In addition to being able to configure your CHPID type OSE from the windows described previously in this chapter, you can do so by using the Manual Configuration Options window to edit an ASCII file and to generate a new configuration. In contrast to the multiple EBCDIC files that could be edited and installed on the OSA using the OSA/SF Operating System component on z/VM, z/OS, and z/VSE, the new option provides you with a single ASCII file into which you enter the definition statements. You can edit this configuration file directly on the Support Element (SE) with a selection from the HMC window or you can edit the file on another platform and then use either a USB or the File Transfer Program to import it into the SE. Access the Manual Configuration Options window

Access this window by selecting Manual Configuration Options... from the Advanced Facilities card-specific window (see Advanced Facilities card-specific window).

Figure 1. Manual Configuration Options window

This window displays the following information:

Channel ID

The PCHID of the adapter.

LAN port type

The type of port this PCHID is configured as.

Select one of the following under Configuration file options and click OK:

Import source file

Re-open a configuration file from the local USB port. The ASCII configuration file may have been saved from an OSA-E4S or OSA-E5S on a separate platform and then imported here for editing.

Export source file

Save the current configuration to the local USB port.

Import source file by FTP

Re-open a configuration from a remote FTP Server.

Export source file by FTP

Save the current configuration to a remote FTP Server.

Edit source file

Edit the current configuration as an ASCII file.

Validate source file

Check the syntax of the current ASCII configuration file. If an error or warning occurs, the current ASCII configuration file contains the errors or warnings found in the validation step. You will need to correct the errors before the configuration can be re-validated and written (activated) to the card.