1. A connector having a mating portion matable with a mating connector,
wherein the connector comprises a plurality of contacts and a holder member holding the plurality of contacts arrayed in a pitch direction,
wherein the mating portion has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a tip potion,
wherein each of the plurality of contacts includes a contacting part and a folded part,
wherein the contacting part is exposed on the upper surface of the mating portion,
wherein the contacting part extends frontward and has a front end,
wherein the front end is exposed on the tip potion of the mating portion,
wherein the folded part is folded backward from the front end of the contacting part and has a rear end as an embedment part,
wherein the holder member has a plate portion defining an external shape of the mating portion, and
wherein the embedment part is embedded in the plate portion.
2. The connector as recited in claim 1, wherein
the plate portion includes a recessed portion that allows at least part of a portion other than the embedment part of the folded part to be seen from below the lower surface of the mating portion.
3. The connector as recited in claim 2, wherein
the recessed portion allows all part of the portion other than the embedment part of the folded part to be seen from below the lower surface of the mating portion.
4. The connector as recited in claim 1, wherein the plate portion includes recessed portions and ribs,
wherein the recessed portions correspond to the plurality of contacts, respectively,
wherein each of the recessed portions allows at least part of a portion other than the embedment part of the folded part of the corresponding contact to be seen from below the lower surface of the mating portion,
wherein the ribs and the recessed portions are alternately arranged in the pitch direction, and
wherein each of the ribs extends downwardly of the folded parts.
5. The connector as recited in claim 4, wherein
the ribs constitute a lower part of the tip portion of the mating portion.
6. The connector as recited in claim 1, further comprising a shell that covers at least part of the holder member,
wherein the shell has a shell contacting part that is brought into contact with a mating shell of the mating connector when the connector is mated with the mating connector,
wherein the shell is attached to the holder member
wherein the shell contacting part is exposed on the lower surface of the mating portion, and
a distance from a lower surface of the shell contacting part to a lower surface of the folded part is greater than a thickness of the shell.
7. The connector as recited in claim 1, wherein
the plurality of contacts are incorporated in the holder member during formation of the holder member by an insert-molding method.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computer program product for facilitating processing of operator message commands in a computing environment, said computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
executing a send message instruction by a processor image of the computing environment, the executing comprising:
selecting a subchannel for determining a path to a coupling facility coupled to the processor image; and
sending a send message command block to the coupling facility, the send message command block comprising a start operator message command block for a start operator message command, the start operator message command block including an operator message token, the operator message token uniquely associating an operator message command generated by an initiator with a buffer of a plurality or buffers of the coupling facility, the plurality of buffers to track operator message commands from multiple sources coupled to the coupling facility, and the buffer including one or more fields to be populated based on executing the start operator message command, the one or more fields including an operator message token field to include the operator message token, the operator message token identifying the buffer associated with the operator message command; and
wherein the sending of the send message command block comprises sending the start operator message command to the coupling facility for processing at the coupling facility.
2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises storing by the processor image a response code in a message response block storage area in a main storage location identified by the send message instruction, the response code associated with processing the start operator message command, the response code indicating whether an operator message has been started.
3. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the response code indicates an operator message has been started, and wherein the method further includes sending by the processor image to the coupling facility a read operator message command, the read operator message command to read the buffer to obtain a response to the operator message command.
4. The computer program product of claim 3, wherein the read operator message command comprises a message command block comprising a message header, the operator message token used to select the buffer to be read, and a command specifying the read operator message command.
5. The computer program product of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:
executing another send message instruction by the processor image of the computing environment, the executing comprising:
sending to the coupling facility another send message command block comprising the read operator message command and the operator message token identifying the buffer; and
storing by the processor image another response code and contents of the buffer, wherein the another response code indicates that a response is returned, wherein the another response code is stored in a message response block in a main storage location identified by a message operations block (MOB) of the send message instruction, wherein the contents of the buffer is stored in a message buffer in main storage identified by the MOB of the send message instruction.
6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises sending by the processor image to the coupling facility a delete operator message command, the delete operator message command to delete contents of the buffer.
7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the delete operator message command comprises a message command block comprising a message header, a command specifying the delete operator message command, and the operator message token used to select the buffer.
8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the send message command block comprises the message command block for the delete operator message command.
9. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the one or more fields further comprise a timer field to include a current value of the time-of-day clock, an operator message request length field, an operator message response length field, an operator message command field to include the operator message command, and a response field to include results of the operator message command.
10. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the buffer is assigned from an area of coupling facility storage that is not available for structure allocation.
11. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the operator message command specifies an action to be taken on the coupling facility, as requested by the processor image, the action testing the coupling facility.
12. A computer system for facilitating processing of operator message commands in a computing environment, said computer system comprising:
a memory; and
a processor in communications with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, said method comprising:
executing a send message instruction by a processor image of the computing environment, the executing comprising:
selecting a subchannel for determining a path to a coupling facility coupled to the processor image; and
sending a send message command block to the coupling facility, the send message command block comprising a start operator message command block for a start operator message command, the start operator message command block including an operator message token, the operator message token uniquely associating an operator message command generated b y an initiator with a buffer of a plurality of buffers of the coupling facility, the plurality of buffers to track operator message commands from multiple sources coupled to the coupling facility, and the buffer including one or more fields to be populated based on executing the start operator message command, the one or more fields including an operator message token field to include the operator message token, the operator message token identifying the buffer associated with the operator message command; and
wherein the sending of the send message command block comprises sending the start operator message command to the coupling facility for processing at the coupling facility.
13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises storing by the processor image a response code in a message response block storage area in a main storage location identified by the send message instruction, the response code associated with processing the start operator message command, the response code indicating whether an operator message has been started.
14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the response code indicates an operator message has been started, and wherein the method further includes sending by the processor image to the coupling facility a read operator message command, the read operator message command to read the buffer to obtain a response to the operator message command.
15. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the read operator message command comprises a message command block comprising a message header, the operator message token used to select the buffer to be read, and a command specifying the read operator message command.
16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:
executing another send message instruction by the processor image of the computing environment, the executing comprising:
sending to the coupling facility another send message command block comprising the read operator message command and the operator message token identifying the buffer; and
storing by the processor image another response code and contents of the buffer, wherein the another response code indicates that a response is returned, wherein the another response code is stored in a message response block in a main storage location identified by a message operations block (MOB) of the send message instruction, wherein the contents of the buffer is stored in a message buffer in main storage identified by the MOB of the send message instruction.
17. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises sending by the processor image to the coupling facility a delete operator message command, the delete operator message command to delete contents of the buffer.
18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the delete operator message command comprises a message command block comprising a message header, a command specifying the delete operator message command, and the operator message token used to select the buffer.
19. The computer system of claim 18, wherein the send message command block comprises the message command block for the delete operator message command.
20. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the one or more fields further comprise a timer field to include a current value of the time-of-day clock, an operator message request length field, an operator message response length field, an operator message command field to include the operator message command, and a response field to include results of the operator message command.