Input/output configuration window

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The Input/Output Configuration window (see Figure 1) displays the following information:

Data Set
Is a 2-character identifier for the IOCDS. There are four IOCDSs (A0, A1, A2, and A3) that you can alter. Starter I/O configuration data sets describes them.
Name
Is an 8-character name that is the identification of the IOCDS. The name comes from the first 8 characters that you have entered in the MSG1= keyword value in the ID statement. The displayed name is saved from the IOCDS when it is written to the Support Element.
Write Protected
N indicates that the IOCDS is not write-protected. Y indicates that the IOCDS is write-protected. Write-protection prevents the IOCDS from being overwritten by batch IOCP or stand-alone IOCP and from being overlaid by Copy Configuration. Write-protection also prevents the I/O configuration source (IOCS) file from being:
  • Overlaid by Disassemble Data Set, Build Data Set, or Import Source File from the Hardware Management Console USB Flash Memory Drive or FTP Location
  • Edited by Open Source File
  • Deleted by Delete Source File
Date
Month, day, and year when the IOCDS was built.
Time
Hour and minute when the IOCDS was built. (Displayed in 24-hour format.)
Data Set Status
Can be one of the following:
  • Valid means the IOCDS is usable for power-on-reset (POR) purposes. Its content matches the source file only if the source status is Verified or Warnings.
  • Invalid means the IOCDS is not usable for power-on reset purposes and some IOCP actions. Either IOCP is currently writing to the IOCDS or the IOCDS was written in preparation for a CPC upgrade and is unusable until the CPC is upgraded to the type of CPC supported by the IOCDS.
  • Active means this IOCDS was used during the most recent power-on reset or was selected by a dynamic activation from the System Control Program (SCP). Only one IOCDS can be active at a given time. The active IOCDS is made write-protected by the Support Element during POR with the IOCDS or after a dynamic activation by the SCP. The write protection can be removed with the Disable Write Protection action.
Source Status
Can be one of the following:
  • Verified means the stand-alone IOCP Build was processed with this source and was successful with no warnings or errors.
  • Warnings mean the stand-alone IOCP Build was processed with this source and was successful with one or more warnings or caution messages.
  • Errors means the stand-alone IOCP Build was processed with this source and was not successful. There was a terminal error.
    Note: No IOCDS is written and the IOCDS remains as it was before the Build.
  • Modified means that the source file has been changed by editing the file. This status also indicates that the source might not match the current IOCDS.
  • Imported means that the source file was overlaid by an import from the Hardware Management Console USB Flash Memory Drive or FTP Location.
  • Empty means that the source file has been deleted or was erased when a batch IOCP program wrote the IOCDS.

    Batch IOCP programs are the versions of IOCP that run in a host operating system. Note that the Hardware Configuration Definition (HCD) program uses batch IOCP when writing an IOCDS. When an IOCDS is written by IOCP or HCD from an operating system, the IOCP source file on the SE is empty since the operating system or HCD has the IOCP source file used to write the IOCDS. Source Status of Empty is expected when IOCP or HCD is used to write the IOCDS.

  • Unknown means that there is an error with the source file status.
Version
Identifies the version of IOCP that was used to create the IOCDS.