IOCP introduction

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