The example that follows defines two multipath channel connections for host A500N.

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* CHANNEL-ATTACHMENT MAJOR NODE FOR MPC         *
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MPCCTC  VBUILD TYPE=CA,           ** CHANNEL ATTACHMENT MAJOR NODE **  X
               CONFGDS=CTC1CKP    ** CONFIGURATION RESTART DATASET **
MPCG1   GROUP  LNCTL=MPC,         ** MULTIPATH CHANNEL CONNECTION  **  X
               MAXBFRU=16,        ** READ SUBCHANNEL BUFFER SIZE   **  X
               ISTATUS=ACTIVE,    ** BECOMES ACTIVE WITH MAJOR NODE**  X
               REPLYTO=3.0        ** TIMEOUT VALUE FOR MPC XID I/O **
MPCCTC1 LINE   READ=(BC2),        ** SUBCHANNEL ADDRESS FOR READ   **  X
               WRITE=(BC1)        ** SUBCHANNEL ADDRESS FOR WRITE  **
MPCPU1  PU     PUTYPE=4,TGN=1     ** LINK STATION FOR ADJACENT HOST**
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MPCG2   GROUP  LNCTL=MPC,         ** MULTIPATH CHANNEL CONNECTION  **  X
               MAXBFRU=16,        ** READ SUBCHANNEL BUFFER SIZE   **  X
               ISTATUS=ACTIVE,    ** BECOMES ACTIVE WITH MAJOR NODE**  X
               REPLYTO=3.0        ** TIMEOUT VALUE FOR MPC XID I/O **
MPCCTC2 LINE   READ=(BC5),        ** SUBCHANNEL ADDRESS FOR READ   **  X
               WRITE=(BC4)        ** SUBCHANNEL ADDRESS FOR WRITE  **
MPCPU2  PU     PUTYPE=4,TGN=2     ** LINK STATION FOR ADJACENT HOST**
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