Configure the service tools server for i5/OS

You must add the service tools server to the service table in order to access service tools on i5/OS™ using TCP/IP and iSeries™ Navigator.

The service tools server can be added before configuring your local area network (LAN).

To add the service tools server to the service table, complete the following steps:

From any command line, type ADDSRVTBLE (Add Service Table Entry) and press Enter. The Add Service Table Entry display appears.
Enter the following information in the fields provided:
- Service: as-sts
- Port: 3000
- Protocol: 'tcp' (this entry must appear in lowercase and in single quotation marks)
- Text description: 'Service Tools Server' This field is optional, but you are strongly recommended to enter a description of the table entry.
Press F10 (Additional Parameters).
Enter AS-STS in the Alias field. The Alias must be capitalized because some table searches are case-sensitive.
Press Enter to add the table entry.
Enter ENDTCP (End TCP) to end TCP/IP if this is possible in your environment. TCP/IP must be ended and restarted for the service table entry to be used. If you cannot end TCP at this time, you will not be able to use the service tools server.
Enter STRTCP (Start TCP). Verify that the service tools server is listening to port 3000 by entering NETSTAT OPTION(*CNN) from a 5250 session. Look for as-sts under the heading Local Port with a State value of Listen.

If you will be using iSeries Navigator to perform disk unit or logical partition configuration and management, you need to complete the following steps once per server:

Note: If your server model is not 8xx, you must use the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to manage i5/OS partitions.

From an iSeries Navigator session, right-click the server name under My Connections (for your environment you might use your own name for the connections function instead of the default My Connections).
Click Application Administration.
Click OK until you see a window that has a Host Applications tab. Click the Host Applications tab, expand i5/OS > Service.
Select any of the service tools that you want to authorize: Disk Units, QIBM_QYTP_SERVICE_LPARMGMT, or Service Trace. You can select more than one.
Click OK. These functions are now available to the iSeries Navigator user provided they have a service tools user ID.

After the service tools server has been added to the service table, authorized users can access the logical partition (LPAR) and disk management service functions using iSeries Navigator and TCP/IP. Note that, as with all service tools user IDs, you can selectively grant or restrict a user to specific service functions using functional privileges.