Enabling MSC during system definition

You can enable MSC during system definition by defining at least one MSC link with the MSPLINK, MSLINK, and MSNAME stage-1 system definition macros.

When MSC resources are defined by macros during stage-1 system definition, you do not need to specify the MSC= execution parameter.

Recommendation: If you are enabling MSC in a back-end IMS system in a shared-queues environment solely for the purpose of processing messages that were received on the front-end from an MSC link, do not use stage-1 system definition macros to enable MSC in the back-end IMS systems. Instead, specify the MSC=Y execution parameter in the startup procedure for the IMS system. The back-end IMS systems are easier to clone when MSC is enabled by the MSC execution parameter instead of stage-1 system definition macros.