The problem is not one of knowing that the documentation is in the
manuals for the control units, it is one of finding those manuals.

Regards, 
Richard Schuh 

 

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> Subject: Re: Tape Unit Documentation
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> On: Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:35:52AM -0700,Schuh, Richard Wrote:
> 
> } We have a vendor that produces a device that responds to 
> the IPL roll } call saying it is a 3480-04; however, it only 
> uses a subset of the tape } unit's CCWs. If these devices 
> receive a CCW that is not in their list of } 5 that they use, 
> bad things, such as streamed unsolicited interrupts or } 
> Command Rejects, happen. A detach of one of the devices 
> results in the } streamed unsolicited interrupts which in 
> turn causes the device to be } Boxed. Other commands like the 
> forward or backward space commands or } Read Backward cause a 
> Unit Check/Command Reject to be reflected to the } guest. I 
> would like to be able to provide them with a complete list of 
> } commands for which they should not cause irreparable harm 
> to the guest.
> } Where can I find documentation showing the complete list of 
> CCWs used by } real 3480 and 3490 devices? 
> 
> The manuals for the control units.
> 
> A summary which may be enough is on the blue/green/yellow cards.
> 
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