Text Description of the 3172. Contains information on the hardware and software of the 3172. The format of the ibm3172Descr variable is : ttttxMODELxmmm,xSERIALxNUMBERxsssssssss,xiiiiiiiiiix 111111,xPROGRAMxNUMBERxpppppp where : x represents a blank character upper case letters are hardcoded characters , represents a comma the remaining lower case letters represent variable data as follows: t - machine type m - model number s - serial number i - software program name l - software level numbers p - software program product number. An example of the information sent with this attribute would be : '3172 MODEL 001, SERIAL NUMBER 000001234, 3172 Interconnect Ctlr Program 020100, 5601433'