OSA-Express Integrated Console Controller Implementation Guide October 2005
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Front cover OSA-Express Integrated Console Controller Implementation Guide Product planning and implementation information Realistic examples and considerations Step-by-step configuration procedures Bill White Jeff Nesbitt ibm.com/redbooks International Technical Support Organization OSA-Express Integrated Console Controller Implementation Guide October 2005 SG24-6364-01 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page vii. Second Edition (October 2005) This edition applies to IBM System z9 and eServer zSeries (z990 and z890) servers, which support the OSA-Express Integrated Console Controller (OSA-ICC) function. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2004, 2005. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Notices . vii Trademarks . viii Preface . ix The team that wrote this redbook. ix Become a published author . .x Comments welcome. .x Chapter 1. Introduction. 1 1.1 OSA-ICC description. 2 1.2 Hardware support . 3 1.3 Software support . 4 1.4 Comparison. 5 1.5 Migration considerations . 6 1.5.1 Migrating OSA-ICC configurations from z990 to z9-109 servers . 6 1.5.2 Migrating from IBM 2074 to OSA-ICC. 7 1.5.3 Migrating from IBM 3174 to OSA-ICC. 8 Chapter 2. Pre-install . 11 2.1 Planning overview . 12 2.2 Configuration steps . 15 2.2.1 HCD and IOCP planning. 17 2.2.2 OSA-ICC planning . 21 2.2.3 Network considerations. 33 2.2.4 TN3270E emulator planning . 35 Chapter 3. Configuration tasks . 39 3.1 Configuration tasks overview . 40 3.2 OSA-ICC quick start . 41 3.3 OSA-ICC working example . 43 3.4 OSA-Express feature configuration panels . 46 3.4.1 OSA-Express configuration steps for OSA-ICC . 47 3.4.2 OSA-Express Advanced Facilities for OSA-ICC . 47 3.4.3 OSA-ICC server configuration. 50 3.4.4 OSA-ICC sessions configuration. 52 3.4.5 OSA-ICC configuration validation . 55 3.4.6 OSA-ICC configuration source file export, edit, import, and validate . 57 3.4.7 OSA-ICC configuration activation . 61 Chapter 4. Verifying the configuration . 63 4.1 Verification overview . 64 4.2 TN3270E emulator status . 64 4.2.1 Session window status . 64 4.2.2 Display PCOMM host connection log . 66 4.3 OSA-ICC status. 66 4.3.1 Display active server configuration . 67 4.3.2 Display active sessions configuration . 68 4.3.3 Display client connections. 69 4.3.4 View port parameters . 71 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2004, 2005. All rights reserved. iii 4.3.5 Debug utilities . 72 4.4 Host status . 75 4.4.1 z/OS MCS console status . 76 4.4.2 z/VM operator console status . 77 4.4.3 VTAM local non-SNA 3270 status. 78 4.5 Gathering OSA-ICC trace and log data. 79 Appendix A. OSA-ICC worksheets and files. 81 A.1 Example configuration worksheets . 82 A.1.1 OSA-ICC server worksheet . 82 A.1.2 PCHID 0110 OSA-ICC sessions worksheet . 83 A.1.3 PCHID 0381 OSA-ICC sessions worksheet . 84 A.1.4 Workstation 1 PCOMM worksheet . 85 A.1.5 Workstation 2 PCOMM worksheet . 86 A.1.6 Workstation 3 PCOMM worksheet . 87 A.2 OSA-ICC source files . 87 A.2.1 OSA-ICC source file for PCHID 0110. 87 A.2.2 OSA-ICC source file for PCHID 0381. 92 A.2.3 PCOMM display session profile . 96 A.2.4 PCOMM printer session profile. 97 A.3 Worksheet templates . 98 Appendix B. HCD / IOCP and console definitions . 101 B.1 HCD and IOCP definitions . 102 B.1.1 OSA-ICC definitions using HCD . 102 B.1.2 OSA-ICC definitions using IOCP . 108 B.2 z/OS console definitions . 109 B.2.1 NIP console definitions . 109 B.2.2 MCS console definitions . 110 Appendix C. z/VM and RSCS definitions. 113 C.1 z/VM console and printer definitions. 114.