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Status Delivered
Workspace IBM DS8000
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 18, 2018

DS8888 GUI to Include IO Card Physical Location

In the Previous GUI for DS8888, under Configure IO Ports, we are able to see what is the physical location for a port, eg R1-B1-C1-T0 as well as the I0XXX number and WWPN for the port.

However in the new DS8888 GUI, under "Settings > Network" it shows us only the I0XXX port ID and not the physical location.

This information is not found in the DSCLI lsioport output either. The only place I have been able to find the physical port location is by logging into the Previous GUI option.

Idea priority Low