Attributes for nss

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 z/VM guest

You can find the attributes for re-IPL type nss in the /sys/firmware/reipl/nss sysfs directory.

name: Name of the NSS. The NSS name can be 1-8 characters long and must consist of alphabetic or numeric characters. The following examples are all valid NSS names: 73248734, NSSCSITE, or NSS1234.
parm: A 56-byte string of parameters for the operating system in the NSS.

You cannot load SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server 12 or later from an NSS. If the NSS contains a Linux distribution that supports NSS, the value could be a string of kernel parameters.