Curiosity question: Why do you need multiple remote I3270C sessions per LPAR? If we ever go to z/OS 2.1 (iffy), we would only use it for IPLing. We use SMCS consoles via TN3270 for other consoles, beyond the Visara ones in the NOC (computer room adjunct).
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Ed Jaffe <edja...@phoenixsoftware.com>wrote: > On 10/23/2013 10:46 AM, John McDowell wrote: > >> In z/OS 2.1 support was added for the "Integrated 3270" (i.e. a 3278-4 >> window on the HMC), it is supported both during NIP and as a "normal" >> system console. The "Integrated 3270" must be activated on an LPAR by LPAR >> basis, if the activation is performed before the z/OS IPL then z/OS will >> "find" it and will prefer it. If you want to allow the use of it after NIP >> it needs to be defined in the CONSOLxx member. >> >> The "Integrated 3270" is not channel attached and is therefore not >> subject to the "clearing problem" (resulting from the reset that Jim Mulder >> described) and as an added "bonus" (I believe it's true) that NIP will >> prefer the "integrated 3270" over any NIP definition contained in the IODF. >> (I personally view this behavior is an advantage, if you asked for the >> "Integrated 3270" (by activating it) then it should be used.) Note: I do >> not have access to a system to verify this preference in NIP. >> > > I also like the 3270 Integrated Console. However, the current > implementation is disadvantageous. Unlike the Operating System Messages > notebook, a 3270 Integrated Console cannot be shared among multiple, remote > HMC users. If one has it open, the others get an error message stating that > only one I3270C is allowed per HMC, per LPAR. I submitted a SHARE > Requirement to address this. > > -- > Edward E Jaffe > Phoenix Software International, Inc > 831 Parkview Drive North > El Segundo, CA 90245 > http://www.phoenixsoftware.**com/ <http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/> > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- This is clearly another case of too many mad scientists, and not enough hunchbacks. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
