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Introduction

Mainframe Access provides a number of console commands that you can use to control execution and display the operational status of Mainframe Access. To use these commands, you must be authorized to use z/OS system console commands. Most of the commands are variants of the z/OS Modify (F) command, with the general format:

F your-procedure-name,command-text

where the parameters are:

`your-procedure-name`	The name of your Mainframe Access startup JCL as explained in the section Mainframe Access Data Sets in the chapter `Configuration`
`command-text`	One of the commands described in the section Console Commands

You use the z/OS Start (S) command to start Mainframe Access:

S your-procedure-name

You use the z/OS Stop (P) command to stop Mainframe Access:

P your-procedure-name

You can enter the commands in any of the following ways:

From an z/OS system console
Using an interface that allows the entry of z/OS system commands, such as IBM's TSO/ISPF SDSF (System Display and Search Facility)
Using a Telnet client through an Internet connection. You cannot start or stop Mainframe Access using a Telnet client. For more information on using a Telnet client see the section Using a Telnet Client

You can also control and monitor the operation of Mainframe Access through a Web browser interface that offers functionality in addition to that provided by the console commands. For further information on the Web browser interface see the chapter Administration Using the Web Interface.