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FILE: README

The IBM Multiprotocol Switched Services Client Configuration Program
V1 R2.1 PTF 3 is a replacement for IBM Multiprotocol Switched Services Client
Configuration Program V1 R2.1.


The IBM Nways Multiprotocol Routing Services Configuration Program
User's Guide is available separately (GC30-3830).
 
Table of Contents:

      1.  Installation
      2.  Restrictions
      3.  Summary of Protocols/Functions supported
      4.  Problems fixed in this Configuration Program 
       
       
1. INSTALLATION
Obtaining the Configuration Program Electronically

  Steps to obtain the Configuration Program electronically:
   
   You can obtain the Configuration Program electronically, from
   http://www.networking.ibm.com/support/code.nsf/8270code
   
 Steps to obtain the Configuration Program electronically:
   
     1. From the URL above, select  MSS Client Config Tool Version 2.1 PTF3.
     2. Select from Files in the Package at the bottom of the screen to download 
        the files.  
   
  
   DISKETTE images
   
      1. Format 6 diskettes 
      2. From Windows or OS/2, download the six self-extracting files
         in the package to your harddisk.
      3. Run the first file and follow the instructions to create the first
         diskette.
      4. Repeat step 3 until you create all the six diskettes from running
         the downloaded files.
      5. Place the first diskette onto the diskette drive 
      6. Proceed to the steps in Installation from Diskettes. 


 Installation From Diskettes

  AIX 
       1. Type   dosread -a INSTALL.AIX INSTALL.AIX  and press ENTER
       2. Change the file permission
           Type  chmod 550 INSTALL.AIX and press ENTER
       3. Type INSTALL.AIX  press  ENTER
	     Follow the prompts that appear on the screen to complete
             the installation.
     

  OS/2
       1. Type A:os2inst and press ENTER     
          Follow the prompts that appear on the screen to complete
          the installation

  WINDOWS '95
       1. From the Start Menu,select Run
       2. Type A:\install and press ENTER

  WINDOWS
       1. From the FILE menu, select Run
       2. Type A:Install and press ENTER
       
  
2. RESTRICTIONS
    
   This section discusses some KEY considerations that users must be aware 
   of:

   OS/2 Warp Version 4 is not supported. 

   Windows environment:

      If TCP/IP is not installed and RUNNING before using the "Send Single"
and/or "Send Multiple" functions, the Configuration Program will hang.

   OS/2 environment:
  
      A selection of 65535 colors when using OS/2 WARP will prevent the
program bitmap from being displayed.

 ELS (Event Logging System) data:
    
      The Configuration Program does not support ELS configurations. Thus, if 
you want to configure ELS you must use the MSS Client  command line interface on the
server. If ELS configurations are included in a configuration file that you
retrieve from a server, the ELS configurations will be saved and restored 
to the server when you send the configuration back to the server.  Any changes
to the ELS configurations made on the server after retrieving the 
configuration and before sending it back will be lost.  


 COMMAND LINE

      If you are using the Config Tool command line interface to configure your box,
you cannot use a '*' in the command.  

3. Summary of Protocols/Functions supported

   The MSS Client Configuration Program supports the following Models:

    MSS Domain Client
    MSS Client

   Specific protocols/funtions supported are based on the hardware model.

   The following identifies functions available in the MSS Domain Client:
     	LAN Switch Token-ring 
        LAN Switch Ethernet 
   	IP  (OSPF, RIP, BGP4, ARP)
	Banyan VINES
	Appletalk
        IPX
	Bridging
        LNM
        NetBIOS
        Mac Filtering
		
    The following identifies functions available in the MSS Client:
        ATM 
        FasTR (Fast Speed Token-Ring)
        LAN Switch Token-ring  
        Token-ring LAN Emulation client
        Ethernet LAN Emulation client
        Token-ring Proxy LAN Emulation client
        Virtual ATM 
        Classical IP Over ATM
        MARS (Multicast for IP over ATM)
        MPOA Client 
        NHRP (Next Hop Resolution Protocol)
        IP  (OSPF, RIP, BGP4, ARP)
 	Banyan VINES
	Appletalk
        IPX
        Bridging
        LNM
        NetBIOS
        Mac Filtering
        
 4.  Problems fixed in this Configuration Program 
     
     IR39774  -   Config Tool should limit LEC ATM Address Selector.
     NA05020  -   ARP Server is not required when running CIP over VPI/VCI.