Steps for stopping SMC-R

You can stop Shared Memory Communications over RDMA (SMC-R) at a stack-wide level.

Procedure

Perform the following steps to stop SMC-R:

  1. Modify the GLOBALCONFIG statement in the TCP/IP profile data set to include the NOSMCR parameter.
  2. Issue the VARY TCPIP,,OBEYFILE,profile_data_set command.

Results

The TCP/IP stack does not immediately stop all existing SMC-R processing after the VARY TCPIP,,OBEYFILE command is processed. Existing TCP connections that are using existing SMC-R links are unaffected and continue to use SMC-R communications until they end or are stopped. However, no new SMC-R link groups or links are created, and no TCP connections that are established after this point use the existing SMC-R links.

What to do next

When you are restarting SMC-R after a stop, the previous SMCR parameter settings are used when they are not explicitly configured in the OBEYFILE data set. For more information about dynamically updating the GLOBALCONFIG SMCR parameter, see z/OS Communications Server: IP Configuration Reference.