NCAR/TN-234+IA the NCAR IBM 4341 Gateway Computers
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NCAR/TN-234+IA NCAR TECHNICAL NOTE ! .I-- m February 1986 I The NCAR IBM 4341 Gateway Computers 4. 1/2" Tapes _D *LD0_fMumD0 Terminals SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING DIVISION NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH BOULDER, COLORADO The NCAR IBM 4341 Gateway Corputers C(APTER 1: THE IBM 4341 MACHINES Communication Facilities ............................. ....*.... 1-1 Software Development Tools.. ..................... 1-1 Job Management Services ........ .................. 1-1 Information Services ........................................ ... 1-1 System Configuration .............. ............. ........... 1-2 The IBM 4341 Operating System.. ........................ 1-3 Single System Image (SSI)............... ......... ...... .. 1-3 VIRUAL MACHINE CONCEPTS · · ··..........................................· 1-3 What is a Virtual Machine? .......................................... 1-3 The Control Program ................................................ 1-4 INTERACTIVE FEATURES...0.................................................. 1-5 The Conversational Monitor System (CMS)............... .................. 1-5 CMS System Editor: XEDIT .......................................... 1-5 SIM3278 ........................................... 1-5 The Disk Unit: DASD ..... ..................................... 1-6 Minidisks . .... a...... ............................................ 1-6 Virtual Machine Central Memory....................................... 1-6 RSCS .................................................................. 1-7 aiPTER 2: rGETTING SrAdRpED CN TB IBM 4341 INTRODUCTION .............................................-. ............ 2-1 ESTABLISHING A DIRECTORY ENTRY ................ ......................... 2-1 USING THE GANDALF PACXK............. .....................................0 2-1 How to Establish a Communications Link ........... ..................... 2-1 LOGGING ONTO THE IBM 4341 SYSTEMS .... ............. ..... ................ 2-3 Line Mode Logon ...................................................... 2-3 Full-screen Logon .................. ................................. 2-3 Getting Commands into the System .................................. 2-3 The Terminal ....................................................... 2-4 Your Logon Name and Password ......................................... 2-4 INITIAL LOG ON PROCEDURES......................................... 2-4 Formatting Your Virtual Disks............ ....................... 2-4 Permanent Virtual Disks .............................................. 2-4 Temporary Virtual Disks ............................ 2-4 Sharing Virtual Disks............................ 2-5 Acccesing and Releasing Other Virtual Disks........................... 2-5 FITES UNDER CMS···................................................ 2-5 Filenames . ........................................................... 2-5 Filetypes ......... ................................................... 2-5 Filemode .. ........................................................... 2-5 Filemode Character............................................... 2-6 Filemode Digit0.............................................. ......... 2-6 Your PROFITE EXECD= OO ........... ................................. 2-6 Virtual Unit Record Devices........................................... 2-7 OTHER HELPFUL INFORMATION................................................ 2-8 Table of Contents -1- February 1986 Changing your Password ..... 2-8 Using the On-line Mail Facility................. ........... 2-8 Communicating with the Consulting Office... ................ ..... 2-8 Log On and OFF Commands.. ...................... .. *********es 2-9 Special Characters.... .................... .. 2-9 Interrupt and Resume . ....................... 2-9 Full-Screen Interrupt and Resume .. ..................... .... ... 2-9 Line Mode Interrupt and Resume ............................... 2-9 Terminating Output Displays....... ......................... .... 2-9 Logging Off vs. Turning Off............... .............. .......... 2-10 CHAWPER 3: muHEHEP FACILrEY 3-1 CMN and/or CP Co mnands........... 3-1 EXEC Statements .E.P.F.L. S............................................ 3-1 When May I Use theFacility? HEP .. ................................. 3-2 CREATING YOUR OWN HELP FI................................... .......... 3-5 USING PROGRAM FUNCION (PF) KEYS......................................... 3-5 USING thEHEaLP FACILITY .................................... 3-27 Full-Screen Mode.................................... 3-7 Line Mbdecruan............................... 3-7 HOW TO PRIMNT HELP FI .................................................. 3-8 Line Mde................................*. .. *.***... .* ** 3-8 Full-screen Mbde.........................********.* * * * * * * 3-8 HELP FACILITY T RIAL ....................... 3-9 CHftPTER 4: EDITING CN T IBMME 4341: USING XEDIT How Does XEDIT Work? 4-1 Who May Use the Full-Screen or Line Editor?........................... 4-1 PROFITr XEDITR*S....a..........................................*** * .*.*4-1 THE XEDIT CoMMAND ................................*.**..........*** * 4-2 Creating and Editing Files............................................ 4-2 Creating a File........................*. .. 4-2 Example .................................... 3 4-2 Editing an Existing File...............................*...*.... 4-3 HELP WITH XEDIT.............................................. 4-3 USEFUL XEDIT SUBCOMMANDS6.........................*.**.....**....**.** *..4-4 INPUT SubcOmiand........................... ......... .... *** 4-5 TYPE Subommand........................... .. .. ***** 4-5 SET Subcommand ....................... *..*..**.*.**...**...a.. ***** ** a 4-6 QUERY Subcommand ..........................*******.*** *.**...**....**a 4-7 UP Subcommand ............... ........ ***.*****.. * 4-7 DOWN Subcmmand ..................... ****.*.******* 4-7 TOP Subcommand...................*.* ****** *..**** 4-8 ~BOTTCOMSubcommand ................ 4-8 FILE Subcommand................ * . * * 4-8 February 1986 -2- Table of Contents SAVE Subcomm and........................ .... 4-8 QUIT Subcommnand............................. ................... 4-8 CLOCATE Subcamand............................. 4-9 CHANGE Subcanmand.................................................... 4-10 CINSERTSubc mand ........................................ 4-11 DELETE Subcaand................................. 4-11 RECOVER Suboommand............................ 4-12 MOVE Subcommand............................ 4-12 COPY Subcommand...... ..................... 4-13 AUTOSAVE Subcnmand . .......................... ....... 4-14 PREFIX SUBCOMMANDS .................................................. 4-14 CHAPTER 5: OC(MNIS FOR MNIPULATFll FILES AND DATASETS INTRODUJCTION............................................. 5-1 Control Program (CP) Commands. ...................................... 5-1 Conversational Monitor System (CMS) Commands.......................... 5-1 Permanent Storage (PSTORE) Cammands................. .................. 5-1 Temporary Disk Space (TDISK) Commands................................. 5-1 THE COMMAND LANGUAGE E...................... RONM ........................ 5-1 Comnunicating with IBM VM/SP .... .......................................... 5-1 CP COMMAND LANGUAGE.................................................... 5-2 CP Conmand Structure ................................................. 5-2 Useful CP Commands.................................................0 5-3 #CP................................................................... 5-3 MDETACH. ...................................................... 000........5-3 DIS~OONN*.................00000000......0000000000000.. ..................5-3 CP DISCON............................................ 0 ................... 5-3 CIP .................................................. 5-3 UsefuLOGONads............................................................05-4 XPYLOGOFFI..000000000...................00000...... .....................05-4 M SSAGE................E ........................... 0...................... 5-4 QUERY ...................................................... ............. 5-5 SET ...................................................................... 5-5 Q YSPOOL.................................................................00 5-5 EPE E........0000000000000000............................... .. 0...........5-5 CMS CXOMMAND LANGUAGE... .. ....................5-5 CMS C immandStructure....................... 5-6 CMS CdnandNameans Oeand Oprad.................................. 5-6 UsefulCMS Comands................................ 5-6 ACCESS................................... 5-6 COPYFILE.................................. 5-6 ERASE .... .......................................... ..............5-7 HT ,HX,RT ..............................................................5-7 LISTFILE .............................................................. 5-7 PRINT ................................................................. 5-7 QUERY................................... 5-8 RELEASE ................................... 5-8 E AME.. .................................. 5-8 XEDIT.................................. 5-8 HEL.P Facility.................................. 5-8 PSTORE CXMMANDS................................... 5-9 PCOPY.................................. 5-9 Table of Contents -3- February 1986 PDEL.. ...... ............................ ..* a ..... ... 5-10 PDIR. ..........D............. ....................