Configuration Validation Procedure - IBM AS/400e User Handbook Manual

PCI Card Placement Rules
following the Integrated Netfinity Server in Multi-Adapter Bridge Bus Number order only
accepts "short" cards when the Integrated Netfinity Server is installed. The shortened slot will
contain the first LAN IOA controlled by the Integrated Netfinity Server. For example, slot C07
in the Model 830 card enclosure supports "long" cards except when the Integrated Netfinity
Server is installed.
One slot in each base model card enclosure shown on page 281 is reserved for an ECS
connection. For example, in the Model 830 and 840 slot C02 is the ECS slot. This slot is
always controlled by the embedded or base IOP. By default, a #9771 Two-Line WAN with
Modem IOA will be installed in the ECS location. A #4745 will be installed in the ECS slot if
feature #5544 System Console Attached to the WAN adapter is specified. The #9771 will be
moved to another slot.
The RS232/V.24 Port (port 1) of the #9771 can be used for ECS. An appropriate modem and
cable must be ordered. The RSRCNAME parameter of the QESLINE and QTILINE line
descriptions may need to be manually changed to the resource name assigned to the WAN
port of the #9771.
If a #4745 Two-Line WAN IOA is ordered for ECS usage, a modem and cable for ECS must
also be ordered for ECDS. If the #4745 is installed in the ECS slot, the #9771 will be moved
to another slot.
One slot in each system card enclosure shown on page 281 is labeled SCSI. The first or only
Disk Unit Controller will be installed in this slot and supports the Load Source Disk Unit, base
internal tape (if installed), and base CD-ROM. The SCSI card slot is controlled by the
embedded or base IOP in a system card enclosure. The Model 270 and 820 can, in certain
cases, support a second disk unit controller when the #7104 System Unit Expansion is
installed. In the #5075, the disk unit controller must be in C01. In the #5074/#5079, the first
disk unit controllers must be in slot C02, C03, or C04. There are no restrictions on the
placement of further disk unit controllers.

Configuration Validation Procedure

Each IOP and IOA available for the AS/400 system has a set capacity. The utilization of the
IOP is affected by the line speed, number of lines, protocol, and various other factors of the
selected IOAs it controls. To define a configuration for an IOP to service multiple IOAs, the
demand placed on the IOP by the IOA must be accounted for to generate a valid
configuration. The Marketing Configurators generate valid configurations that follow all the
"hard" rules. When the "soft" rules need to be used due to line speed or protocol, the
procedure defined in the following section allows for validation of the proposed customer
configurations that have been created using the Marketing Configurators. This allows the
configuration to be adjusted to make allowances for the "soft" rules prior to placing an order.
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