The origin of how this DVIPA came to be configured to the stack. A value of backup(2) or define(3) indicates which VIPADYNAMIC Profile statement was used to configure the DVIPA to the stack. A value of rangeBind(4) indicates that the DVIPA was dynamically defined when an application issued a BIND function call. A value of rangeIoctl(5) indicates that the DVIPA was dynamically defined when an application issued the SIOCSVIPA IOCTL function call. A value of target(6) indicates that the DVIPA was dynamically defined on the stack because this stack is a target stack for the Sysplex Distributor function. A status of unknown(1) should not occur and represents an error.