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Initial server setup

Migrating or upgrading your server

• iSeries upgrades
• iSeries data migration
• pSeries upgrades

Virtualizing your computing environment

Installing hardware

• Cabling your server
• Adding a console
  • Adding the Hardware Management Console
  • Accessing the Advanced System Management Interface
  • Adding Operations Console
  • Adding a twinaxial console
• Installing features and replacing parts
  • Select by feature or part

Partitioning the server

Managing your server

• Managing your server using the Hardware Management Console
• Managing your server using Advanced System Management Interface
• Adding a twinaxial console

Working with Capacity on Demand (CoD)

Troubleshooting

• Customer service and support
• Authorized service provider information