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Common Definitions
This section lists the common definitions—those used in several commands, responses,
or event messages—for the PAM subsystem. Definitions used in only one or two
commands, responses, or event messages are described in the individual command
descriptions in Section 5, Commands and Responses
, or event-message descriptions in
Section 6, Event Messages. These sections also provide any additional considerations
for the common definitions as they apply to the particular command or event message
being described.
Types of Common Definitions
Common definitions used in PAM commands, responses, and event messages fall into
four categories, based on their source:
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Subsystem Programmatic Interface (SPI) standard definitions
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Event Management Service (EMS) standard definitions (for event messages only)
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Data communications standard definitions
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PAM definitions
This section lists the definitions used in the interface to the PAM subsystem and
provides considerations, if any, specific to their use with the PAM subsystem. For full
descriptions of these definitions, refer to the following manuals:
•
SPI Programming Manual, for SPI definitions
•
EMS Manual, for EMS definitions
•
SPI Common Extensions Manual, for data communications definitions
For the PAM definitions, this section lists only items that are common to several
commands, responses, or event messages. For these items, this section provides full
descriptions. The individual command descriptions in Section 5, Commands and
Responses, provide additional information about definitions specific to a particular
command or response.
Definition Files
Tandem provides each set of definitions in several programming languages as described
in Definition Files on page 3-1. Tandem also provides the Data Definition Language
(DDL) source file from which the definitions (data declarations) in other languages are
derived.
When it is necessary to show the type of structure represented by a definition discussed
in this section, its DDL definition is shown as it appears in the appropriate DDL
definition file. Fixed and extensible structures are defined by using DDL DEF
statements. For an explanation of DDL as it applies to SPI, refer to the SPI
Programming Manual.