Cloud Security Guidelines for IBM Power Systems

IBM Hardware Management Console security

In this chapter, we discuss security features for the IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC). To help you more fully understand HMC security capabilities, we cover the following topics:

•Introduction

•User interfaces

•Network interfaces

•User and role management

•Monitoring and auditing HMC access

•Security enhancements and compliance

3.1 Introduction

The Hardware Management Console (HMC) is a Linux-based appliance used for configuration, management, and maintenance of IBM Power Systems servers.

The HMC is ...