Administration of MSCF networks

This chapter provides an overview of all supported administration commands and contains information on starting and stopping HIPLEX MSCF as well as on connection setup and clear-down. It also describes MSCF connections, the setup and clear-down of LCS, CCS, shared pubset, and XCS networks, the retrieval of information, and the handling of XCS pubsets.

Overview of administration commands

Processors are linked by a data communication network to form a function network. They can be connected to or disconnected from the network dynamically. The administration commands required to administer the DSSM subsystem MSCF and the MSCF network are summarized below.

Command	Function	User
MODIFY-MSCF-CONNECTION	Modify partner-specific monitoring parameters	System administrator
MODIFY-MSCF-ENVIRONMENT	Modify MSCF configuration parameters	Systems administrator
SET-XCS-PUBSET	Declare a shared pubset as an XCS pubset	Systems administrator
SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION	Request information on the HIPLEX MSCF configuration	Systems administrator, user
SHOW-XCS-OCCUPATION	Output information on user tasks that occupy XCS functionality	Systems administrator
START-MSCF-CONNECTION	Establish an MSCF connection to a partner processor	Systems administrator
START-SUBSYSTEM MSCF	Activate HIPLEX MSCF	Systems administrator
STOP-MSCF-CONNECTION	Close down MSCF connection to a partner processor	Systems administrator
STOP-SUBSYSTEM MSCF	Deactivate HIPLEX MSCF	Systems administrator