Header/Self-defining Section

This section contains the common SMF record headers fields and the triplet fields (offset/length/number), if applicable, that locate the other sections on the record.

Offsets Name Length Format Description
0 0 SMF11LEN 2 binary Record length. This field and the next field (total of four bytes) form the RDW (record descriptor word). See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.
2 2 SMF11SEG 2 binary Segment descriptor (see record length field).
4 4 SMF11FLG 1 binary System indicator:
Bit
Meaning when set
0-2
Reserved
3-6
Version indicators*
7
Reserved.

*See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.

5 5 SMF11RTY 1 binary Record type 11 (X'0B').
6 6 SMF11TME 4 binary Time since midnight, in hundredths of a second, that the record was moved into the SMF buffer.
10 A SMF11DTE 4 packed Date when the record was moved into the SMF buffer, in the form 0cyydddF. See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.
14 E SMF11SID 4 EBCDIC System identification (from the SID parameter).
18 12 SMF11LN 2 binary Length of the rest of the record (including this field).