Virtual path connection identifier (VPCI) and virtual channel identifier (VCI)

VTAM® hint: A possible cause of many errors indicated by an ATM network-generated VPCI/VCI cause code is an incorrectly coded DLCADDR operand on a GROUP definition statement in the XCA major node or on the PATH definition statement in the switched major node. See z/OS Communications Server: SNA Resource Definition Reference for information about how to code the DLCADDR operand on the GROUP definition statement in the XCA major node and for information about how to code the DLCADDR operand on the PATH definition statement in the switched major node.
Figure 1. Contents of the VPCI/VCI diagnostic code
Diagram that shows the format of the virtual path connection identifier (VPCI) and virtual channel identifier (VCI) diagnostic code.

Table 1 describes the contents of the VPCI/VCI diagnostic code.

Table 1. Virtual path connection identifier and virtual channel identifier
Byte Description
7 Virtual path connection identifier (VPCI)
8 VPCI (continued)
9 Virtual channel identifier (VCI)
10 VCI (continued)