick summary of services we offer our customers either here at Computer Merchants or onsite. IBM System i has been a great part of our business, but these days we are also seeing lots of BladeCenter services coming through. We have installed IBM System i, System p, System x, BladeCenter, HMC and Sun hardware, [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials June 2008

3 June 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM Features IBM 9406/4494 16GB Main Storage for 9406-570 $12,800 IBM 9406/4454 8GB Main Storage for 9406-570 $4,650 IBM [...]

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2 Tonnes Of i570 With 5 LPARs? No Worries

7 April 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Success Story Our engineer Richard recently had the pleasure of travelling to Papua New Guinea to work with the great people from Bank South Pacific at their Port Moresby office. Richard was responsible for the installation and set-up of their new i570 Power 6+ System i, with 2 Frames, 5 LPARs and over 5 TB [...]

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Hot Tips for our IBM Customers – Consoles

16 October 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

CONSOLES! Any of us that has ever had to set up an operations console, or change your System i from Twinax to operations console, would know that sometimes it can be a challenge. Refer to this link for troubleshooting a console. Recently I was configuring a HMC on a new i525, with HMC 7.3 installed. [...]

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IBM iSeries Technical Update 2005

16 December 2005 No Comments by Computer Merchants

IBM iSeries Technical Update was held in Brisbane in mid November The two day technical training was packed with useful information and attending was certainly time well spent. With the ever increasing ability of the iSeries to support a large variety of operating systems (like Windows, Linux or AIX) running in partitions on the same [...]

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Hardware Management Consoles – A One Minute Guide

15 December 2005 No Comments by Computer Merchants

What Are Hardware Management Consoles? A hardware management console (HMC) is an Intel based PC appliance that is used to configure and manage partitions on IBM Power 5 systems (i520 etc). The main applications of a HMC include server and partition management and licensed internal code maintenance. When Are They Required? You will need a [...]

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