We had this same problem. There is actually nothing wrong with the line but the checker looks at the length of the parms following RDEV until one is greater than 4 characters (if I remember right). Try repositioning the VLAN 4000 after TRUNK. There is a fix out there for it.
Bob Bates Enterprise Hosting Services w. (469)892-6660 c. (214) 907-5071 "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Ethernet vswitch definition We are looking at converting our vswitch from IP to Ethernet. As my first step I'm trying to get the syntax correct in SYSTEM CONFIG I comment out my current vswitch define and add the new one /*Define vswitch zvm1 rdev 0c60 0c70 */ Define vswitch zvm1 rdev 0c60 0c70 VLAN 4000 PORTT TRUNK ETH When I syntax check it I get an error 2853 +++ dVal = x2d(xVal) 1906 +++ if ( xInRange(tok,loRange,hiRange) = 0 ) 1206 +++ call handle_token 278 +++ call verify_statement /* Verify statement syntax */ DMSREX475E Error 40 running CPSYNTAX EXEC, line 2853: Incorrect call to routine which isn't exactly helpful. It didn't even tell me what line the error was on. z/VM 5.4 Anybody see my error? Bobby Bauer Center for Information Technology National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892-5628 301-594-7474
