Displays those portions of the port descriptor table (PDT) that
    are port independent.

    Format

      SHOW PORTS  [/qualifier[,...]]

1  –  Qualifiers

1.1    /ADDRESS

       /ADDRESS=pdt-address

    Displays the specified port descriptor table (PDT). You can
    find the pdt-address for any active connection on the system
    in the PDT summary page display of the SHOW PORTS command. This
    command also defines the symbol PE_PDT. The connection descriptor
    table (CDT) addresses are also stored in many individual data
    structures related to System Communications Services (SCS)
    connections, for instance, in the path block displays of the
    SHOW CLUSTER/SCS command.

1.2    /BUS

       /BUS=bus-address

    Displays bus (LAN device) structure data.

1.3    /CHANNEL

       /CHANNEL=channel-address

    Displays channel (CH) data.

1.4    /DEVICE

    Displays the network path description for a channel.

1.5    /MESSAGE

    Displays the message data associated with a virtual circuit (VC).

1.6    /NODE

       /NODE=node

    Shows only the virtual circuit block associated with the specific
    node. When you use the /NODE qualifier, you must also specify the
    address of the PDT using the /ADDRESS qualifier.

1.7    /VC

       /VC=vc-address

    Displays the virtual circuit data.