Format of the Parameters Syntax of Parameters The platform that you are using determines the syntax of the parameters. z/OS PARAMETER=VALUE, for example: CHPAGELIMIT=380,CHPTINTERVAL=360,CHTRANLIMIT=2000,CTABLESIZE=8, Open Systems PARAMETER=VALUE for example: CHKTRACE=YES # Checkpoint traceERRNOTRACE=YES # System and internal error trace