I/O configuration process

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Specify I/O configuration data to IOCP by coding the data as card-image statements read from an input device. Use the following input devices depending on the version of IOCP:

Table 1. Input device by IOCP version
IOCP version	Input Device
z/OS® version	Disk or tape
VM version	Disk or tape
z/VSE® version	Disk or tape
Stand-Alone version	FTP or memory stick and Support Element console. You can modify cards by using a full-screen editor.

Although the input methods differ, IOCP performs the same process to build a configuration definition and to write reports. IOCP then stores the definition in an I/O configuration data set (IOCDS) on the hard disk of the Support Element. The IOCDS is used by the I/O subsystem.