Performing manual mapping
Perform the following steps to do manual mapping:
- Open the Manual Mapping view. To do so, click Manual Mapping or
click the arrow beside Manual Mapping (by default the third
button from the left). This opens a list of choices. Figure 1 shows this
list.
- I/O -> Hardware
- Displays the Manual Mapping view in the I/O > Hardware format. You probably use this format less frequently than the Hardware > I/O format. In this chapter, you use the Hardware > I/O format.
- Hardware -> I/O
- Displays the Manual Mapping view in the Hardware >
I/O format. This is the more commonly used format. This format is
the default (unless you change it).
The Hardware > I/O format is also displayed if you clicking Manual Mapping (and have not changed the default).
The rest of the steps are based on the Hardware >I/O format of the Manual Mapping view.
You perform manual mapping mainly in the Hardware pane and the I/O Config pane of the Manual Mapping view. Figure 2 shows these panes.
- Select the target row containing the PCHID to which you want to
map one or more CHPIDS. Figure 2 shows the
CHPIDs in the I/O Config pane. Note:
- The tool displays only compatible CHPID types in the I/O Config pane.
- If the CHPID column is blank, no selections are available in the I/O Config pane. Figure 3 shows an example:
- Map one or more CHPIDs to the PCHID by
selecting one or more check boxes in the first column of the I/O Config
pane.
- If you map a single CHPID to the selected PCHID, the tool inserts
a check mark in the selected check box. The tool also makes the following
changes:
- In the Hardware pane, in the CHPID column, the tool inserts the CHPID number.
- In the Hardware pane, in the Assigned By column, the tool inserts
the value
Manual
. - In the I/O Config pane, in the Assigned By column, the tool inserts
the value
Manual
.
Figure 4 shows these changes.
Note:- If you map a single CHPID to a PCHID, the tool might automatically
map an additional CHPID to that PCHID. Figure 5 shows an
example. The user selected the check box (at 0.F1) in row three of
the I/O Config pane, and the tool selected the check box (at 0.F1)
in the ninth row as well.
Notice the
(S)
after the valueManual
in the Assigned By row in the Hardware pane. The(S)
indicates the CHPID is spanned. - If the I/O Config pane has a green box inside a check box, this means the CHPID is already assigned to another PCHID, and you cannot assign it to the target PCHID. Figure 6 shows an example.
- On some channels, you can define multiple CHPIDs. You can define up to 16 CHPIDs on one AID. OSA Express3 cards can have four ports (for two PCHIDs) or two ports (for one PCHID).
- If you map more than one CHPID to a PCHID (or the
tool does this for you automatically), the tool makes the changes
listed in Step 3 with
two differences:
- In the Hardware pane, in the first column, the tool displays a plus sign.
- The tool inserts the value
Multiple ->
in the CHPID and Assigned By columns.Figure 7 shows an example of these differences.
Clicking the plus sign expands the row. Figure 8 shows the expansion.- The plus sign changes to a minus sign.
- The expansion shows the value
Manual
in the CHPID and Assigned By columns.Note: The(S)
afterManual
indicates the CHPID is spanned
- If you map a single CHPID to the selected PCHID, the tool inserts
a check mark in the selected check box. The tool also makes the following
changes:
- Optionally, save your session. See Saving a session.
- Optionally, create another IOCP file with statements that include the assignments you have made with the tool. For details, seeExporting an IOCP input file.