Yes yellow stripe.  No emulation being done.

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On Aug 26, 2013, at 3:26 PM, "Pommier, Rex R." <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> I never used an MP2000, we ran an MP3000 for a few years.  On the bigger 
> boxes the SE was (presumably still is) used for error reporting and other 
> communication back to IBM as well as IPLing, reconfiguring hardware and so 
> on.  On the MP3000, it was also used (if configured so) for doing emulated 
> I/O.  The MP3000 could have up to 288 GB internal disk that looked like CKD 
> disk to OS/390, but was in fact funneled through the OS/2 machine that also 
> functioned as the SE.  TCP/IP communication could also be emulated and 
> funneled through the SE.  On our MP3000 we didn't like the idea of either of 
> these being dependent on an OS/2 computer so we ran external ESCON disk and 
> had a pair of BUS-TECH pizza boxes handling terminal I/O.
> 
> Is the MP2000 you are running the full size cabinet with the yellow "racing 
> stripe" on the front cover?
> 
> Rex
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of Caserta, Greg
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 1:29 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: OS/390 1.3 Support Element hangs system
> 
> No, nothing fancy here.  What is the SE's purpose after the OS is up and 
> running.  I always thought I could unplug it unless I needed to IPL.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of Pommier, Rex R.
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 11:43 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: OS/390 1.3 Support Element hangs system
> 
> Are you doing any emulated I/O through the OS/2 SE?  I recall back when we 
> had an MP3000 we could have done disk or terminal I/O thru the SE.  Could 
> that be causing your problem?  I know that on the full size mainframes, the 
> SE basically goes into monitor mode once all LPARs are up and running, but I 
> believe the SE has/had additional function on the multiprise boxes.
> 
> Rex
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of Caserta, Greg
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 8:58 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: OS/390 1.3 Support Element hangs system
> 
> Yes OS/390 1.3
> Machine - Multiprise 2000 ( 2003-116 )
> No error messages anywhere.  Consoles and entire system hang as if it was 
> quiesced.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 9:01 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: OS/390 1.3 Support Element hangs system
> 
> Caserta, Greg wrote:
> 
>> Running OS/390 1 .3
> 
> OS/390? (End of support 2001/03/31) or do you mean z/OS 1.3 (End of support 
> 2005/03/31)?
> 
> On what machine model is that running?
> 
>> - Every couple months the system hangs.  Once I power off/on the Support 
>> Element PC (OS/2), it breaks loose.
> 
> Perhaps hardware problems?
> 
> When your OS/390 is getting on, do you see any I/O errors, wait state, dumps, 
> messages? Or could you be kind to describe 'hang'? Are the workload or 
> sessions or console standing still or running slow?
> 
>> This seemed to start about 2 yrs ago when I replaced the Ramac disk with the 
>> Shark.  Also replaced 3480 tape drives with 3590.
> 
> I'm not sure if 3590 and Sharks are 100% supported by OS/390, but did you 
> have a talk with your local IBM engineer?
> 
>> Any ideas.
> 
> Sorry that I cannot come up with any solutions or suggestions. But why now 
> asking after 2 years?
> 
> Groete / Greetings
> Elardus Engelbrecht
> 
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