Well what's at both ends is known. The distance is known - at least for CF links given latency. The software could make up a name and allow a user to change it. Switches are self documenting in 74-7.
What's left? :-) Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Cloud & Systems Performance, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: [email protected] Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: Tom Marchant <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 08/01/2016 14:34 Subject: Re: Change CPC name in HMC Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 14:14:09 +0000, Martin Packer wrote: >And that's a wholly manual laborious process. :-( Until someone invents a cable with displays at both ends that are synchronized.... -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
