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If the field is Yes, only the ODM database is changed. Configuration changes are not applied to the device
until it is unconfigured and reconfigured, or the system is rebooted.
Information Fields
The rest of the FC SCSI Protocol Device's Change/Show Characteristics screen contains the following
information:
FC SCSI virtual device: Adapter's identification as a virtual device.
Description: Description of the virtual device.
Status: Virtual device's current status. Available means the device is functioning.
Location: Location code of the FC SCSI Protocol Driver. All children of this protocol device will have the
same value for location. The parent adapter driver instance fcsX instance will have for its location code the
first two values of this three-value location code. So, for example, if Location is 20-58-01 for fscsi0, all
children will have the location code of 20-58-01, and the parent FC adapter driver instance (for example,
fcs0) will have a location code of 20-58.
Adapter SCSI ID: This is the adapter's SCSI ID (identical to the N_Port ID in the Fibre Channel).
How this adapter is CONNECTED: This field indicates either al if connected to an arbitrated loop, or sw
if connected to a switch.
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