Well, if the HMC is dead, then you are not going to IPL, so there is no issue. If your machine is local, then you could use the support element. If both support elements fail, then you are back to no IPL and no issue.
NIP consoles are (optionally) defined in the IODF. z/os Master consoles are defined in PARMLIB. The NIP console is inactive once NIP hands off to z/os. The best of the season.... -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 10:21 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Replacement for 3179 terminals locally attached to a 3174 controller In a message dated 12/13/2005 4:10:29 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Don't define NIP consoles. Let it fall through to the HMC. Works really well and you always know where the NIP console is going to be. >> What if the HMC fails? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
