HMC V7 "Connection to the Command Server failed"

searching via google about the error and found this:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1011162

(steps to fix are also mentioned there).

our HMCs have all the symptoms mentioned there.

here are two snapshots:

i decided to do a clean install of a new version. so from IBM's

fix central, i need to get the following:

HMC V7R3.5.0M0 Released 30 Oct 2009 MH01194

(which i can use to a fresh install - i don't have any

special settings with our HMC so reconfiguration is easy).

HMC V7R3.5.0M1 MH01212

(This is the current recommended HMC Service Pack for MH01194

and was made available on 15 Mar 2010).

info for above updates are available from the following links:

http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/firmware/readme?fixid=MH01194

http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/firmware/readme?fixid=MH01212

installation is straight forward (make sure you have notes of the HMC and

managed systems' network settings and logins where applicable.

(psss...blogger is getting harder and harder to use everytime i make a new post. :()..