In: Computer Science
1. Channels are? ( )
a. Devices that provide the external storage medium between data processing systems and their internal environment
b. The communication path from the Channel Subsystem to the control units and I/O devices
c. The mainframe’s water circulation for air conditioning
d. The electrical circuits that provides power to the mainframe
2. Channel addresses are composed of? ( )
a. Channel number, Control unit number, Device number
b. Machine name, LPAR name, System name
c. Machine name, System name, LPAR name
d. Building number, Floor number, Room number
3. Which Channel type is the fastest ? ( )
a. ESCON-Express2
b. OSA-Express2
c. FICON-Express4
d. Token Ring
1) b) The communication path from the Channel Subsystem to the control units and I/O devices
Channels have to communicate and help communicate with all the paths
2) b) Channel number, Control unit number, Device number
It helps to make a channel and it needs the channel number, device number and the control unit number
3) FICON-Express4
This is the IBM proprietary name meant for ANSI FC-SB-3 that is a mapping protocol for fibre channel protocol.