OPSVIEW System Control Option › How to Manage Switch Operations (Option 3.5) › Edit the Switch Ports

Edit the Switch Ports

The SOF Matrix Screen provides editing capabilities for managing your switch ports. This screen lets you edit active port information, ports in a switch file, and ports from a data set that may not be tied to a specific switch.

To edit active switch ports

1. From OPSVIEW option 3.5 enter 2 for switches

   The SOF Managed Switches screen displays.

2. Enter MTX in the prefix area of the switch you need to edit.

   The editing screen displays, which is similar to the following:

   SOF                          O P S V I E W                     Subsystem OPSZ
    Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> CSR
                                                                    Wait ===> 60
            EDIT All Ports for Ficon Switch                       Server: A99SENF
                 EMC CONTRX-410 CLX060051896 0000 Test 080
       |          Port Properties           |           Port Mask             |
    Sel Addr Name                     H B C  0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
    ___ ____ ________________________ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    ___  00  ________________________ L - --   X P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
    ___  01  ________________________ O - --   P X a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
    ___  02  IBM_MF01_50851_CHP2F____ - - --   P a X a a a a a a a a a a a a a
    ___  03  IBM_MF01_50851_CHP30____ - - --   P a a X a a a a a a a a a a a a
    ___  04  EMC2K_FC25_SYM0720_3D___ - - --   P a a a X a a a a a a a a a a a
    ___  05  EMC2K_FC25_SYM0720_10D__ - - --   P a a a a X a a a a a a a a a a
    ___  06  Name for 06_____________ - - --   P a a a a a X a a a a a a a a a
    ___  07  Name for 07_____________ - - --   P a a a a a a X P P P P P P P a
    ___  08  ________________________ - - --   P a a a a a a P X P P P P P P a
    ___  09  ________________________ - - --   P a a a a a a P P X P P P P P a
    ___  0A  Test change detections__ - - --   P a a a a a a P P P X P P P P a
    ___  0B  ________________________ - - --   P a a a a a a P P P P X P P P a
    ___  0C  ________________________ - - --   P a a a a a a P P P P P X P P a
    ___  0D  ________________________ - - --   P a a a a a a P P P P P P X P a
     F1=Help    F2=Split   F3=End     F4=Cancel  F6=Save    F7=Up      F8=Down
   

3. Enter ? in any line command field to see the list of line commands you can use.
4. Display blocks of 16 mask values for each port on the right of the screen by using the PF keys to scroll left and right. Display port properties on the left side of the screen using PF keys to scroll up and down.
5. Edit the values in the port properties and issue SAVE on the command line.

   The values change from pending to permanent. For active ports the appropriate commands are interactively issued to modify the ports.