Support of PCIe functions

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) adapters offer new functionality to systems running on IBM zEnterprise EC12 and BC12 (zEC12 and zBC12) processors in order to connect, for example, to an IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter® Extension (zBX). Therefore, HCD introduces a new dialog where users can define PCIe functions, assign them to LPARs, and activate them via IOCP or dynamically.

In addition, HCD provides the following new reports:

• The PCIe Function Summary Report displays the partitions in the access and candidate lists which are entitled to access the available PCIe functions.
• The PCIe Function Compare Report shows the changes of PCIe functions between processors of two IODFs.

In addition, HCD supports the new I/O configuration statement FUNCTION for defining and configuring PCIe functions.