Defining OS-related definitions for a device

  1. After pressing the Enter key on the Define Device / Processor panel, the Device / Processor Definition panel is displayed again. Select another processor or press the Enter key again to display the Define Device to Operating System Configuration panel that shows all the defined OS configurations.
    ┌─────────── Define Device to Operating System Configuration ───────────┐
    │                                                            Row 1 of 2 │
    │                                                                       │
    │ Select OSs to connect or disconnect devices, then press Enter.        │
    │                                                                       │
    │ Device number  . : 01E1           Number of devices  : 8              │
    │ Device type  . . : 3390A                                              │
    │                                                                       │
    │ / Config. ID   Type     SS Description                      Defined   │
    │ _ OPSYS01      MVS         MVS or z/OS operating system               │
    │ _ OPSYS02      VM          VM operating system                        │
    │ ************************** BOTTOM OF DATA *************************** │
    └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

    Select an operating system and the Select (connect/change) action from the context menu (or action code  s ).

    As described in Defining the subchannel set for a device, starting with 2094 (z9 EC) processors, you can place PAV alias devices (types 3380A and 3390A) into SS 1.

    If you define a PAV alias device, as shown in our example from Figure 3, HCD displays the Specify Subchannel Set ID panel that asks for the subchannel set where you want to place the device. The default depends on the value given for the corresponding CSS definition.

    Figure 1. Specify Subchannel Set ID
    ┌─────────────── Specify Subchannel Set ID ─────────────────────────┐
    │                                                                   │
    │                                                                   │
    │ Specify the ID of the subchannel set into which devices are       │
    │ placed, then press Enter.                                         │
    │                                                                   │
    │ Configuration ID . : OPSYS01                                      │
    │ Device number  . . : 01E1           Number of devices  : 8        │
    │ Device type  . . . : 3390A                                        │
    │                                                                   │
    │ Subchannel Set ID    1  +                                         │
    │                                                                   │
    │  F1=Help    F2=Split   F3=Exit    F4=Prompt  F5=Reset   F9=Swap   │
    │ F12=Cancel                                                        │
    └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
  2. Pressing Enter on the dialog from Figure 1 brings you to the following panel where you can now define the data about device parameters and features that are required by the operating system configuration.
    ┌──────────────────── Define Device Parameters / Features ───────────────────────┐
    │                                                                    Row 1 of 4  │
    │                                                                                │
    │ Specify or revise the values below.                                            │
    │                                                                                │
    │ Configuration ID . : OPSYS01      MVS or z/OS operating system                 │
    │ Device number  . . : 01E1         Number of devices  : 8                       │
    │ Device type  . . . : 3390A                                                     │
    │                                                                                │
    │ Parameter/                                                                     │
    │ Feature     Value +          R Description                                     │
    │ WLMPAV      Yes                Device supports work load manager               │
    │ ***************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ***************************       │
    └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
    The Parameter/Feature fields vary depending on the I/O device type and operating system type.

    A plus sign (+) in the Value column indicates that you may use F4=Prompt to get a list of possible values for the parameter/feature in the same row. Note that not all parameters are promptable.

    A Y in the R column indicates that a value for the parameter/feature in the same row is required.

    You accomplish the change by accepting the default values or by changing the Value entries and pressing the Enter key. The default values are set in the UIM for the device type. For parameters you can specify different default values via the OS_PARM_DEFAULT keyword in the HCD profile.

  3. For eligible devices, after you have defined the device parameter and feature data and pressed the Enter key, HCD displays the Assign/Unassign Device to Esoteric panel.
    ┌──────────────────── Assign/Unassign Device to Esoteric ─────────────────────┐
    │                                                                  Row 1 of 2 │
    │                                                                             │
    │ Specify Yes to assign or No to unassign. To view devices already            │
    │ assigned to esoteric, select and press Enter.                               │
    │                                                                             │
    │ Configuration ID : OPSYS01           MVS or z/OS operating system           │
    │ Device number  . : 01E1              Number of devices  : 8                 │
    │ Device type  . . : 3390A             Generic  . . . . . : 3390A             │
    │                                                                             │
    │ / EDT.Esoteric  Assigned  Starting Number Number of Devices                 │
    │ _ A1.ES001      No        ____            ____                              │
    │ _ A2.ES002      No        ____            ____                              │
    │ ***************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ****************************** │
    └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
  4. On the Assign/Unassign Devices to Esoterics panel, overwrite the values in the Assigned column to assign (Yes) or unassign (No) devices to the selected esoterics.

    If you do not want to assign a complete group of devices, you can limit the range by specifying a starting number and the number of devices. If you omit the number of devices, 1 is assumed.