INPUT/OUTPUT CONFIGURATION

[Sherry Everhart]

Hello Everyone,
I am interested in knowing how to configure a "spare" ESCON channel to ou
r 
DASD so that if one of the existing eight shared channels goes belly-up 

(like it did last week) we can just move the cable over and not have to 

POR.

I'm currently looking in the "System z Input/Output Configuration Program
 
User's Guide for ICP IOCP" but I'm not sure what to look for.  I keep 
getting this error when trying to add another channel:

 CHPID PCHID=160,PATH=(60),TYPE=CNC,SHARED
 CHPID PCHID=161,PATH=(61),TYPE=CNC,SHARED
 CHPID PCHID=162,PATH=(62),TYPE=CNC,SHARED
 CHPID PCHID=163,PATH=(63),TYPE=CNC,SHARED
 CHPID PCHID=166,PATH=(66),TYPE=CNC,SHARED
 CHPID PCHID=170,PATH=(70),TYPE=CNC,SHARED
 CHPID PCHID=171,PATH=(71),TYPE=CNC,SHARED
 CHPID PCHID=175,PATH=(75),TYPE=CNC,SHARED
 CHPID PCHID=176,PATH=(76),TYPE=CNC,SHARED
  CNTLUNIT CUNUMBR=0C00,PATH=(60,61,62,63,66,70,71,75,76),UNIT=3990
,    X
               UNITADD=((00,256)),CUADD=0          
                     
*ICP  ICP115I DELIMITER ERROR, EXPECT RIGHT PARENTHESIS - ,76),UNI   
   
 CNTLUNIT CUNUMBR=0D00,PATH=(60,61,62,63,66,70,71,75,76),UNIT=3990,
    X
               UNITADD=((00,256)),CUADD=1          
                     
*ICP  ICP115I DELIMITER ERROR, EXPECT RIGHT PARENTHESIS - ,76),UNI   
   
 CNTLUNIT CUNUMBR=0E00,PATH=(60,61,62,63,66,70,71,75,76),UNIT=3990,
    X
               UNITADD=((00,256)),CUADD=2          
                     
*ICP  ICP115I DELIMITER ERROR, EXPECT RIGHT PARENTHESIS - ,76),UNI   
   
 CNTLUNIT CUNUMBR=0F00,PATH=(60,61,62,63,66,70,71,75,76),UNIT=3990,
    X
               UNITADD=((00,256)),CUADD=3          
                     
*ICP  ICP115I DELIMITER ERROR, EXPECT RIGHT PARENTHESIS - ,76),UNI   
   
 IODEVICE ADDRESS=(0D00,256),CUNUMBR=(0C00),                         
  X
               UNIT=3380,UNITADD=00            
                         

 IODEVICE ADDRESS=(0E00,256),CUNUMBR=(0D00),                         
  X
               UNIT=3380,UNITADD=00            
                         

 IODEVICE ADDRESS=(0F00,256),CUNUMBR=(0E00),                         
  X
               UNIT=3390,UNITADD=00            
                         

 IODEVICE ADDRESS=(1000,256),CUNUMBR=(0F00),                         
  X
               UNIT=3390,UNITADD=00            
                         

The error message states:  "IOCP expected a right parentheses as the firs
t 
character of string xxxxxxxx.  This error can occur if a keyword value 

contains too many characters or if more parameters than your CPC supports
 
were specified."

Is it possible to configure a spare channel for redundancy?

Thanks for the help.

Sherry E.