Commands for Linux on Z

You can use z/Architecture® specific commands to configure and work with the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 device drivers and features.

Most of these commands are included in the s390-tools RPM.

Some commands come with an init script or a configuration file or both. It is assumed that init scripts are installed in /etc/init.d/. You can extract any missing files from the etc subdirectory in the s390-tools RPM.

Commands described elsewhere

For the snipl command, see Remotely controlling virtual hardware - snipl. snipl is provided as a separate package snipl-<version>.s390x.rpm.
For commands and tools that are related to creating and analyzing system dumps, including the zipl command, see Using the Dump Tools on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1, SC34-2746.
For commands related to terminal access over IUCV connections, see How to Set up a Terminal Server Environment on z/VM, SC34-2596.
The icainfo and icastats commands are provided with the libica package and described in libica Programmer's Reference, SC34-2602.