Specific Node Element Qualifier (SNEQ)

The sequence number indicator field (bits 3-4 of the flags byte) contains a code of X'01' to indicate that the sequence number in the SNEQ may not be the sequence number of the processor complex. The first 4 bytes of the sequence number field are used for nonsequenced number purposes. See Table 1

All FICON® CTC devices for every FICON CTC channel on a processor complex share the processor complex's sequence number; the last 7 bytes of which are stored in the last 7 bytes (bytes 23-29) of the sequence number field.

The information in bytes 18-21 and bytes 30-31 are needed to make FICON CTC devices SNEQ-unique to an operating system.

Programs sending Read Configuration Data commands to either side of an FICON CTC device receive the same NED data.

The SNEQ has the following format:

Table 1. Contents of Specific Node Element Qualifier
Word SNEQ Format
0 Flags Reserved
1 Type Number
2 Type Numbers (c) Model Numbers
3 MN (c) Manufacturer
4 Plant of Mfg. Sequence Number
5 Sequence Number (c)
6 Sequence Number (c)
7 Sequence Number (c) Tag
Flags
X'40'
Reserved
X'000000'