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We understand the requirement and are evaluating this for future plans.
.Requirement is understood and being evaluated
Review the following page in the OSA-ICC User's Guide.
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.ioaq100/viewportparms.htm#viewportparms
Being able to see the Active Speed and various other packet information including the error information is helpful in diagnosing an OSA problem. We used to have access to this information via the OSA/SF. Now we have to get someone to get on the HMC and attempt to walk them through the panels to retrieve the information.
It'd be helpful if we could get this information back via a command. Preferably outside of TCPIP, since TCPIP has to have the OSA active, before the D TCPIP,,OSAINFO command will be able to return anything.
I'm looking for this command to be available on zOS, but I do have some zVM installations where this might come in handy. Can't comment on zVSE.
The HMC is the platform hardware management console, yet for OSA/SF this function had been spread across multiple operating systems. This functionality was consolidated onto the HMC for OSA Express5S (and all future) cards, and is not something we have any plans to change. Since the initial introduction of HMC support we have added functionality to the HMC in this area, specifically relative to the Query OAT function. If there is still some information you feel is lacking through that interface, we would be happy to consider adding it. In regard to the desire for OSA metrics not being available through the operating system, can you specify which metrics you are specifically interested in and we can investigate further the possibility of making those accessible via an OS display command. Understanding which operating systems you would like to see these reported in would also be useful information.
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - z Systems Hardware
Product - z Systems Hardware
Component - I/O and Networking
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - z Systems Hardware
Product - z Systems Hardware
Component - LAN (OSA Express, Hipersockets, RoCE)
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - z Systems Hardware
Product - z Systems Hardware
Component - LAN (OSA Express, Hipersockets, RoCE)
Operating system - IBM z/OS
Source - Other
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - z Systems Software
Product - z/OS Communications Server
Component - Other
Operating system - IBM z/OS
Source - Other
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - z Systems Software
Product - z/OS Communications Server
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - WebSphere
Product family - Enterprise Networking
Product - z/OS Communications Server