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IBM 3270

Posted in IBM Mainframe Utilities, tagged , , , , on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 Wikipedia describes the IBM 3270 as:
The IBM 3270 is a class of terminals made by IBM (known as “Display Devices”) normally used to talk to IBM mainframes. The 3270 attempts to minimise the number of I/O interrupts required, by accepting large blocks of data known as datastreams.
In a datastream, both text and control (or formatting [...]

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CICS Abend analysis

Posted in CICS Q&A, tagged , , , , on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Ques:
I am trying to make a cics access via terminal 3270, and I am receiving
the following error message.
DFHZC6907 I 03/27/2008 15:57:39 CICSDES Autoinstall starting for netname
L05DDE83. Network qualified name is RTST.L05DDE83.
 DFHZC6908 I 03/27/2008 15:57:39 CICSDES Autoinstall in progress for
netname L05DDE83. TN3270 IP address is 172.16.3.19:4594.
 DFHZC6987 W 03/27/2008 15:57:39 CICSDES Autoinstall best failure for
NETNAME L05DDE83 was model DFHLU0M3.
  [...]

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The IBM z10 EC Close Up

Posted in IBM Mainframe business news, tagged , on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 

Name
z10 EC

Vendor
IBM

Platform
Mainframe

Dimensions
2.83 sq meters (30.44 sq ft)

Processor Details
Processors available are Central Processors (CPs, for traditional workloads), IFLs (Linux processors), zIIPs (DB2 Engines) and zAAPS (Java Engines)

Hard Drives
Connects externally to disk, and has 1,024 channels to connect to disk or tape

Operating Systems
z/OS, z/OS.e, z/VSE, TPF, Linux on System z and the z/VM hypervisor

Configuration Options
Models available are [...]

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