The default system initialization table
This default SIT is in CICSTS53.CICS.SDFHAUTH, and its source, named DFHSIT$$, is in CICSTS53.CICS.SDFHSAMP.
The parameters and values in the macro source statements used to
assemble the default system initialization table are listed in Table 1.
| Parameter | Default value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ADI | 30 | XRF(B) - Alternate delay interval |
| AIBRIDGE | AUTO | Bridge Autoinstall URM |
| AICONS | NO | No autoinstall for MVS™ CONSOLES |
| AIEXIT | DFHZATDX | Autoinstall user program name |
| AILDELAY | 0 | Delete delay period for AI terminals |
| AIQMAX | 100 | Maximum number of terminals queued for AI |
| AIRDELAY | 700 | Restart delay period for AI terminals |
| AKPFREQ | 4000 | Activity keypoint frequency |
| APPLID | DBDCCICS | z/OS® Communications Server APPL identifier |
| AUTCONN | 0 | Autoconnect delay |
| AUTODST | NO | Language Environment® automatic storage tuning |
| AUTORESETTIME | IMMEDIATE | Time-of-day synchronization |
| AUXTR | OFF | Auxiliary trace option |
| AUXTRSW | NO | Auxiliary trace autoswitch facility |
| BMS | FULL, UNALIGN, DDS | Basic Mapping Support options |
| BRMAXKEEPTIME | 86400 | Bridge Max Keeptime |
| CICSSVC | 216 | The CICS® SVC number |
| CILOCK | NO | Do not keep CI lock after read update |
| CLSDSTP | NOTIFY | Notification for ISSUE PASS command |
| CLT | The command list table option or suffix | |
| CMDPROT | YES | Exec storage command checking |
| CMDSEC | ASIS | API command security checking |
| CONFDATA | SHOW | Show confidential data in dump and trace |
| CONFTXT | NO | Do not prevent z/OS Communications Server tracing user data |
| CPSMCONN | NO | Do not connect to CPSM |
| CRLPROFILE | Name of profile that allows CICS to access certificate revocation lists | |
| CSDACC | READWRITE | CSD access |
| CSDBKUP | STATIC | Backup type of CSD (STATIC or DYNAMIC) |
| CSDBUFND | Number of data buffers for the CSD | |
| CSDBUFNI | Number of index buffers for the CSD | |
| CSDDISP | CSD disposition for dynamic allocation | |
| CSDDSN | CSD data set name for dynamic allocation | |
| CSDFRLOG | NO | Journal ID for CSD forward recovery |
| CSDINTEG | UNCOMMITTED | Read integrity = uncommitted |
| CSDJID | NO | Journal ID for CSD auto journaling |
| CSDLSRNO | 1 | The VSAM LSR pool number for the CSD |
| CSDRECOV | NONE | CSD recoverable file option |
| CSDRLS | NO | Use traditional VSAM |
| CSDSTRNO | 6 | CSD number of strings |
| CWAKEY | USER | CWA storage key |
| DAE | NO | SDUMPS will not be suppressed by DAE |
| DATFORM | MMDDYY | CSA date format |
| DB2CONN | NO | Do not connect to DB2® at CICS startup |
| DBCTLCON | NO | Do not connect to DBCTL at CICS start |
| DEBUGTOOL | NO | No Debugging Tool access |
| DFLTUSER | CICSUSER | Default user |
| DIP | NO | Batch data interchange program |
| DISMACP | YES | Disable macro programs |
| DOCCODEPAGE | 037 | Default host code page |
| DSALIM | 5M | Upper limit of DSA below 16 MB line |
| DSHIPIDL | 020000 | Delete shipped idle time |
| DSHIPINT | 120000 | Delete shipped interval |
| DSRTPGM | NONE | Distributed routing program |
| DTRPGM | DFHDYP | Dynamic routing program |
| DTRTRAN | CRTX | Default dynamic transaction routing transid |
| DUMP | YES | Dump option |
| DUMPDS | AUTO | CICS dump data set opening option |
| DUMPSW | NO | Dump data set autoswitch option |
| DURETRY | 30 | SDUMP total retry time (in seconds) |
| EDSALIM | 800M | Upper limit of DSA in 31-bit storage |
| EODI | E0 | End-of-data indicator for sequential devices |
| ESMEXITS | NOINSTLN | External security manager exits |
| FCT | NO | File control table option or suffix |
| FCQRONLY | YES | Threadsafe FC runs on QR TCB |
| FEPI | NO | Front-End Programming Interface |
| FLDSEP | ' ' (four blanks) |
End-of-field separator characters |
| FLDSTRT | ' ' (one blank) |
Field start character for built-in function |
| FORCEQR | NO | Do not force QR for threadsafe programs |
| FSSTAFF | NO | Function-shipped START affinity option |
| FTIMEOUT | 30 | File timeout 30 seconds |
| GMTEXT | 'WELCOME TO CICS' | Good-morning message text |
| GMTRAN | CSGM | Initial transaction |
| GNTRAN | NO | Signoff transaction |
| GRNAME | Generic resource name for CICS TORs | |
| GRPLIST | DFHLIST | List name of CSD groups for startup |
| GTFTR | OFF | GTF trace option |
| HPO | NO | z/OS Communications Server High Performance Option (HPO) |
| ICP | Interval control program start option | |
| ICV | 1000 | Region exit interval (milliseconds) |
| ICVR | 5000 | Runaway task interval (milliseconds) |
| ICVTSD | 0 | Terminal scan delay interval |
| INITPARM | Initialization parameters for programs | |
| INTTR | ON | CICS internal trace option |
| IRCSTRT | NO | Interregion communication start |
| ISC | NO | Intersystem communication option |
| JESDI | 30 | JES delay interval for XRF alternate |
| JVMCCSIZE | 24M | Shared Class Cache size |
| JVMCCSTART | AUTO | Start Shared Class Cache when needed |
| JVMPROFILEDIR |
/usr/lpp/cicsts
/cicsts53/JVMProfiles |
JVM profile directory |
| KERBEROSUSER | Kerberos user ID = CICS region userid | |
| KEYRING | Key ring to be used by SSL support | |
| LGDFINT | 5 | Log defer interval in Log Manager |
| LGNMSG | NO | Extract z/OS Communications Server logon data |
| LLACOPY | YES | Use MVS LLACOPY support |
| LPA | NO | Use-LPA option for CICS/user modules |
| MAXSOCKETS | 65535 | Maximum number of IP sockets |
| MAXSSLTCBS | 8 | Limit on number of SSL TCBs |
| MCT | NO | Monitoring control table option or suffix |
| MINTLSLEVEL | TLS10 | Level of encryption for TLS |
| MN | OFF | CICS monitoring option |
| MNCONV | NO | Monitoring converse recording option |
| MNEXC | OFF | Monitoring exception class option |
| MNFREQ | 0 | Monitoring frequency period |
| MNIDN | OFF | Monitoring identity class option |
| MNPER | OFF | Monitoring performance class option |
| MNRES | OFF | Monitoring resource class option |
| MNSYNC | NO | Monitoring syncpoint recording option |
| MNTIME | GMT | Monitoring timestamp (GMT or LOCAL) |
| MQCONN | NO | Do not connect to MQ at startup |
| MROBTCH | 1 | Number of MRO requests to batch |
| MROFSE | NO | Extend lifetime of long-running mirror |
| MROLRM | NO | Long-running mirror task option |
| MSGCASE | MIXED | CICS messages in mixed case |
| MSGLVL | 1 | System console MSG level option |
| MXT | 250 | Maximum number of tasks in CICS |
| NATLANG | E | List of national languages |
| NCPLDFT | DFHNC001 | Named counter default pool name |
| NONRLSRECOV | VSAMCAT | Select location of recovery options for non-RLS files |
| NQRNL | NO | RNL processing by z/OS global resource serialization |
| OPERTIM | 120 | Write to operator timeout (seconds) |
| OPNDLIM | 10 | OPNDST/CLSDST request limit |
| PARMERR | INTERACT | System initialization parameter errors option |
| PDI | 30 | Primary delay interval - XRF active |
| PDIR | NO | DL/I PSB directory option or suffix |
| PGAICTLG | MODIFY | PG autoinstall catalog state |
| PGAIEXIT | DFHPGADX | PG autoinstall exit program |
| PGAIPGM | INACTIVE | PG autoinstall state |
| PGCHAIN | BMS CHAIN command | |
| PGCOPY | BMS COPY command | |
| PGPURGE | BMS PURGE command | |
| PGRET | BMS RETURN command | |
| PLTPI | NO | Program list table PI option or suffix |
| PLTPISEC | NONE | No PLT security checks on PI programs |
| PLTPIUSR | PLT PI userid = CICS region userid | |
| PLTSD | NO | Program list table SD option or suffix |
| PRGDLAY | 0 | BMS purge delay interval |
| NO | Print key option | |
| PRTYAGE | 1000 | Dispatcher priority aging value |
| PSBCHK | NO | PSB resource checking required |
| PSDINT | 0 | Persistent session delay interval |
| PSTYPE | SNPS | z/OS Communications Server single node persistent Sessions |
| PVDELAY | 30 | Timeout value for LUIT table |
| QUIESTIM | 240 | Timeout value for quiesce requests |
| RAMAX | 256 | Maximum I/O area for RECEIVE ANY |
| RAPOOL | 50 | Maximum RECEIVE ANY request parm. lists |
| RENTPGM | PROTECT | Reentrant program write protection |
| RESP | FME | Logical unit response type |
| RESSEC | ASIS | Resource security check |
| RLS | NO | RLS option |
| RLSTOLSR | NO | RLS files in LSRPOOL build calculation |
| RMTRAN | CSGM | XRF alternate recovery transaction |
| RRMS | NO | Recoverable resource management services |
| RST | NO | Recovery service table (XRF-DBCTL) |
| RSTSIGNOFF | NOFORCE | XRF - Re-sign on after takeover |
| RSTSIGNTIME | 500 | XRF - sign off timeout value |
| RUWAPOOL | NO | Allocating storage pool for Language Environment |
| SDTRAN | CESD | Shutdown transaction |
| SEC | YES | External security manager option |
| SECPRFX | NO | Security prefix |
| SECVFYFREQ | NEVER | Frequency of full verification requests for user IDs |
| SKRPA1 | SKR PA1 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPA2 | SKR PA2 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPA3 | SKR PA3 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF1 | SKR PF1 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF2 | SKR PF2 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF3 | SKR PF3 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF4 | SKR PF4 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF5 | SKR PF5 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF6 | SKR PF6 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF7 | SKR PF7 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF8 | SKR PF8 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF9 | SKR PF9 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF10 | SKR PF10 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF11 | SKR PF11 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF12 | SKR PF12 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF13 | SKR PF13 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF14 | SKR PF14 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF15 | SKR PF15 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF16 | SKR PF16 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF17 | SKR PF17 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF18 | SKR PF18 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF19 | SKR PF19 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF20 | SKR PF20 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF21 | SKR PF21 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF22 | SKR PF22 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF23 | SKR PF23 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SKRPF24 | SKR PF24 PAGE RETRIEVAL CMD | |
| SNSCOPE | NONE | Multiple CICS sessions per userid |
| SOTUNING | YES | Whether performance tuning for HTTP connections occurs to protect CICS from unconstrained resource demand. |
| SPCTR | (1,2) | Levels of special tracing required |
| SPOOL | NO | System spooling interface option |
| SRT | 1$ | System recovery table option or suffix |
| SRBSVC | 215 | HPO Type 6 SVC number |
| SSLCACHE | CICS | SSL session ID caching |
| SSLDELAY | 600 | SSL timeout value |
| START | AUTO | CICS system initialization option |
| STARTER | YES |
Starter ($ and #) suffixes option Note: The default is NO but the parameter must be set to YES here to enable the SIT to assemble
correctly.
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| STATEOD | 0 | Statistics end-of-day time |
| STATINT | 010000 | Statistics interval time |
| STATRCD | OFF | Statistics recording status |
| STGPROT | YES | Storage protection facility |
| STGRCVY | NO | Storage recovery option |
| STNTR | 1 | Level of standard tracing required |
| SUBTSKS | 0 | Number of concurrent mode TCBs |
| SUFFIX | $$ | Suffix of this SIT |
| SYDUMAX | 999 | Number of SYSDUMPS to be taken |
| SYSIDNT | CICS | Local system identifier |
| SYSTR | ON | Main system trace flag |
| TAKEOVR | MANUAL | XRF alternate takeover option |
| TBEXITS | Backout exit programs | |
| TCP | YES | Terminal control program option or suffix |
| TCPIP | NO | TCP/IP support |
| TCSACTN | NONE | TC Shutdown action |
| TCSWAIT | 4 | TC Shutdown wait |
| TCT | NO | Terminal control table option or suffix |
| TCTUAKEY | USER | TCT user area storage key |
| TCTUALOC | ANY | TCT user area ANY |
| TD | (3,3) | Transient data buffers and strings |
| TDINTRA | NOEMPTY | Initial state of transient data queues |
| TRANISO | NO | Transaction Isolation |
| TRAP | OFF | F.E. global trap exit option |
| TRDUMAX | 999 | Number of TRANDUMPS to be taken |
| TRTABSZ | 12288 | Internal trace table size in 1K bytes |
| TRTRANSZ | 1024 | Transaction dump trace table size |
| TRTRANTY | TRAN | Transaction dump trace option |
| TS | (3,3) | Temporary storage buffers and strings |
| TSMAINLIMIT | 64M | Upper limit of storage for TS main queues |
| TST | NO | Temporary storage table option or suffix |
| UOWNETQL | Qualifier for NETUOWID | |
| USERTR | ON | Main user trace flag |
| USRDELAY | 30 | Timeout value for user directory entries |
| USSCONFIG | /var/cicsts/dfhconfig | The name and path of the root directory for CICS configuration files on z/OS UNIX |
| USSHOME | /usr/lpp/cicsts/cicsts53 | The name and path of the root directory for CICS files on z/OS UNIX |
| VTAM | YES | z/OS Communications Server access method option |
| VTPREFIX | \ | Client virtual terminal prefix |
| WEBDELAY | (5,60) | Web timer values |
| WRKAREA | 512 | Common work area (CWA) size in bytes |
| XAPPC | NO | RACF® class APPCLU required |
| XCFGROUP | DFHIR000 | XCF group to use for MRO communications |
| XCMD | YES | SPI use default name for RACF check |
| XDB2 | NO | Security check for DB2ENTRY resources |
| XDCT | YES | Security check for transient data queues |
| XFCT | YES | Security check for files |
| XHFS | YES | Security check for z/OS UNIX files |
| XJCT | YES | Security check for journals |
| XLT | NO | Transaction list table option or suffix |
| XPCT | YES | Security check for started transactions |
| XPPT | YES | Security check for programs |
| XPSB | YES | Security check for DL/I PSBs |
| XRES | YES | For resources subject to XRES security, checks use the default name for the RACF check. For a list of resources subject to XRES security checks, see Resource and command check cross reference. |
| XRF | NO | Extended recovery feature (XRF) option |
| XTRAN | YES | Security check for transaction-attach |
| XTST | YES | Security check for temporary storage queues |
| XUSER | YES | Surrogate user checking to be done |