Re: how to power off an IBM I system (V7R5 power 10)

Send the cleaning crew into the machine room--they'll figure out the most
obscure way to kill the power.

On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 2:22 PM Jim Oberholtzer <[email protected]>
wrote:

> In the ASMI dialog you can do some of that, but you also need access to
> the BMC to do some of it.
>
>
> Jim Oberholtzer
> Agile Technology Architects
>
> > On May 22, 2026, at 2:18 PM, Jerry Draper <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, this is a LAN console system.
> >
> > CMN03 is the LAN console port at 192.168.15.4.
> >
> > How would the HMC port be configured to a 192.168.15.x port for ASMI?
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> >> On 5/22/2026 12:04 PM, Rob Berendt wrote:
> >> On second thought, I'm not having any issues accessing ASMI by name
> instead
> >> of IP address.  I was doing something wrong earlier.
> >> Having been through a few system migrations where the old ASMI IP
> address
> >> never got on the new machine it's easier if you just use DNS and point
> the
> >> right name to the current server.
> >>
> >> On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 2:47 PM Rob Berendt<[email protected]
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> If Lan Console point a browser to the HMC port and you should hit
> Advanced
> >>> System Management Interface (ASMI).  I found it works better by IP
> address,
> >>> with https, likehttps://10.10.x.y.
> >>>
> >>> That takes a special user id and password.
> >>>
> >>> Now, there are those who only open their HMC/ASMI port to a dedicated
> >>> subnet with no physical access outside of the room.  I find this
> >>> ludicrous.  I mean, it's ok for your whole network to have access to
> HR,
> >>> medical, payroll, proprietary engineering information, nuclear launch
> >>> codes, etc but it's curtains for the free world if they can get to
> your HMC
> >>> port where it has ZERO access to your confidential data?
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 2:35 PM Rob Berendt<
> [email protected]>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> HMC or Lan Console?
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 2:02 PM Jerry Draper<[email protected]>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> No problem doing a PWRDWNSYS *IMMED to power off a system.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> How about the next level to completely power off a system.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We don't want to unplug the the system.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Front panel?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jerry
> >>>>>
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