Visara Master Console Center Installation User Manual

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Visara Master Console Center

11. Prepare the proper length Ethernet cables to attach the Thin

Client / workstation(s) to your network.

12. Assure power is available for each Thin Client / workstation (i.e.

there must be a power strip within reach of the workstation).

13. Check connectivity between all the proposed IP addresses

assigned for MCC use (pinging in both directions is satisfactory).

14. Prepare the proper length coax cables to attach the console(s) and

printer console(s). DO NOT USE BALUNS.

15. Prepare the proper length and type of cables to attach the “System

console(s)” - please check that you have the proper cable

Sites with MVS systems:

1. Provide the ipaddress(es) for SCON units.
2. Provide the TCP/IP port to be used for MCC server and

MCCSTARS software. The default is port 2769

3. Assign one non-SNA (327x) alternate console address for each

LPAR the MCC will monitor.

4. Update the MVS/VM software (e.g. MVS CONSOLxx member) as

required.

5. Check connectivity between the control unit(s) and the assigned

addresses using a standard 327x terminal or TN3270 client to

ensure they are properly defined.

6. Supply a printout of the addresses to Visara in input format (e.g.,

for each MVS LPAR, supply the CONSOLxx member that will be
used to IPL in an MCC environment)

7. Supply a printout of the addresses to Visara in output format (e.g.,

for each MVS LPAR, supply the output of a “D C” command when

the proposed console is active (in use).

8. Assign one alternate “System Console” (for IPL/NIP) for each

physical machine on which LPAR monitoring will occur.

9. Update the MVS/VM software (e.g. MVSCP or HCD member) as

required (e.g., MVS NIPCON addresses) to add in the “new

System Console(s)” from which an IPL can be performed; for

testing, the “new” System Console should always be the
“alternate” (not the primary) console from which an IPL can be

performed