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Chapter 9. Vital Product Data
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Port VPD
Port VPD LINCS C8.2 Central Control
Port Number: MCC1.001
Device-defined User-defined
Device Type 3472 ____
Model Number 020 ___
Plant of Manufacture MT __
Serial Number 0005810 _______
Release Level 40F
Engineering Change Data 1472PC
* indicates that data was not provided by device
Location: _____________________________________
VPD Id: ________
PF: 1-Menu PF7-Back PF8-Forw PF9-Refresh PF10-Save
Device-defined vital product data which is not supplied by a terminal is indicated with an
asterisk ( * ). The PF7 and PF8 keys scroll through the display panels for each LINCS port.
Altered data is saved only if the PF10 key is pressed. This save function updates the Port Vital
Product Data for the port currently displayed and writes this data to the System disk.
Device Defined Port VPD
Some devices report their vital product data to LINCS at power-on. This data is considered
device defined, since it is saved in the display station and provided to LINCS upon request.
Not all display stations support VPD. The information provided to LINCS is defined by the
manufacturer of the equipment and will vary from one vendor to another.
User Defined Port VPD
User defined VPD enables devices that do not support the VPD feature to provide vital product
data to the host. This data is supplied by the user and saved on LINCS System disk, by using
Update Port/Vital Product Data.
User defined VPD is assigned to a specific port. Because the data is not stored in the device,
if the device is moved, the user defined data does not move with it. If another device is
connected to that port, it will inherit the user defined data for the previous device.
Port Number
This is the port number as described in Identifying Boards and Port Numbers. For example,
MCC1.000 for the first port on the first MCC board.
The port is selected by typing the utility selection followed by an optional update parameter
and/or an optional port number. If no port number is entered, the panel displayed will be for
the current port.
Device Type
Four-character field used to indicate device type. No embedded blanks are allowed.
Model Number
Three-character field used to indicate the device’s model number. No embedded blanks
are allowed.
Plant of Manufacture
Two-character alphanumeric field to indicate the plant of manufacture.