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Need to discuss with the GUI team. This has some overlap with RFE #73210 (DS8K GUI identification of used ports on IO cards).
Recently released (R8.3) enhancements to DS8800 Read Diagnostic Parameters (RDP) function may provide the information you need. At least, it provides the WWPN of the attached port and the current state of the link, including the active link speed and link speed capabilities.
Please see this link in the knowledgecenter and look for the -rdp option on showioport:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ST5GLJ_8.3.3/com.ibm.storage.ssic.help.doc/f2c_clishowioport_1kyvlb.html
For example:
dscli>showioport -rdp I0103
ID I0103
WWPN 50:05:07:63:03:03:00:45
Attached WWPN 50:05:07:63:03:FF:C0:45
…
Port Speed Capabilities 4GFC 8GFC 16GFC
Port Operating Speed 16GFC
…
The lsioport command can be used to create your list of ports IDs of interest.
This information is not yet available using the GUI.
Roger Hathorn
IBM DS8000 Storage Architecture