Communication scanner processor dump (3720, 3725, and 3745 only)

The communication scanner processor (CSP) automatically dumps its contents when it detects an error. CSP stores the dump on the communication controller disk, or on the MOSS diskette, and the NCP sends an alert message to the host to inform it of the error. You can use the MODIFY DUMP command to transfer this dump to a dump file in the host processor. After the dump has been transferred to the host, you must then run a separate job to print the dump.

If you have a 3720 or 3745 Communication Controller with hard disk in your network, you can also purge the CSP dump from the communication controller with the MODIFY DUMP command.

To transfer the contents of the CSP dump, use the MODIFY DUMP command with TYPE=CSP specified. You can use the DUMPDS operand of the MODIFY DUMP command to specify the file into which you want the dump transferred. If you omit this operand, the dump is put into one of two dump files:
  • The file specified by the CDUMPDS operand of the PCCU definition statement for the NCP
  • The file specified by the DUMPDS operand of the PCCU definition statement for the NCP (if CDUMPDS is not specified on the PCCU definition)
Parent topic: Using dumps