gtpo1m84Operations

ZLIDL-Idle a Control Unit or Communication Line

Use this command to idle all communication lines on a control unit or to idle a specific binary synchronous communication (BSC) line or ATA/IATA synchronous link control (SLC) communication line.

Requirements and Restrictions

To idle a 2703 control unit, you must first place it offline.

Format




CU
idles all the lines on a control unit.

BS
idles a BSC line.

AI
idles an ATA/IATA SLC communication line.

unit
is a 2-digit hexadecimal control unit number.

line
is a 2-digit hexadecimal symbolic line number.

Additional Information

Examples

The communication lines on control unit number 01 are idled in the following example.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZLIDL CU 01                                                             |
|                                                                                |
|System: 18.51.12 SKN 35 ALL CHANNELS NON-FUNCTIONING - CYCLED DOWN              |
|        18.51.13 LIDL CU01 IDLE COMPLETE                                        |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

BSC line number 44 is idled in the following example.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZLIDL BS 44                                                             |
|                                                                                |
|System: 10.06.36 LIDL BS44 CU00 CHN00 ADD6A SUB006A  IDLE COMPLETE              |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Related Information

See TPF Non-SNA Data Communications Reference for more information about non-SNA communications.