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Text Part Number: 78-5661-01 Rev. B0
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Cisco IOS for S/390 Release 2.0 Release
Notes
October, 1998
These release notes provide information for system administrators and installation managers who are
responsible for the installation and support of the Cisco IOS for S/390 product. This document
includes information specifically related to Cisco IOS for S/390 release 2.0 only.
This document contains these sections:
• “Enhanced Features,” page 2, provides a list of feature enhancements in Cisco
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Enhanced Features Enhanced Features This section describes the new product features of Cisco IOS for S/390 release 2.0. Improved Performance and Efficiency � Increased throughput, reduction in CPU utilization, and inbound and outbound multiprocessing. TCP/IP processing is now multi-threaded instead of single-threaded. This is especially significant to FTP transmissions as it will let you obtain an aggregate transmission rate using up to four FTP applications running at the same time on four
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Enhanced APIs Enhanced APIs � OS/390 OpenEdition (UNIX System Services) asynchronous I/O (required for DB2 V5 TCP/IP support) and SRB mode. � Multiple BIND support for server applications (parallel processing for FTP, Telnet, and vendor applications). � Enhanced TLI interface—data spaces, cross memory, SRB mode, etc. � SAS 6.0 support. Other Enhancements � Year 2000 support. � FTP server support for IP address as RACROUTE TERMID—allows security rules to deny FTP access unless permitted by
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Product Changes Table 1 Parameter Aliases (continued) MAXQSEND MAXQSND MAXQRECV MAXQRCV TADDRUSE PORTUSE TADDRASSIGN PORTASGN PORTASSIGN PORTASGN KEEPALIVETYPE KEEPALIVE KATIMER KEEPALIVETIMER KACOUNT KEEPALIVECOUNT ROUNDTRIPDEV RTD ROUNDTRIPINIT RTO � The ACPCFG00, APICFG00, and XITCFG00 configuration members have been removed. The TCP/IP stack configuration has moved into a new configuration member, TCPCFG00. The applications, such as Server FTP, Server Telnet, etc., moved to a new configura
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Product Changes As for parameters in the Cisco IOS for S/390 Release 1.0 configuration member APICFG00, the TPCB was replaced with the SPCB. You will only need 3 (default) because there are only 3 API's. CBUFs were replaced with the set of MBUFs. Previously, there were two CBUFs per session, one for input and one for output. Now all data is buffered in MBUFs, so there is no relation between the size of the CBUF pool, and the sizes of the MBUF pools. Pool sizes are based on the amount of dat
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Product Changes � Most of the prefixed messages have a consistent message format of the form pppmmxxxs, where: — ppp is a letter followed by 2 numbers which identifies the component: T00mmxxxs Messages issued by IFS common routines T01mmxxxs Messages issued by Cisco IOS for S/390 routines T02mmxxxs Messages issued by IUCV routines T03mmxxxs Messages issued by Component Trace routines — mm is a pair of letters that identifies the subcomponent: pppAPxxxs Messages issued by API common application s
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New Features — xxx is a number in the range of 000 - 999, uniquely identifying the message — s is a letter indicating the severity level of the message: pppmmxxxR Response message produced in response to a command pppmmxxxF Fatal message signifying that a catastrophic error has occurred pppmmxxxE Error message indicating that some kind of error has occurred and action should be taken to correct it pppmmxxxW Warning message indicating that an action did not happen entirely correctly, but TCP co
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Cisco Connection Online Cisco Connection Online Cisco Connection Online (CCO) is Cisco Systems’ primary, real-time support channel. Maintenance customers and partners can self-register on CCO to obtain additional information and services. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, CCO provides a wealth of standard and value-added services to Cisco’s customers and business partners. CCO services include product information, product documentation, software updates, release notes, technical tips,
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The Product Documentation Library The Product Documentation Library The Cisco IOS for S/390 manual set has been reorganized along functional lines. The complete manual set includes these documents: � Cisco IOS for S/390 Planning Guide Describes the Cisco IOS for S/390 architecture, how to prepare for installation, customize system security, and how to use OpenEdition and user exits. It also includes information about editing tools, information to help configure Cisco IOS for S/390 for Cisco r
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Documentation Changes to the Documentation Set The Cisco IOS for S/390 Planning and Operations Guide and Cisco IOS for S/390 Installation Guide of previous releases have been reorganized as described below: � Cisco IOS for S/390 Planning Guide This guide provides information to help you plan your installation of Cisco IOS for S/390. It will ship prior to shipment of the product. � Cisco IOS for S/390 System Management Guide This guide provides information about Cisco IOS for S/390 operation an
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Cisco IOS for S/390 Planning Guide Exit Work Area If requested, the exit facility provides a work area to the exit program upon each invocation, except the INIT exit point. Request the work area with the EWALENGTH parameter of the EXIT statement in member IJTCFGxx, or with a parameter returned by the program at the INIT exit point (the program parameter taking precedence). The Exit Work Area (EWA) addressed will be passed to the exit program at each exit point as the fifth parameter, follow
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Documentation Exit Recovery Routine The exit program can supply the address of a recovery routine via a parameter returned at the INIT exit point. The exit facility calls this routine in the event of an ABEND in the exit program. The recovery routine is called in the same mode as the ABENDing exit program, and is passed the System Diagnostic Work Area (SDWA) address and the EWA address (if any). Since the exit's recovery routine is called after the system's Recovery and Termination Manager (
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Cisco IOS for S/390 System Management Guide Customizing CA-ACF2 Version 6 or Later A correction is required for Chapter 3 of the Cisco IOS for S/290 Planning Guide. Under the heading Customizing CA-ACF2 Version 6 or Later (page 3-12), step 2 is Update GSO Records for Cisco IOS for S/390. The code listed in this step is incorrect. The correct code is: ACF SET CONTROL(GSO) INSERT CLASMAP.AC#CMD RESOURCE(AC#CMD) RSRCTYPE(SAF) ENTITYLN(8) CHANGE INFODIR TYPES(D-RSAF) INSERT SA
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Documentation The REFRESH command is described in the “Cisco IOS for S/390 Operation” chapter. Parameters for the SVCDUMP Command Two parameters have been added to the SVCDUMP command, ASID and JOBname. These parameters let the user request that other address spaces be dumped along with Cisco IOS for S/390. ASID(asid_list) A list of address space IDs. Cisco IOS for S/390 will include these address spaces in the dump. This parameter can be combined with the JOBname parameter for a total of fi
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Cisco IOS for S/390 Customization Guide NETSTAT RTM Command The NETSTAT diagnostic commands are described beginning on page 5-12. The NETSTAT RTM command can be used by a Telnet user to display a continuous activity report on all active hardware interfaces. The frequency is determined by the value in seconds, and defaults to 9 if not entered. Permissible values are between 1 and 32767. Once activated, the RTM command will continue to display a time-stamped connection counter, and LNI counts
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Documentation TCP MINDEV and RTO Defaults Changed Two of the defaults in the TCPCFG00 file have changed. For the TCP statement, the MINDEV parameter defaults to 40 (0.10 second). Also on the TCP statement, the RTO parameter defaults to 0; range 0 - 6000. APPEND Keyword for LUPOOL Statement In configuration member APPLUP00, a new keyword, APPEND has been added to the LUPOOL statement. LUPOOL NAME(pool_name) APPEND(lu_name,...,lu_name) Syntax Description APPEND Specifies additional LU names for
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Cisco IOS for S/390 Customization Guide Note that Cisco IOS for S/390 does not configure TOS for SNMP or DNR queries, and NNTP is not implemented. Telnet and the FTP control connection can be configured in the Service statement. The FTP data connection can be configured in the FTP statement. The SMTP connection can be configured on the Service statement. LOGGING Keywords Logically Grouped The LOGGING command has been changed slightly to introduce a logical grouping of the keywords that contr
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Documentation LOGGING SPIN NOW Spins the log now; leaves all specifications unchanged. LOGGING SPIN(LINES(5000) MINUTES(60)) Resets spin to every 5000 lines or 60 minutes, whichever comes first; leaves remaining keywords unchanged. LOGGING PRINT(ALL) WTO(ALL) WRITER(TOLSTOY) SPIN(SYNC) NOW Prints and WTOs all message, resets SYSOUT writer to TOLSTOY and defaults CLASS, DEST, and FORM. Also resets spin to every hour on the hour, ignoring line count, and spins the log now. Cisco IOS for S/390 Pr
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Cisco IOS for S/390 Unprefixed Messages and Codes T01CF084W Refresh of USSTAB failed, tbl_name not used in APP task task_num Explanation There was a negative response to REFRESH USSTAB(tbl_name) TASK(task_num) operator command. tbl_name for APP task task_num was not specified in the active APPCFGxx SERVICE segment. Recommended Action Check the spelling of tbl_name and APP task task_num that may have been entered correctly. T01NT069I HH:MM:SS - nnn active TCP connections T01NT070I LNI aaaaaaaa
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Documentation Table 6 X’C245’ Instance Codes (continued) 4-byte code 2-byte code Description C2450002 0702 Recursive error C2450003 0703 Error copying TPL to secondary C2450004 0704 Error copying exit codes to TPL C2450005 0705 VTPL abend C2450020 0720 SAW not obtained C2450021 0721 ASCB validation failed C2450022 0722 TCB address is negative C2450023 0723 31-bit TCB address passed C2450024 0724 Close-pass:Close-pass pending C2450025 0725 Close-pass:Accept pending C2450026 0726 Close-pass:Receiv
