Hardware Configuration and Definition (HCD) for z/OS

Day 1

• (00:30) Welcome
• (01:00) Unit 1: HCD introduction
• (00:30) Unit 2: IOCP and MVSCP member review
• (00:30) Unit 3: HCD dialog
• (01:00) Unit 4: LPAR and logical control units
• (02:00) Unit 5: ESCON Directors
• (00:15) Unit 6: OSAs, HiperSockets, and routers
• (00:30) Exercise 1: Overview of lab environment
• (00:45) Exercise 2: HCD familiarity

Day 2

• (00:30) Unit 7: Review of zSeries hardware
• (01:30) Unit 8: z990, z9, z10, and HCD
• (01:00) Unit 9: FICON, FICON CTCs, and FICON directors
• (03:00) Exercise 3: Coding a zSeries 2094
• (06:00) Exercise 4: Add ESCON directors to your configuration
• (00:30) Exercise 5: Add FICON directors to your configuration (optional)

Day 3

• (01:00) Unit 10: Planning and migration
• (01:00) Unit 11: IPL and LOADxx member
• (00:45) Unit 12: Dynamic I/O reconfiguration
• (00:30) Exercise 6: Incremental migration from IOCP deck (optional)
• (00:30) Exercise 7: Building a LOADxx member
• (01:00) Exercise 8: Perform dynamic I/O

Day 4

• (01:00) Unit 13: z10 HCD and using CMT
• (01:00) Unit 14: ESCON CTCs for sysplex
• (00:45) Unit 15: HCD and parallel sysplex
• (00:45) Exercise 9: Coding a 2097 using the CMT
• (00:30) Exercise 10: Coding CFs and CF links including z10 CIB links
• (00:20) Exercise 11: Coding sysplex CTCs (optional)