OSA Channels workspace

The OSA Channels workspace provides OSA-Express channels usage information, showing utilization percentages by channel identifier.

OSA cards provide channel connectivity between IBM(R) mainframes and attached networks. Configuration and performance data for OSA cards is then collected by an IBM SNMP OSA subagent and stored in the IBM MIB where it is available to network management applications. If multiple OSA cards are used, there are multiple sets of the two OSA channel utilization values on the bar charts in the OSA Channels workspace.

To display the OSA Channels workspace, click the OSA navigator item for a specific TCP/IP stack.

Note:
The OSA-Express3 adapter on z/OS(R) v1.10 or above can have only 1 port per OSA CHPID or two per physical card or feature.

The OSA Channels workspace contains the following views:

OSA-Express Channels Summary table

The OSA-Express Channels Summary table contains extensive channel configuration data, such as Device Name, Channel Type, whether the interface is online or off line, and processor utilization. Each row in this table links conditionally to the OSA Ports workspace and the OSA-Express LPARs workspace. Right-click a row in this table to access those links. The default is the OSA-Express LPARs workspace.

For a complete list of the attributes available in the OSA-Express Channels Summary table, and a brief description of each, see the OSA-Express Channels Attributes help panel.

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