Ted, If you have access to IBM's ResourceLink ( URL: http://app-06.www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink ) and you have been granted access to the Machine Information area for your/their account, you can obtain information about the status of each processor, when it performs its weekly ( in my case ) phone home status update. The following is the output from the 'System Status' display from one of my z990 processors ( note: The Channel numbers are the number of each Channel type installed, not just the number defined ):
Date of call: 2005/07/29 12:18:38 System Name: CPC1 Power Status: Fully Redundant Second SE: Operating Installed Storage: 24576 MB Running CPs: 6 Running SAPs: 2 Running ICFs: 1 Physical PUs: 12 CPs in LICCC: 6 SAPs in LICCC: 2 ICFs in LICCC: 0 Linux only CPs: 1 zAAPs: 0 Capacity Backup: Not installed Partitions: 8 Total Channels: 194 ESCON Channels: 120 Coupling Facilities: 12 Parallel Channels: 0 Open System Adapters: 8 Fiber Channels: 52 Other Channels: 2 HTH Glenn Miller --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Please note that e-mails are susceptible to change. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (including its group companies) shall not be liable for the improper or incomplete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt or damage to your system. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (or its group companies) does not guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that this communication is free of viruses, interceptions or interference. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html