Option 1 — BROWSE

The IPCS Browse option displays formatted dump output. Invoke this option by selecting option 1 (BROWSE) from the IPCS Primary Option Menu panel.

Figure 1. IPCS Browse Option Entry Panel

  ------------------------ IPCS - ENTRY PANEL -----------------------------
  COMMAND ==> 

  CURRENT DEFAULTS: 
   Source ==> DSNAME('IPCSU1.PRB00075.SVCDUMP')
   Address space ==> ASID(X'0005')

  OVERRIDE DEFAULTS:                      (defaults used for blank fields)
   Source ==> DSNAME('D83DUMP.DUMPC.PB00465') 
   Address space ==> ASID(X'0029')_
   Password  ==>
  POINTER:    Address ==>                            (blank to display pointer stack)
   Remark  ==>                                              (optional text)

The IPCS Entry panel, Figure 1, is the first panel of the IPCS Browse option. Using this panel with pointer and storage panels, the following tasks may be performed:

Indicate the type of dump source on the entry panel.
Place pointers associated with addresses of interest into the pointer stack on the pointer panel.
View storage on a storage panel that is addressed by a requested pointer.
Format structures in storage referenced by pointers from the pointer panel.
Enter IPCS subcommands from anywhere in the Browse option.

See Browsing a Dump Data Set for information on how to use the entry, pointer, and storage panels of the IPCS Browse option to view a dump.