Defining esoteric groups

You can define which esoteric device groups are in each EDT after you have defined the OS configuration. But you cannot assign I/O devices to an esoteric device group until the devices have been defined.

1. On the Primary Task Selection panel, select Define, modify, or view configuration data and on the resulting panel the object Operating system configurations. HCD displays the OS Configuration List of all operating system configurations currently defined in the IODF.
2. On the Operating System Configuration List, select the OS configuration and the Work with EDTs action from the context menu (or action code s ). HCD displays the EDT List.
3. On the EDT List, select the EDT and the Work with esoterics action from the context menu (or action code  s ). HCD displays the Esoteric List.

   *----------------------------- Esoteric List -----------------------------*
   |   Goto  Filter  Backup  Query  Help                                     |
   | ----------------------------------------------------------------------  |
   |                                                              Row 1 of 1 |
   |                                                                         |
   | Select one or more esoterics, then press Enter. To add, use F11.        |
   |                                                                         |
   | Configuration ID . : OPSYS01      MVS or z/OS operating system          |
   | EDT identifier . . : AS           basic                                 |
   |                                                                         |
   | / Esoteric  VIO    Token  State                                         |
   | _ ES001     No     ____   No device defined                             |
   | *************************** BOTTOM OF DATA **************************** |

4. Use F11=Add to add a new esoteric group. The data-entry fields are shown below, with sample data:

   *--------------------- Add Esoteric --------------------*
   |                                                       |
   |                                                       |
   | Specify the following values.                         |
   |                                                       |
   | Esoteric name  . . . ES002___                         |
   | VIO eligible . . . . No     (Yes or No)               |
   | Token  . . . . . . . ____                             |

5. After you press the Enter key HCD displays the updated Esoteric List.

Assigning devices to esoterics

You must define the I/O devices before you can assign them to an esoteric group. This is described in Defining devices. The State column on the Esoteric List indicates the esoteric groups that have no devices defined; so you can check later that your groups are properly defined.

If I/O devices are already defined, you can assign them to esoteric groups as described in Adding devices to esoterics.