General updates of IP operator commands

Table 1 lists the new and updated Communications Server IP operator commands, except the Netstat operator command DISPLAY TCPIP,,NETSTAT and the Telnet operator commands. See the following tables for those commands:
  • Table 1, IP Netstat operator commands (DISPLAY TCPIP,,NETSTAT)
  • Table 1, Telnet operator commands
Table 1. General summary of new and changed Communications Server operator commands
Command Parameters Release Description Reason for change
DISPLAY TCPIP,,HELP Start of changeEXPORTPROFEnd of change Start of changeV2R2 with APAR PI63449End of change Start of changeNew parameter that provides a help message for the new VARY TCPIP,,EXPORTPROF command syntax. End of change Start of changez/OS Configuration Assistant for Communications Server support for import of TCP/IP configurationEnd of change
SMCAT V2R2 New parameter that provides a help message for the new VARY TCPIP,,SMCAT command syntax. SMC Applicability Tool (SMCAT)
TRACE V2R1 New parameter that provides a help message for the new DISPLAY TCPIP,,TRACE command syntax. Real-time application-controlled TCP/IP trace NMI
DISPLAY TCPIP,,OMPROUTE IPV6OSPF,IF,NAME=if_name V2R1 The report is enhanced to display the number of IPv6 OSPF packets that are received on the interface that contained errors (# ERR PKTS RCVD), such as bad packet type, bad length, or bad checksum. Fix OMPROUTE vulnerability to malformed packets
IPV6OSPF,NBR,ID=router-id V2R1 The report is enhanced to display the number of IPv6 link state advertisements received (# ERR LS RCVD) from the neighbor that were unexpected or contained errors, such as bad advertisement type, bad length, or bad checksum. Fix OMPROUTE vulnerability to malformed packets
OSPF,IF,NAME=if_name V2R1 The report is enhanced to display the number of IPv4 OSPF packets that were received on the interface that contained errors (# ERR PKTS RCVD), such as bad packet type, bad length, or bad checksum. Fix OMPROUTE vulnerability to malformed packets
OSPF,NBR,IPADDR=ip_addr V2R1 The report is enhanced to display the number of IPv4 link state advertisements received (# ERR LS RCVD) from the neighbor that were unexpected or contained errors, such as bad advertisement type, bad length, or bad checksum. Fix OMPROUTE vulnerability to malformed packets
OPTIONS V2R1 Added new report to display the OMPROUTE GLOBAL_OPTIONS configuration information. Ignore_Undefined_Interfaces is the only one global option. OMPROUTE adjacency preservation improvements
RT6TABLE V2R1
  • Added the PRTABLE=ALL parameter to display routes in all OMPROUTE IPv6 policy-based routing tables.
  • Added the PRTABLE=tablename parameter to display routes in a single OMPROUTE IPv6 policy-based routing table
IPv6 support for policy-based routing
DISPLAY TCPIP,,OMPROUTE (continued) IPV6OSPF,ALL V1R13 Report includes the new RouterID configuration source definition from an OSPF configuration statement or the assigned interface name. The source is displayed after the RouterID value. TCP/IP serviceability enhancements
OSPF,STATISTICS V1R13 Report includes the new RouterID configuration source definition from an OSPF configuration statement or the assigned interface name. The source is displayed after the RouterID value. TCP/IP serviceability enhancements
Start of changeDISPLAY TCPIP,,STOREnd of change Start of changeN/AEnd of change Start of changeV2R2End of change Start of changeDisplays the 64-bit storage that is allocated for Shared Memory Communications - Direct Memory Access (SMC-D) processing.End of change Start of changeShared Memory Communications - Direct Memory AccessEnd of change
N/A V2R1 Displays the 64-bit storage that is allocated for Shared Memory Communications over Remote Direct Memory Access (SMC-R) processing. Shared Memory Communications over Remote Direct Memory Access
N/A V1R13 Output display is restructured to reflect the 31-bit storage and 64-bit storage usage. See message EZZ8453I for details. Increased CTRACE and VIT capacity
DISPLAY TCPIP,,TRACE N/A V2R1 New command that provides information about applications that are using the Real-time application-controlled TCP/IP trace NMI. Real-time application-controlled TCP/IP trace NMI
MODIFY CSSMTP Start of changeDISPLAY,CONFIGEnd of change

V2R2 with APAR PI73909

V2R1 with APAR PI73909

Display the new Charset parameter on the TargetServer statement Improved CSSMTP code page compatibility with target servers

V2R2 with APAR PI52704

V2R1 with APAR PI52704

Display the new AtSign parameter of Options statement CSSMTP customizable ATSIGN character for mail addresses

V2R2 with APAR PI56614

V2R1 with APAR PI56614

Display the new TLSEhlo parameter of Options statement Improved CSSMTP TLS compatibility with mail servers
DISPLAY,CONFIG V2R2 Additional fields in the displayed command output:
  • DATALINETRUNC
  • TESTMODE
  • CONNECTIDLE
CSSMTP migration enablement
DISPLAY,CONFIG V2R1 Displays the Header configuration statement CSSMTP mail message date header handling option
FLUSHRetry,AGE=day V1R13 Flush extended retry mail over AGE= days old. CSSMTP extended retry
DISPLAY,CONFIG V1R13 Displays the new JESSyntaxErrLimit statement value. CSSMTP enhancements
MODIFY DMD DISPLAY V2R1 The display output includes the setting of the new DefaultLogLimit parameter. Limit defensive filter logging
REFRESH V2R1 The value of the new DefaultLogLimit parameter can be changed by updating the DMD configuration file and issuing MODIFY DMD,REFRESH. Limit defensive filter logging
MODIFY OMPROUTE IPV6OSPF,ALL V1R13 Report includes the new RouterID configuration source definition from an OSPF configuration statement or the assigned interface name. The source is displayed after the RouterID value. TCP/IP serviceability enhancements
OSPF,STATISTICS V1R13 Report includes the new RouterID configuration source definition from an OSPF configuration statement or the assigned interface name. The source is displayed after the RouterID value. TCP/IP serviceability enhancements
MODIFY omproute_procname RT6TABLE V2R1
  • Added the PRTABLE=ALL parameter to display routes in all OMPROUTE IPv6 policy-based routing tables.
  • Added the PRTABLE=tablename parameter to display routes in a single OMPROUTE IPv6 policy-based routing table
IPv6 support for policy-based routing
MODIFY RESOLVER DISPLAY V2R2 When system caching is active, an additional instance of message EZZ9304I is included to display the current system-wide cache reordering setting. One of the following values is displayed:
  • CACHEREORDER
  • NOCACHEREORDER
Reordering of cached Resolver results
DISPLAY V1R13 When the autonomic quiesce of unresponsive name servers function is active, message EZD2035I is displayed for each name server in the global TCPIP.DATA file. System resolver autonomic quiescing of unresponsive name servers
REFRESH[,SETUP=] V2R2 Changed to display the new system-wide cache reordering setting. One of the following values is displayed:
  • CACHEREORDER
  • NOCACHEREORDER
Reordering of cached Resolver results
REFRESH[,SETUP=] V1R13 When the autonomic quiesce of unresponsive name servers function is active after completion of the MODIFY command processing, message EZD2035I is displayed for each name server in the global TCPIP.DATA file. System resolver autonomic quiescing of unresponsive name servers
Start of changeVARY TCPIP,,EXPORTPROFEnd of change Start of changeN/AEnd of change Start of changeV2R2 with APAR PI63449End of change Start of changeNew command used to export a TCP/IP stack profile for use by the Configuration Assistant.End of change z/OS Configuration Assistant for Communications Server support for import of TCP/IP configuration
VARY TCPIP,,SMCAT N/A V2R2 New command used to turn the SMC Applicability Tool on or off. The SMC Applicability Tool monitors TCP connections to determine their eligibility to use SMC communications. SMC Applicability Tool (SMCAT)
VARY TCPIP,,SYNTAXCHECK N/A V2R1 New command that can be used to check the syntax of TCP/IP profile configuration statements without affecting the system operation or network configuration. Check TCP/IP profile syntax without applying configuration changes