Working with operating system consoles

The following procedure describes how to specify which devices MVS can use as NIP consoles and which devices VM can use as VM consoles. Before you can define consoles you must have defined these I/O devices to the operating system.

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 Operating System Configuration List showing all OS configurations currently defined in the IODF.
2. Select an OS configuration and the Work with consoles action from the context menu (or action code  n ). HCD displays the NIP Console List or VM Console List (depending on the type of the selected operating system).

   *--------------------------- NIP Console List ----------------------------*
   |   Goto  Backup  Query  Help                                             |
   | ----------------------------------------------------------------------  |
   |                                                              Row 1 of 1 |
   |                                                                         |
   | Select one or more consoles, then press Enter. To add, use F11.         |
   |                                                                         |
   | Configuration ID . : OPSYS01      MVS or z/OS operating system          |
   |                                                                         |
   | / Order   Device  Device Type                                           |
   |   Number  Number                                                        |
   | _   1     0001    3278-3                                                |
   | *************************** BOTTOM OF DATA **************************** |

3. Use F11=Add to define each console. The following panel is displayed:

   *------------------------ Add NIP Console ------------------------*
   |                                                                 |
   | Specify the following values.                                   |
   |                                                                 |
   | Device number of console . . . . . . ____                       |
   |                                                                 |
   | Order number . . . . . . . . . . . . 1                          |
   |                                                                 |
   *-----------------------------------------------------------------*

   The order number is the sequence the consoles are used by the operating system.