VTAM configurations are very similar for any of the OSA or XCA FLEX-ES devices, but the
MVS hardware definitions in the Input/Output Definition File (IODF) are often different.
FLEX-ES XCA devices are defined as device type CTC in the IODF; FLEX-ES OSA devices
are defined as device type OSA in the IODF.
An XCA device may be connected to any local channel in a FLEX-ES resource definition;
OSA devices, however, require a new type of channel path that was introduced in FLEX-ES
release 6.2.9, the
localosachannel. The new channel path is necessary because a “real”
OSA-1 device defi ...
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