When called to perform initialization, the server exit is to perform whatever initialization is appropriate. The function specific parameters mapped by ixcysrvr_tInitServer contain copies of the keyword values that were specified on the IXCSRVR REQTYPE=START invocation that started the server.

The first call of the server exit routine is always for the initialize function. XCF makes this call once. The processing needed for initialization depends entirely on the implementation of the server. Some implementations might have no processing to do, some might provide a work area to XCF, others might spawn additional tasks or perform other actions necessary to coordinate the server with other cooperating processes.