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AIX cfgmgr is merely a wrapper which invokes the individual component configuration methods for the system. Each component configuration method is required to be designed so that it completes or errors out in a reasonable amount of time. In the PMR preceding this RFE, it appears it was a fibre channel adapter configuration method that failed to complete or error out. The development team for the fibre channel adapter will examine the available PMR information to attempt to identify why this specific hardware failure caused the configuration method to not complete in a reasonable time period. However configuration of a fibre channel adapter is a complex undertaking involving dozens if not hundreds of commands to various fibre channel hardware components. It is difficult to guarantee that for every possible type of hardware failure, AIX will be able to detect and error out on the failed hardware in a reasonable amount of time.