Defining adapters
After the system parameters are defined, you can select and configure adapters in the Adapters tab:
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Tabs of the Projects / project_name / Products list
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System
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Adapters
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Capacity
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Report
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Note: You can click any of the following links to learn about the other tabs in this view:
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Select the Adapters view as shown in
Figure 326
to define the adapters. A list of supported adapters for the system type and version selected is displayed.
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Note: Host adapters must be filled out in order to do performance predictions.
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Figure 326 Defining adapters
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Tip: See
“Accessing technical specifications for IBM Storage Virtualize devices”
for guidance on finding information on system models and supported adapters.
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Select an Unused Adapter Type, then select Edit. Expand the drop-down menu and a list of adapters is displayed. This example defines two 16 Gb FC 4 Port Adapter pair, shown in
Figure 327. Once the adapter type is selected, a menu is displayed to define how the
adapter ports will be used (see Figure 328): Host I/O, Storage, Node to Node,
Replication. This example used the default values. (Select Unused > Edit > 2 x 4-port 32Gb Fibre Channel > Save.)
Figure 327 Adapter type
Figure 328 Configure the adapter ports
Figure 329 on page 381
includes a display of the adapters that you defined.
Figure 329 List of defined adapters
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Note: The Cage# column is displayed only for the System 9500, System 7300, and SVC SV3.
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