gtps4m07System Generation


About This Book

Use this book to plan for and install a TPF system. To migrate to a new release of the TPF system, use this book with TPF Migration Guide: Program Update Tapes. It includes detailed descriptions on the use of the system initialization program (SIP) for generating the system and the facilities for generating the non-SNA communications network.

TPF Network Control Program (NCP) support depends on:

All subsequent occurrences of NCP in the text of this book are superseded by the previous information, unless otherwise specified.

TPF Network Extension Facility (NEF) support depends on either:

All subsequent occurrences of NEF in the text of this book are superseded by the previous information.

In this book, abbreviations are often used instead of spelled-out terms. Every term is spelled out at first mention followed by the all-caps abbreviation enclosed in parentheses; for example, Systems Network Architecture (SNA). Abbreviations are defined again at various intervals throughout the book. In addition, the majority of abbreviations and their definitions are listed in the master glossary in the TPF Library Guide.

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Who Should Read This Book

This book is written for system programmers responsible for the planning and installation of a TPF system. It should be used with TPF System Installation Support Reference, which describes closely related functions and tools that support the system generation process.

Users of this book should have a basic understanding of the TPF system, and the communication facilities supported by the TPF system. Familiarity with MVS systems is also required. For a comprehensive technical overview of the TPF system, see TPF Concepts and Structures.

Conventions Used in the TPF Library

The TPF library uses the following conventions:

Conventions Examples of Usage
italic

Used for important words and phrases. For example:

A database is a collection of data.

Used to represent variable information. For example:

Enter ZFRST STATUS MODULE mod, where mod is the module for which you want status.


bold Used to represent text that you type. For example:

Enter ZNALS HELP to obtain help information for the ZNALS command.

Used to represent variable information in C language. For example:

level

monospaced Used for messages and information that displays on a screen. For example:
    PROCESSING COMPLETED

Used for C language functions. For example:

    maskc

Used for examples. For example:

    maskc(MASKC_ENABLE, MASKC_IO);
bold italic Used for emphasis. For example:

You must type this command exactly as shown.

Bold underscore Used to indicate the default in a list of options. For example:

Keyword=OPTION1 | DEFAULT

Vertical bar | Used to separate options in a list. (Also referred to as the OR symbol.) For example:

Keyword=Option1 | Option2

Note:
Sometimes the vertical bar is used as a pipe (which allows you to pass the output of one process as input to another process). The library information will clearly explain whenever the vertical bar is used for this reason.
CAPital LETters Used to indicate valid abbreviations for keywords. For example:

KEYWord=option

Scale Used to indicate the column location of input. The scale begins at column position 1. The plus sign (+) represents increments of 5 and the numerals represent increments of 10 on the scale. The first plus sign (+) represents column position 5; numeral 1 shows column position 10; numeral 2 shows column position 20 and so on. The following example shows the required text and column position for the image clear card.
|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7...
 
LOADER   IMAGE CLEAR
 

Notes:

  1. The word LOADER must begin in column 1.

  2. The word IMAGE must begin in column 10.

  3. The word CLEAR must begin in column 16.

How to Read the Syntax Diagrams

This section describes how to read the syntax diagrams (informally called railroad tracks) used in this book.

Related Information

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