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NICBK

Prolog  

Control Block Contents  
   NICBK DSECT

Storage Layout  

Cross Reference (Contains links to field and bit definitions)  


NICBK Prolog

 NAME       : HCPNICBK
 DESCRIPTION: Virtual Network Interface Card block
 DSECT      : NICBK
 FUNCTION   :
              Define a structure to represent a Network Interface
              Card.  One NICBK exists for each Virtual Adapter.
              Each NICBK is associated with a set of Virtual
              Network Interface Devices (VDEV/NIDBK).
 LOCATED BY -
   VDEVNIC  = Pointer to owning adapter NICBK
   NIDNICBK = Pointer to owning adapter NICBK
   LNKNICHD = Pointer to chain of coupled adapter NICBK
 CREATED BY :
              CP DEFINE command processing (module HCPVDB)
 DELETED BY :
              CP DETACH command processing (module HCPVDB)
 REFERENCES :
              HCPDVTYP COPY - Specific device types
              HCPEQUAT COPY - General CP equates
 Comments   :
              - Exist in the system execution space.
              - Not known by Hardware.
              - See Serialization comments in the Assembler section.

 

NICBK Control Block Content


NICBK DSECT

Hex   Dec Type/Val   Lng Label (dup)    Comments
---- ---- --------- ---- -------------- --------
0000    0 Structure      NICBK          Virtual Network Interface Card
                                        block
      Static Area -
        The fields in this area are relatively constant.
        They are initialized when the adapter (NIC) is
        created, and may be referenced with minimal
        serialization (just enough to be sure your pointer
        to the NICBK is valid).
0000    0 Character    8 NICDESC        NIC Description (e.g. HIPER)
0008    8 Character    8 NICOWNER       NIC Owner VM Userid
0010   16 Signed       2 NICBASE        NIC Base Virtual Device Address
0012   18 Signed       2 NICLAST        NIC Last Virtual Device Address
0014   20 Signed       2 NICDEVS        NIC Device Count
0016   22 Bitstring    1 NICTYPE        Network Device Type
          00000001       NICHIPR        1 HiperSockets adapter type
          00000002       NICQDIO        2 QDIO adapter type
          00000003       NICVSW         3 QDIO VSWITCH connection
0017   23 Bitstring    1 NICTRANP       Transport type
          00000001       NICIP          1 Layer 3 IP datagrams
          00000002       NICETHER       2 Layer 2 Ethernet frames
          00000003       NICUNKWN       3 Unknown NIC type - never
                                        coupled
0018   24 Bitstring    2 NICCUTYP       Simulated Control Unit Type
001A   26 Bitstring    1 NICCUMDL       Simulated Control Unit Model
001B   27 Bitstring    2 NICDVTYP       Simulated Device Type
001D   29 Bitstring    1 NICDVMDL       Simulated Device Model
001E   30 Bitstring    1 NICCHPTP       CHPID type for this adapter
001F   31 Bitstring    1 NICCHPID       CHPID for this adapter
0020   32 Address      4 NICVDEV        Host logical Addr of Base VDEV
0024   36 Signed       4 NICMFS         MFS (bytes) for current LAN
0028   40 Bitstring    6 NICMAC         MAC Address for this adapter
002E   46 Bitstring    2 NICTKUID       Latest unique token id
0030   48 Address      4 NICTKLST       List of Unique Tokens HL @ of
                                        chain of TKNBKs (See HCPIPY)
      NICVLANS represents the Authorized VID set.
        When NICVLANS==NULL it means the switch simulation
          does not restrict the virtual NIC to any specific
          VID set.
        When NICVLANS==nonzero it points to the DVLHEAD
          structure representing the Authorized VID set for
          this virtual NIC on this virtual switch.
0034   52 Address      4 NICVLANS       Pointer to list of VLAN groups
0038   56 Signed       2 NICVLCTR       Size of Authorized VID set
003A   58 Bitstring    6 *              Reserved for IBM Use
      NIC Adapter Lock -
      Notes      : LKWRDSIZ == 3 doublewords.
0040   64 Dbl-Word     8 NICLKWRD (3)   Adapter Lockword
      Adapter Management Area -
        The fields in this area are used in the normal
        operation of the adapter (NIC).  In general,
        these fields are serialized by the NIC Adapter Lock:
        - Hold NICLKWRD EXCLUSIVE to update
        - Hold NICLKWRD SHARED to reference
0058   88 Signed       4 NICRFCTR       Outstanding Reference count
005C   92 Bitstring    1 NICCFLG        Adapter Configuration flags
          1... ....      NICINPRG       X'80' Initialization in Progress
          .1.. ....      NICDLPRG       X'40' Delete in Progress
          ..1. ....      NICCNLAN       X'20' Connected to a SYSTEM LAN
          ...1 ....      NICPVLAN       X'10' Connected to a PRIVATE LAN
          .... 1...      NICREADY       X'08' LAN READY
          .... .1..      NICROUTR       X'04' NETROUTER is set (USER
                                        DIRECT)
          .... ..1.      NICPAUT        X'02' Promiscuous Mode Authority
005D   93 Bitstring    1 NICVLFLG       VLAN attribute flags
          1... ....      NICVLGBL       X'80' Global VLAN (NICPVID) is
                                        set
          .1.. ....      NICVLUSR       X'40' User selects from NICVLANS
                                        list
          ..1. ....      NICVLFLT       X'20' Filter by VID set
          ...1 ....      NICVLNON       X'10' No VLAN capability
005E   94 Signed       2 NICPVID        Port VLAN ID
0060   96 Address      4 NICNIDHD       Host logical address of the first
                                        NIDBK, chained by NIDFPNT/NIDBPNT
0064  100 Address      4 NICNIDTL       HL @ of the last NIDBK
      Device Specific Area -
0068  104 Bitstring    1 NICQDFMT       QDIO Queue Format
0069  105 Bitstring    1 NICVPORT       Virtual Port attributes
          00000000       NICVPORT_NONE  0 = Undefined (VLAN UNAWARE)
          00000001       NICVPORT_ACCESS
                                        1 = Access Port (untagged)
          00000002       NICVPORT_TRUNK 2 = Trunk Port (tagged or mixed)
006A  106 Bitstring    1 *              Reserved
006B  107 Bitstring    9 NICADPTK (0)   Adapter Name : Length||Token
006B  107 Bitstring    1 NICADPNL       Length of NICADPNM Token
006C  108 Character    8 NICADPNM       Adapter Name Token
0074  116 Signed       4 NICMPCCT       Count of established MPC groups
0078  120 Address      4 NICMPCHD       Host logical address of the first
                                        MPCBK, chained by MPCNEXT/MPCPREV
007C  124 Address      4 NICMPCTL       HL @ of the last MPCBK
0080  128 Signed       2 NICMAXIQ       Maximum INPUT Queues per MPC
0082  130 Signed       2 NICMAXOQ       Maximum OUTPUT Queues per MPC
0084  132 Signed       2 NICIPMAX       IP Table Limit for this adapter
0086  134 Signed       2 NICIPCTR       IP Table Count for this adapter
0088  136 Bitstring   16 NICDEFIP       Default IP Address (accounting)
0098  152 Signed       2 NICLLMAX       IP Table Limit for this adapter
009A  154 Signed       2 NICLLCTR       IP Table Count for this adapter
009C  156 Address      4 NICPROM        Pointer to the NIDBK in PROMISC
      LAN Management Area -
        The fields in this area are used to connect the
        adapter (NIC) to a Virtual LAN.
        To connect or disconnect this adapter (NIC) to/from
        a Virtual LAN, the following locks must be obtained
        (in this sequence):
        - The LAN Lock (LANLKWRD) EXCLUSIVE
        - The NIC Adapter Lock (NICLKWRD) EXCLUSIVE
        To reference these fields (e.g. while following
        the chain) you only need to hold LANLKWRD SHARED.
        - Access to the field NICNCABK and the contents of
          the NCABK are serialized by the NICCTRLK.
00A0  160 Address      4 NICFPNT        Host logical address of the next
                                        NICBK.
00A4  164 Address      4 NICBPNT        Host logical address of the
                                        previous NICBK.
00A8  168 Address      4 NICLANBK       Host logical address of the
                                        associated LANBK. If NICCNLAN=1
                                        this is a System LAN. Otherwise
                                        this is the PRIVATE LAN that
                                        represents a disconnected
                                        adapter.
00AC  172 Address      4 NICSIGA        SIGA Simulation routine Linkage:
                                        HCPCALL R15 Input/Output: Like
                                        HCPIQQWR TMODEAR or TMODESTD
00B0  176 Address      4 NICNCABK       Host logical address of the NCABK
00B4  180 Address      4 NICESMVL       ESM VLAN List Pointer
      Adapter Router entries.
00B8  184 Address      4 NICRXTBL       Pointer to IPNBK(Router) list
00BC  188 Signed       2 NICRXCTR       Count of Router entries
00BE  190 Bitstring   10 *              Reserved
      Adapter Counter LKWRD.
         The adapter counter lock word serializes the field
         NICNCABK, the contents of the NCABK, and the adapter
         counters (starting with NICTXBYT.)
      Notes      : LKWRDSIZ == 3 doublewords.
00C8  200 Dbl-Word     8 NICCTRLK (3)   Adapter Counter Lockword
      Adapter Counters.
00E0  224 Dbl-Word     8 NICTXBYT       Total Bytes Sent
00E8  232 Dbl-Word     8 NICRXBYT       Total Bytes Received
00F0  240 Signed       4 NICTXPKT       TX Packets extracted
00F4  244 Signed       4 NICTXDSC       TX Packets discarded
00F8  248 Signed       4 NICTXERR       TX Bad Packets discarded
00FC  252 Signed       4 NICRXPKT       RX Packets received
0100  256 Signed       4 NICRXDSC       RX Packets discarded/overflow
0104  260 Signed       4 NICRXERR       RX Bad Packets discarded
      End of the NICBK.
0108  264 Dbl-Word     8 NIC$END (0)    End of the NICBK structure
          00000108       NICBKLN        *-NICBK Length of NICBK in bytes
          00000021       NICBKSZ        (*-NICBK+7)/8 Size of NICBK in
                                        doublewords
      Related constants.
          00000100       NICMAXDV       256 Max Network Devices per NIC
          00000020       NICMAXNT       32 Max Network Ports per NIC

 

NICBK Storage Layout

          
*** NICBK - Virtual Network Interface Card block
*
*     +-------------------------------------------------------+
*   0 |                       NICDESC                         |
*     +-------------------------------------------------------+
*   8 |                       NICOWNER                        |
*     +-------------+-------------+-------------+------+------+
*  10 |  NICBASE    |  NICLAST    |  NICDEVS    |:TYPE |:TRANP|
*     +-------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
*  18 |  NICCUTYP   |:CUMDL|  NICDVTYP   |:DVMDL|:CHPTP|:CHPID|
*     +-------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
*  20 |         NICVDEV           |          NICMFS           |
*     +---------------------------+-------------+-------------+
*  28 |                 NICMAC                  |  NICTKUID   |
*     +---------------------------+-------------+-------------+
*  30 |         NICTKLST          |         NICVLANS          |
*     +-------------+-------------+---------------------------+
*  38 |  NICVLCTR   |/////////////////////////////////////////|
*     +-------------+-----------------------------------------+
*  40 |                                                       |
*     =                       NICLKWRD                        =
*     |                                                       |
*     +---------------------------+------+------+-------------+
*  58 |         NICRFCTR          |:CFLG |:VLFLG|  NICPVID    |
*     +---------------------------+------+------+-------------+
*  60 |         NICNIDHD          |         NICNIDTL          |
*     +------+------+------+------+---------------------------+
*  68 |:QDFMT|:VPORT|//////|:ADPNL|        NICADPNM-          |
*     +------+------+------+------+---------------------------+
*  70 |          -(06C)           |         NICMPCCT          |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*  78 |         NICMPCHD          |         NICMPCTL          |
*     +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
*  80 |  NICMAXIQ   |  NICMAXOQ   |  NICIPMAX   |  NICIPCTR   |
*     +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
*  88 |                       NICDEFIP                        |
*     |                                                       |
*     +-------------+-------------+---------------------------+
*  98 |  NICLLMAX   |  NICLLCTR   |         NICPROM           |
*     +-------------+-------------+---------------------------+
*  A0 |         NICFPNT           |         NICBPNT           |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*  A8 |         NICLANBK          |         NICSIGA           |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*  B0 |         NICNCABK          |         NICESMVL          |
*     +---------------------------+-------------+-------------+
*  B8 |         NICRXTBL          |  NICRXCTR   |/////////////|
*     +---------------------------+-------------+/////////////|
*     |///////////////////////////////////////////////////////|
*     +-------------------------------------------------------+
*  C8 |                                                       |
*     =                       NICCTRLK                        =
*     |                                                       |
*     +-------------------------------------------------------+
*  E0 |                       NICTXBYT                        |
*     +-------------------------------------------------------+
*  E8 |                       NICRXBYT                        |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*  F0 |         NICTXPKT          |         NICTXDSC          |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*  F8 |         NICTXERR          |         NICRXPKT          |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
* 100 |         NICRXDSC          |         NICRXERR          |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*
*** NICBK - Virtual Network Interface Card block

 

NICBK Cross Reference

Symbol         Dspl Value
-------------- ---- -----
NIC$END        0108
NICADPNL       006B
NICADPNM       006C
NICADPTK       006B
NICBASE        0010
NICBKLN        0108 00000108
NICBKSZ        0108 00000021
NICBPNT        00A4
NICCFLG        005C
NICCHPID       001F
NICCHPTP       001E
NICCNLAN       005C 20
NICCTRLK       00C8
NICCUMDL       001A
NICCUTYP       0018
NICDEFIP       0088
NICDESC        0000
NICDEVS        0014
NICDLPRG       005C 40
NICDVMDL       001D
NICDVTYP       001B
NICESMVL       00B4
NICETHER       0017 00000002
NICFPNT        00A0
NICHIPR        0016 00000001
NICINPRG       005C 80
NICIP          0017 00000001
NICIPCTR       0086
NICIPMAX       0084
NICLANBK       00A8
NICLAST        0012
NICLKWRD       0040
NICLLCTR       009A
NICLLMAX       0098
NICMAC         0028
NICMAXDV       0108 00000100
NICMAXIQ       0080
NICMAXNT       0108 00000020
NICMAXOQ       0082
NICMFS         0024
NICMPCCT       0074
NICMPCHD       0078
NICMPCTL       007C
NICNCABK       00B0
NICNIDHD       0060
NICNIDTL       0064
NICOWNER       0008
NICPAUT        005C 02
NICPROM        009C
NICPVID        005E
NICPVLAN       005C 10
NICQDFMT       0068
NICQDIO        0016 00000002
NICREADY       005C 08
NICRFCTR       0058
NICROUTR       005C 04
NICRXBYT       00E8
NICRXCTR       00BC
NICRXDSC       0100
NICRXERR       0104
NICRXPKT       00FC
NICRXTBL       00B8
NICSIGA        00AC
NICTKLST       0030
NICTKUID       002E
NICTRANP       0017
NICTXBYT       00E0
NICTXDSC       00F4
NICTXERR       00F8
NICTXPKT       00F0
NICTYPE        0016
NICUNKWN       0017 00000003
NICVDEV        0020
NICVLANS       0034
NICVLCTR       0038
NICVLFLG       005D
NICVLFLT       005D 20
NICVLGBL       005D 80
NICVLNON       005D 10
NICVLUSR       005D 40
NICVPORT       0069
NICVPORT_ACCESS
               0069 00000001
NICVPORT_NONE  0069 00000000
NICVPORT_TRUNK
               0069 00000002
NICVSW         0016 00000003

This information is based on z/VM V5R2.0. Last updated on 12 Apr 2006 at 17:06:52 EDT.
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