IBM 440 User Manual

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Chapter 5. Management

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Figure 5-16 Incorrectly arranged adapters

To analyze the adapter configuration, click Tools -> Analyze. Once the analysis
is complete, the Optimization Steps window appears, as shown in Figure 5-17 on
page 146.
It includes three sections:

Observations — problems identified

Suggested Adapter Arrangement — adapter layout after recommended
changes are made

Recommended Actions — recommended changes

In our case a performance problem was discovered.

Note: You will note that the optimizer reports that both slots 3 and 6 contain
boot devices. These are

potential

boot devices, not necessarily actual boot

devices.

IBM does not support booting from a Fibre Channel device. However, Active
PCI Manager recognizes the QLogic adapter as a potential boot device. Active
PCI Manager does not make recommendations that include moving bootable
devices, since this may alter the order in which bootable devices are
enumerated during startup, resulting in a system that will not boot from its
intended boot device (or at all, if no other bootable devices exist).

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