IBM System Storage DS8870 Architecture and Implementation

DS8870 HMC planning and setup

This chapter describes the planning tasks that are involved in the setup of the required DS8870 Hardware Management Console.

This chapter covers the following topics:

•Hardware Management Console overview

•Hardware Management Console software

•HMC activities

•HMC and IPv6

•HMC user management

•External HMC

•Configuration flow

9.1 Hardware Management Console overview

The Hardware Management Console (HMC) is a multi-purpose piece of equipment that provides the services that the client needs to configure and manage the ...