Dennis, I suspected that the problem may have involved B/T to ESCON conversion. You were likely using the CNT USD for ESCON extension with an Optica B/T convertor (which CNT re-sold as the NSBT).
We provided UIMs that added custom device types such as B/T Tape models connected to ESCON channels, but I don't recall that we provided anything specific for VM or Check sorters. Most use NOCHECK in there IOCP these days. Thanks for the clarification, you satisfied my curiosity :) Mike -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 11:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Unsupported Devices Mike, This is Alan's co-worker. This happened several years ago, so I could be fuzzy on the details. In our case, the devices were check sorters, not tape drives. They were bus-and-tag devices that should have been on a converted channel. Someone was trying to save channels, so they were on an ESCON channel with some other devices. The code that ran the sorters was issuing a CCW that wasn't valid for an ESCON channel, so VM was rejecting it. The correct solution would have been to put the devices on their own channel, and define the channel as a converted channel in IOCP. That would have cost money, so we changed the CCW table instead. IBM was very generous in helping us with something that wasn't really their problem. Dennis O'Brien "Don't worry about biting off more than you can chew. Your mouth is bigger than you think." -- CVW-11 chaplain, "Carrier" -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Rydberg Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 08:49 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Unsupported Devices Alan, If your channel extender is a CNT/McDATA/Brocade product doing ESCON or FICON extension, I am curious which tape device model you have and which CCW's were not supported. Regards, Mike Rydberg Brocade Communications >-----Original Message----- >From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Schuh, Richard >Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 10:09 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Unsupported Devices >Thanks, Alan. We may need that mod too. We are getting ready to extend >our channels, but aren't quite there yet. >Regards, >Richard Schuh >> I would go with TYPE UNSUPPORTED with DEVCLASS TAPE. I doubt >> CP will iss= ue anything. (You or IBM will need to read the >> code.) IBM support came up with a revised CCW t= able for us >> for an UNSUPPORTED device (a channel extender) that didn't >> like one of the CCWs.= We carry this as a user mod. >> >> Alan Ackerman >> Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com >
