Common tasks

 

With Operations Console, you can perform many tasks such as changing keyboard definitions, starting the system using a manual IPL, and activating or deactivating the asynchronous communications line. These management tasks do not depend on a specific connectivity.

• Changing keyboard definitions
  If you change your keyboard definitions, the system can perform an action that is different from the default setting when you press a key.

• Starting the system using a manual IPL
  You can start your system by performing a manual initial program load (IPL).

• Activating the asynchronous communications line on the system
  These instructions apply only to local console directly attached and local console directly attached with remote-support-enabled configurations. Use these instructions to manually activate the asynchronous communications line on the system.

• Deactivating the asynchronous communications line on the system
  These instructions apply only to local consoles directly attached and local consoles directly attached with remote support enabled. Use these instructions to manually deactivate the asynchronous communications line on the system.

• Using the console service functions (65+21)
  Console service functions (65+21) are the emergency console recovery functions.

• Using the OPSCONSOLE macro
  OPSCONSOLE macro is the system-side debugging and analysis tool for collecting data for or managing console-related work.

• Using service tools device IDs in system service tools
  With the Work with service tools user IDs and Devices option, you can change Operations Console configuration data from system service tools (SST) .

 

Parent topic:

Managing Operations Console