The IBM 7310 Model CR3 Rack-mounted Hardware Management Console (HMC) is a dedicated workstation that allows you to configure and manage partitions and Capacity on Demand on POWER5 servers. An integrated hardware management application helps you configure and partition the server through a GUI. In addition, operating system console support is provided for i5/OS using a 5250 programming interface. This can potentially save the cost of a separate IBM eServer i5 console.
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