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The restriction in 9672 to have the number of SAPs be equal or less than the number of STIs
installed on the systems, and the restriction to have the number of SAPs be equal or less than
the number of CPs configured on the system, are no longer valid on all the z900 models.
If the number of configured SAPs is greater than the total number of channel cards installed,
some SAPs have no cards (channel ports) assigned to them and consequently are not used.
However, this can be a valid SAP configuration if you plan ahead for channel upgrades.
2.6.7 Channel feature cards
Table 2-18 gives a summary of all channel ...