Hardware Configuration Definition (HCD)

Hardware Configuration Definition (HCD) allows you to define I/O configurations to both the software and hardware from a single, interactive interface. To define configurations to the hardware and software, you use HCD to create an input/output definition file (IODF).

You can use HCD to perform the following major tasks:
  • Define new configuration data (an IODF or parts of an IODF)
  • Activate configuration data
  • View and modify existing configuration data
  • Maintain IODFs (such as, copy, import, and export)
  • Query and print configuration data
  • Migrate configuration data
  • Compare a defined or active I/O configuration to an available I/O configuration, using automatic I/O configuration.