PFID status remains STARTING

The PFIDSTATUS field is the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express® (PCIe) function ID (PFID) status Start of change for the RNIC or the internal shared memory (ISM) interface End of change .

The following list describes the possible status values:

READY
READY indicates that the initialization sequence with the PFID is complete and the PFID is ready.
NOT ACTIVE
NOT ACTIVE indicates that the PFID was never started or was stopped after it was started.
STARTING
STARTING indicates that a START of the PFID was issued and TCP/IP sent an activation request to the Data Link Control (DLC) layer.

For an ISM interface, this should be a transitory state.

For an RNIC interface, if the PFIDSTATUS remains STARTING, this means z/OS® Communications Server did not receive a port state change event that indicates the port is active from the 10 GbE RoCE Express feature. Until the port state change event is received, the PFIDSTATUS remains in STARTING state.
Take the following actions if the PFIDSTATUS field does not change from STARTING to READY for an RNIC interface:
- Check that your cables are connected properly.
- Verify that the switch ports are enabled.
- If the RoCE adapters are hard-wired to each other, the STARTING status is expected until the partner side has started the RNIC interface.
- Verify that the optical cable used for the RoCE adapter is not damaged.