When you create a switch definition, a group monitor (event class *GROUP) is automatically created with the same name and specifying the same event program as the switch definition.
Switch definitions use system definitions and transfer definitions to define the systems to be switched and the communications protocol used between the systems. The system definitions and transfer definitions must be configured in the MIMIX installation library before they as specified in a switch definition.
You can create switch definitions using three different types of switching control. The following subtopics are customized for each type of switching control.