Moving ports

When selecting Move Ports, HCD offers the possibility of moving control unit, channel path or switch port connections on the same switch or from other switches to the selected target switch.

To perform this action, select the target switch for a port move action on the Switch List (see Figure 73). The panel Actions on selected switches appears and the action Move Ports can be selected. You can also reach this panel directly by typing in the action code x next to the appropriate switch in the Switch List menu. This brings up the following panel Move Ports to a Target Switch.

Figure 78. Move Ports to a Target Switch

*----------------------- Move Ports to a Target Switch -----------------------*
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| Specify ports to be moved to the specified target.                          |
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| Switch + Start + End +  Switch  Port +                                      |
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|  F1=Help        F2=Split       F3=Exit        F4=Prompt       F5=Reset      |
|  F7=Backward    F8=Forward     F9=Swap       F12=Cancel      F22=Command    |
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This panel contains data entry fields for the ports to be moved. It is also possible to move a range of ports from a switch to the target switch occupying subsequent port addresses starting with the target port address specified. The target switch field in this panel has been preset and cannot be changed.

Depending on the context, HCD performs the following as part of the Move Ports action:

Note:

HCD does not perform any checks on whether the user also moves implied ports as well. For example, if a channel path is moved to another switch, the control units that are connected to the channel path must also be moved. Moving a control unit may imply that connected channel paths must be moved as well. If not all implied ports are moved, the configuration may become invalid and a validation error will be shown either during the Move Ports action or later during the Build Production IODF action.

Note:

If the target switch has switch configurations defined and the port move occurs between different switches, then the switch configurations must be adapted after the port move action.

The Move Ports action is especially of value when consolidating switches or installing new switches.