Hello Hal, My SYSCONS entry from CONSOLxx member
/********************************************************************/ CONSOLE DEVNUM(SYSCONS) /* MCONS - HMC */ NAME(&SYSNAME.HMC) AUTH(MASTER) ROUTCODE(ALL) MSCOPE(ALL) CMDSYS(*) /* */ I have found it impossible to LOGON to a HMC console, but the session can be auto-logon via USERID=ConsoleName. (LOGON processing is 3270 datastream only :-( ) Secondly, we use the HMC for all IPLs, with no NIP consoles defined. But we are parallel SYSPLEX, and it is a very rare occurrence when we have all sysplex members down. In that event, and the first system does not IPL we take a SA-Dump, and read the captured syslog on an active system. Regards Bruce Hewson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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