Connect a switch to the CHPIDs

  1. Edit the switch by either selecting Switch from the Edit menu and choosing the switch from the list or by double-clicking on the switch in the diagram. This opens the Switch dialog.
    This figure shows the appropriate HCM dialog. How to complete this dialog is described in this scenario.
  2. Select four free ports (E0 through E3) and click Connect. This opens the Select Multiple Connection Target(s) dialog, allowing you to select the connection target interfaces.
    This figure shows the appropriate HCM dialog. How to complete this dialog is described in this scenario.
  3. In the right list box of the Select Multiple Connection Target(s) dialog, double-click on the + signs beside processors PROC1, PROC2 and PROC3 to show the contained CHPIDs in these processors. Then from PROC1, select this one: CHPID PROC1.20 CTC SHR.
  4. In the left list box, select port E0 and press the enabled <<Connect button at the bottom of the window. This establishes the requested connection between port and CHPID.
  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to connect CHPIDs PROC2.20, PROC2.21 and PROC3.0.21 to the switch ports E1 – E3. Then press button Physical Only ….
  6. In the CHPID's Dynamic Switch Modification dialog, enter 01 into the New dyn. Switch id fields for all CHPIDs and then press OK.
    This figure shows the appropriate HCM dialog. How to complete this dialog is described in this scenario.
  7. Close the Switch dialog to return to the diagram. Now select Filter Diagram… from the View menu. Enable the following check boxes:
    • CTC Connections
    • Objects with physical-only connections
    • Show Processors
    • Show All CHPIDs

    The new connections appear in the diagram.

Parent topic: Scenario II – Defining a CTC connection