Short for Hardware Management Console, HMC is an acronym
frequently used to describe the IBM technology for
managing and monitoring IBM mainframe (System z) or
IBM UNIX (system p) servers. The HMC uses its network
connections to one or more servers or frames to perform various management
functions. As defined by IBM, Hardware Management Console technology
provides a standard user interface for configuring and operating partitioned and
SMP systems. The HMC enables a system administrator to
manage configuration and operation of partitions in a system, as well as to
monitor the system for hardware problems.
HMC Command Descriptions A description of each HMC command is given in this topic. This information is also available from the HMC command line using the man command.
