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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
TCP/IP messages with an "I" suffix can reflect error conditions. From the TCP/IP messages documentation:
The following type codes are used in IP messages:
A Action The message indicates that an action is required.
E Eventual Action You must eventually take some action to correct a problem. The system continues processing without waiting for a response.
I Information The message is for your information. This type code can be used to notify you of an error. No response is necessary, but you might need to take some action.
S Severe Error The message is for a system programmer.
W Wait Processing stops until the operator takes a required action.
This documentation can be referenced in:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.halb101/msgtype.htm?lang=en
In summary, a message with a suffix of "I" can reflect error conditions, such as in this case. We have seen enough customer TCP/IP profiles that contain some syntax errors (such as not removing deprecated keywords or statements) that changing the behavior of how TCP/IP deals with syntax errors would introduce migration concerns for many users. We would recommend that once you are running on z/OS V2R1 you exploit the new Syntaxcheck option on the Vary TCPIP command to verify that TCPIP profiles are syntactically correct prior to using them. That should help reduce costly syntax errors.