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Configuring the director126
Configuring ports (FICON management style)
To configure ports in FICON Management Style:
NOTE: You cannot configure port names in the Configure Ports dialog box in FICON
Management Style. Use the Configure Addresses–“Active” dialog box.
1. Select Configure > Ports on the menu bar.
The Configure Ports dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 47.
Figure 47 Configure Ports dialog box (FICON Management Style)
Ports are numbered from 0-63 on the Director 2/64, and 0–127 and 132–143 on the Director
2/140. Note that for the Director 2/140, ports 128–131 are internal ports and not available
for external connections.
2. Click the check box in the 10-100 km column to enable or disable extended distance buffering
for the port.
3. If a director supports BB Credit, the RX BB Credit column replaces the 10-100km column.
Use this to set minimum and maximum allowable port BB credit values as follows: