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Workspace Hardware Management Console
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 16, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

make IBMi ACS console connection faster

This one would be useful for all IBMi customer using HMC as console.

When you start a console on IBMi. You need to use IBM ACS. From that software you contact the HMC to create console.

Contact the HMC is fast. Then you get the list of servers you have connected on that HMC. 

When selecting the server, when you have some LPARs on it, it takes long time to show you the list of available LPARs to start a Dedicated/shared console connection on it.

By long, this can be > 30 seconds wait.

If we need to open 10 console sessions, this would mean we have to wait at least 5 min  in total just to have all sessions. When you need to open frequently console sessions, it is time consuming.

Would be cool if this goes as fast as for AIX with putty and VTMENU.

 

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Aug 6, 2026

    One way to do this would be to configure your ACS to use fast path for your HMC's (https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/configuring-ibm-i-acs-hmc-remote-console)

    You could then save each HMC session in ACS into a folder and then launch them all simultaneously which will take you directly to each LPAR bypassing the server and LPAR selection screens in your 5250 session taking you directly to the sign on screens for your LPAR's.

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