Getting started with iSeries Navigator

This topic discusses how to get started using the iSeries™ Navigator operational interface.

To operate integrated Linux^® servers on iSeries using a graphical interface, you need to have iSeries Navigator installed on your Windows^® PC. iSeries Navigator is a no-charge component of the iSeries Access program product, which is included as standard with the i5/OS™ installation CD-ROMs.

Before you can use iSeries Navigator you must install it. You can install it from the iSeries Access CD-ROM, or directly from the iSeries itself, providing that the 5722-XE1 licenced program product is installed. Note that you do not need to have 5722-XE1 installed in order to use iSeries Navigator on your Windows PC. For more information on installing iSeries Navigator, refer to the Installing iSeries Navigator.

Note that iSeries Navigator requires that 5722-SS1, option 12 (i5/OS - Host Servers) be installed on your iSeries. This option should be installed by default, but you can check by using the Go Licensed Programs command (GO LICPGM) and selecting option 10.

After you install iSeries Access on Windows, you must download and install the latest service pack from the following Web site:

http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/access/casp.htm Link outside information center

To access the Linux administration functions of iSeries Navigator, complete the following steps:

Launch iSeries Navigator from your Windows desktop.
Click iSeries connection > Integrated Server Administration.
The options for administering integrated Linux servers are included under the Integrated Server Administration option of iSeries Navigator. However, there are some Windows administration functions, such as Windows User Enrollment, which are not available for Linux servers.

There are two iSeries Navigator - Integrated Server Administration displays that you use regularly when managing integrated Linux servers. They are:

Servers

This option is used to manage integrated Linux and Windows server instances installed on iSeries, and is similar in function to the WRKCFGSTS *NWS CL command that you enter on the i5/OS command line.

All Virtual Disks

This option is used to manage integrated Linux and Windows server disk drives, and is similar to the WRKNWSSTG CL command that you enter on the i5/OS command line.