Device selection keywords

You can use device selection keywords to specify a device or range of devices, and to initialize the monitoring status of a device.

A keyword value can specify a single device or a list of devices separated by commas or blanks. Each device that you add to a list can also include an optional initial monitoring status such as ON or OFF. If you include an initial monitoring status, you must enclose the device and its monitoring status in parentheses:

(XXXX,ON)

(XXXX,OFF)

By default, the initial monitoring status is set to ON. Keyword values can include the optional sub keyword called SAMPCT which you use to specify how often device I/O is collected. If you include the SAMPCT sub keyword, the value you specify applies to all the devices that you add to the keyword list. You can specify a keyword more than one time if the list of devices does not fit on one line. If no keyword options are specified, device monitoring is not performed.