Chapter 4: Operation - Administrator Functions
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Channel Association Guidelines
Thissectiondescribesthegeneralconceptforassociatingchannels.
• ThisfunctionappliestobothParagonIIMainandStackingUnits.
• Channelportsofthesameassociationgroupareallonthesame
ParagonIIMainUnit(eitherwithorwithoutanyStackingUnits
connected).
• Setthechannelintendedtoa
ctivateotherchannelsasthe“first”
channelintheassociationsetting.
• Associationoftwoorfourchannelportsispermittedformost
ParagonIImodelsexceptP2‐UMT242,whichcomeswithtwouser
portsonly.
• Thesequenceofassociatedchannelscanberandom.
• Eachchannelportbelongstooneassoc
iationgrouponly.
• Onlychannelportsconnectedtoserversareavailableforassociation.
• Upto256associationgroupsareallowedperParagonIIsystem.
Limitations:
TheMultipleVideofunctionisnotapplicabletothosechannelswhich
shareonlyonepathviathetiereddevice,suchasP2ZCIM,
P2CIM‐APS2‐BorP2CIM‐AUSB‐B(forIBMBladeCenterservers).
User Configuration
Toviewthecurrentconnectionstatusforeachuserandtoadd,delete,
andeditusernamesandsecurityrights,selectoption2,User
Configuration,fromtheAdministrationmenu.