Network Server panel (NS)
The Network Server (NS) panel allows you to display information about server-type
networking devices on the node:
- NETSERV devices used to communicate between JES and TCP/IP
- LOGON devices used to communicate between JES2 and VTAM
Command keyword
Access the Network Server panel with the NS command from any SDSF panel.
NS command action characters
The action characters for the NS command are shown in Table 1.| Action Character | Description |
|---|---|
| // | Block repeat; type // on the first row and another // on the last row to be processed. |
| = | Repeat previous action character or overtype. |
| +(n) | Expand the NP column; n is 4-20. (Use RESET to reset.) |
| %(exec) | Run a REXX exec. (ISPF only). |
| / | Show column values for row (ISPF only). |
| C | Cancel a network server (JES3 only). |
| D | Display the network server in the log. You can add:
|
| E | Restart the network server. |
| JD | Display the job's use of devices. (Access the Job Device panel.) |
| JM | Display the job's use of memory. (Access the Job Memory panel.) |
| K | Cancel the network server address space. You can add:
|
| L | Fail the device DSP (JES3 only). You can add:
|
| P | Stop the device (JES2 only). |
| S | Start the device. |
| X | Invoke the network server DSP (JES3 only). |
| Z | Force the network server address space. |
Columns on the NS panel
The columns on the NS panel are shown in Table 2.| Column name | Title (Displayed) | Width | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVNAME | DEVICE | 10 | Name of the network server. This is the fixed field. It is ignored if coded on an FLD statement or ISFFLD macro. |
| STATUS | Status | 8 | Device status |
| DSPNAME | DSPName | 8 | Dynamic support program name (JES3 only) |
| APPL | Appl | 8 | Application name (JES2 only) |
| SOCKET | Socket | 8 | Socket name (JES2 only) |
| STACK | Stack | 8 | Name of the TCP/IP stack |
| RESTART | Restart | 8 | Restart the device automatically (JES2 only) |
| RTIME | Rest-Int | 10 | Restart interval (minutes) (JES2 only) |
| PTRACE | Tr | 3 | Tracing (JES2 only) |
| CTRACE | CTr | 3 | Common tracing |
| VTRACE | VTr | 3 | Verbose tracing |
| JTRACE | JTr | 3 | JES tracing |
| LOG | Log | 3 | Log activity (JES2 only) |
| ASID | ASID | 5 | ASID of the network server |
| SRVJOBNM | SrvJobNm | 8 | Job name of the network server address space |
| PASSWORD | Password | 8 | Password (SET or NOTSET) (JES2 only) |
| IPNAME | IPName | 32 | Local TCP/IP host name |
| PORT | Port | 5 | Local TCP/IP port number |
| PORTNAME | PortName | 16 | Local TCP/IP port name (JES2 only) |
| SECURE | Secure | 6 | Secure (TLS) socket |
| SYSNAME | SysName | 8 | System name |
| DSYSID | SysID | 5 | JES2 member name (JES2 only) |
| JESNAME | JESN | 4 | JES subsystem name |
| JESLEVEL | JESLevel | 8 | z/OS® JES level |
| DEVSECLB | DSecLabel | 9 | Security label of the device (JES2 only) |
 NSECURE |
NSecure |
10 |
Netserv secure option (required, optional,
use_socket) |