Setting up an IBM HMC, a Hardware Management Console to remotely manage an IBM System p5 POWER machine from 2006. The HMC is a period-correct IBM eServer xSeries 336 from 2006. Check me out on Patreon: 2.5" SSD Converter Tray: Rack stuff StarTech 25U Rack: Tripp Lite SMART1500LCD UPS: 1U 24 Port Patch Panel: 1U Brush Panel: 1U Rack Shelf: Note: The above are Amazon affiliate links. It doesn't cost you extra, but I'll receive a commission which will help keep the content coming. I only link to things I've personally ordered. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 00:00 Intro 01:31 xSeries 336 to Hardware Overview 07:06 Getting the xSeries 336 to Boot 11:46 System p5 Hardware Fixes Overview 12:50 System p5 PSU Hot Swap 15:30 System p5 RAM 16:33 System p5 Hard Drives 18:21 Remote Serial Access for the p5 20:54 MRV Secure Console Overview 22:25 System p5 ASMI 22:57 Booting the System p5 24:19 Installing AIX on the System p5 26:54 SSD in the xSeries 336 29:00 Finishing the AIX Install 32:05 xSeries 336 Remote Access Overview 32:35 HMC Software Install 36:54 Setting up the HMC 38:30 Exploring the HMC 39:48 LPAR Experiment 42:37 Outro











