Activating an SMCS console

After the installation and definitions are complete, you can IPL the system. The system console or a NIP console must be used to perform the IPL. Once MVS™ command processing is available, VTAM® must be started in one of the following ways:

Once VTAM is initialized and the VTAM functions are available, the SMCS application will start automatically. SMCS consoles can then be activated.

Assuming the SMCS is installed on a system and some SMCS consoles are defined, there are several ways to activate an SMCS console. For example, an operator or system programmer can:

  1. Walk up to a terminal, or telnet to the system, to get to an active VTAM logon screen
  2. Log on to the SMCS application, which displays an SMCS Console Selection screen. See Figure 1.
  3. On the SMCS Console Selection screen, enter a valid SMCS console name.
  4. If the name is valid, the next screen is an SMCS console screen that displays messages unless logon is required. If logon is required, the messages appear after the operator logs on.
Figure 1. SMCS Console Selection Screen
                             SMCS CONSOLE SELECTION
                        
 Enter the Console Name you want to access and press ENTER.
                                             
 CONSOLE NAME ===>          (Required. This name must have been defined as an
                             SMCS console in CONSOLxx at IPL).
                         
                                                                                
 You are attempting to access:
               
   SYSPLEX:  plexname SYSTEM:  sysname
                            
                          
                       
                     
                                       
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Specifying a predefined LU can bypass the SMCS Console Selection screen, and the LOGAPPL VTAM function allows automatic logon.
Parent topic: Installing SMCS