Channel states on IBM i

Channel states are displayed on the Work with Channels panel

State name	Meaning
STARTING	Channel is ready to begin negotiation with target MCA
BINDING	Establishing a session and initial data exchange
REQUESTING	Requester channel initiating a connection
RUNNING	Transfer or ready to transfer
PAUSED	Waiting for message-retry interval
STOPPING	Establishing whether to retry or stop
RETRYING	Waiting until next retry attempt
STOPPED	Channel stopped because of an error or because an end-channel command is issued
INACTIVE	Channel ended processing normally or channel never started
*None	No state (for server-connection channels only)

Parent topic: Configuration reference