Chapter 11. Hardware Management Console and Support Elements

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Hardware Management Console and Support Elements

The Hardware Management Console (HMC) supports many functions and tasks to extend the management capabilities of IBM z14 servers. When tasks are performed on the HMC, the commands are sent to one or more Support Elements (SEs), which then issue commands to their central processor complexes (CPCs).

This chapter includes the following topics:

•11.1, “Introduction to the HMC and SE” on page 402

•11.2, “HMC and SE changes and new features” on page 402

•11.3, “HMC and SE connectivity” on page 411

•11.4, ...

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