APPN Add Mode

This option allows you to configure mode name to COS name mapping.

You can create new mode names that can be mapped to existing COS names.

Each COS definition file is identified by a COS name and contains an associated transmission priority and a table of ranges of acceptable TG and node characteristics that APPN compares against actual TG and node characteristics to determine weights for TGs and nodes from which APPN calculates the least weight route for the session.

You can:

Answer the following questions:

  1. Mode name (required)

    This parameter specifies the Mode name for the Mode name to COS name mapping being defined.

    Valid Values:

    A string of 1 to 8 characters :

    An existing mode name for an existing network, of which this router network node is to become a member, using the special characters @, $, and # from the character set A, continues to be supported; however, these characters should not be used for new mode names.

    Default Value: None

  2. COS name (required)

    This parameter specifies the COS Name to be associated with the Mode name being defined for this mode name to COS name mapping.

    Valid Values: The name of a previously defined COS definition, selected from the list of COS names defined for this router network node.

    Default Value: None

  3. Session-level pacing Command Line option size

    This parameter specifies the session-level pacing Command Line option size. This parameter has different definitions depending upon the type of pacing used :

    Valid Values: 1 to 63

    Default Value: 7

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