This chapter presents an overview of the following topics:
- Hardware I/O configuration
- I/O configuration process
- I/O configuration data sets (IOCDSs)
- I/O configuration considerations
- Shared ESCON CTC considerations
- Coupling facility support
- Network I/O support
- Internal Queued Direct Communication (HiperSockets) support
- Fibre Channel Protocol support
- Defining FICON® switch
configurations
- Managing logical paths for ESCON and FICON channels
- Managing the establishment of logical paths
- Channel path selection
- Channel unit types
- Versions of IOCP