The control panel is the initial interface on your iSeries™ server. With the system control panel, you can determine processor activity, read error codes to help determine component failure analysis, power the system on and off, as well as change initial program load (IPL) characteristics. You can use the physical control panel on the system or set up a remote control panel to perform these operations.
From the control panel, you can process system functions such as the following actions:
You can use the physical control panel on the system or set up a remote control panel to perform these operations. It might helpful to you if you set up the virtual control panel or the remote control panel. You can access control panel functions and use APIs to operate your remote control panel with a user-written program.