VTAM® issues this message as part of a group of messages in response to the following commands:

DISPLAY ID command for a link station and the associated line

Shows the link station and the associated line.

DISPLAY ID command for a line that has one or more associated link stations

Message IST397I is issued for each link station associated with the line. Message IST610I is not issued.

DISPLAY STATIONS command

Shows all of the link stations in each PU type 4 and PU type 5 major node. Messages IST397I and IST610I are repeated for each link station line pair. Message IST610I displays the line name linename and its status linestatus.

A complete description of the message group follows.

 IST396I LNKSTA   STATUS     CTG GTG  ADJNODE ADJSA    NETID    ADJLS
 IST397I linkstation status  ctg gtg  adjnode adjsa    netid    adjls

[IST610I                          LINE linename -  STATUS linestatus]

The following fields are displayed in the messages:

linkstation

Link station name.

status

Link station status. See the z/OS Communications Server: IP and SNA Codes for a description of status.

ctg

Current transmission group.

gtg

Generated transmission group.

adjnode

Adjacent PU type 4 or 5, if available. (This is blank if this is a migration NCP or a VTAM to VTAM connection.)

adjsa

Subarea associated with adjacent PU type 4 or 5. (This is 0 if not known.)

netid

The name of the network of the associated PU type 4 or 5.

adjls

The name of the adjacent link station if known.

linename

Line name (associated with link station).

linestatus

Status of line linename. See the z/OS Communications Server: IP and SNA Codes for a description of status.