Viewing object definitions

To view information about objects that are defined in your configuration, select the Define, modify, or view configuration data option from the Primary Task Selection panel. From the resulting panel, select the desired object to get the appropriate list, on which you can use Work with object actions from the context menu that lead to further list panels that display other related objects. You can use these panels to define, modify, and view configuration data. See Figure 42 on how to navigate to related list panels of different objects.

Viewing full definition of an object

You can ask HCD to display, for viewing only, the full definition of an object. This might include additional information that is not displayed on the action list panel.

To view object definitions select an object on an action list and use the View object definition action (or action code  v ).

This following lists offer this possibility:

• Processor List
• PCIe Function List
• Channel Path List
• Control Unit List
• I/O Device List

Viewing additional object lists

Besides the action list panels shown in Figure 42, there are list panels, on which you can only view information about objects without being able to change it. You can navigate to these lists using the View objects actions from the context menu. HCD offers View objects actions on the following panels:

List Panel

View

Channel Path List

Connected switches

Partition List

Attached channel paths

Attached control units

Attached devices

Operating System List

Generics

Generics List

Devices

Esoteric List

Devices

Graphical view

HCD offers you the possibility to view a graphical representation of the configuration.

Use the task Create or view graphical configuration report on the Primary Task Selection panel to view the entire configuration. To view objects in context of their attached objects you can also select an object from an action list panel and use the View graphically action from the context menu (or action code  h ). The following object lists support this possibility:

• Channel Path List
• Control Unit List
• I/O Device List (only for devices that connect to a control unit)
• Partition List
• Switch List

For more information on how to view a graphical report, refer to Create or view graphical configuration reports.

Viewing logical control units

On a Control Unit List or I/O Device List, you can display the groups of logical control units that HCD has created to represent the physical control units defined in a configuration. Logical control units are used by the CSS to schedule the processing of I/O requests.