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AIS V3.3 Protocol Config Ref Vol 2


Configuring and Monitoring APPN

This chapter describes the APPN configuration and monitoring commands. It includes the following sections:


Accessing the APPN Configuration Process

Use the following procedure to access the APPN configuration process.

  1. At the * prompt, enter talk 6. The Config> prompt is displayed.

    (If this prompt is not displayed, press Return again.)

  2. Enter protocol appn. The APPN Config> prompt is displayed.

  3. Enter an APPN configuration command.

APPN Configuration Command Summary


Table 4. APPN Configuration Command Summary
 Command   Function   See page: 
? (Help) Displays all the commands available for this command level or lists the options for specific commands (if available). See "Getting Help".
 Enable/Disable   Enables/disables the following:   "Enable/Disable" 

 APPN    

 Dependent LU Requestor    

 Port port name    
Set  Sets the following:    

 Node   Table 5 

 Traces   Table 10 

 HPR   Table 6 

 DLUR   Table 8 

 Management   Table 16 

 Tuning   Table 9 
Add  Adds or updates the following:    

 Port port name   Table 18 

 Link-station link station name   Table 23 

 LU-Name LU name   Table 28 

 Connection-network connection network name   Connection Network - Detail 

 Additional-port-to-connection-network   Table 32 

 Mode   Table 31 

 Focal_point   Table 33 

 local-pu   Table 34 

 Routing_list   Table 35 

 COS_mapping_table   Table 36 
Delete  Deletes the following: 
  • Port port name
  • Link-station link station name
  • LU-Name LU name
  • Connection-network connection network name
  • Connection networks port interface (CN PORTIF) CN name
  • Mode mode name
  • Focal_point
  • local-pu
  • Routing_list
  • COS_mapping_table
 "Delete" 
 List   Lists the following from configuration memory: 
  • All
  • Node
  • Traces
  • Management
  • HPR
  • DLUR
  • Port port name
  • Link-station link name
  • LU-Name LU name
  • Mode mode name
  • Connection-network connection network name
  • Focal_point
  • Routing_list
  • COS_mapping_table
 "List" 
 Activate_new_config   Reads the configuration into non-volatile configuration memory.   "Activate_new_config" 
TN3270  Accesses the TN320E config> command prompt   "TN3270E" 
Exit Returns you to the previous command level. See "Exiting a Lower Level Environment".

Note:APPN will respond to a dynamic reset command at the interface level.


APPN Configuration Command Detail

Enable/Disable

Use the enable/disable command to enable (or disable):

Syntax:

enable
appn

[or disable]
dlur

port port name

Set

Use the set command to set:

Syntax:

set
node

You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 5. Configuration Parameter List - APPN Routing
Parameter Information

Parameter
Enable APPN

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
Yes

Description
This parameter enables or disables the router as an APPN network node.

This parameter enables both APPN and HPR routing capability for this network node which consists of defining the Network ID and CP name for this node. APPN, however, must be enabled on the particular ports on which you desire to support APPN routing. Additionally, support for HPR must be enabled on the particular APPN ports desired and must be supported by the particular link stations on those ports.
Note:HPR only supported on LAN, Frame Relay and PPP direct DLC ports.

Parameter
Network ID (required)

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9
Note:A network identifier 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 network IDs.

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the name of the APPN network to which this network node belongs. The network ID must be the same for all network nodes in the APPN network. Attached APPN end nodes and LEN end nodes can have different network IDs.

Parameter
Control point name (required)

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9
Note:An existing CP name that this node would be acquiring, using the special characters @, $, and # from the character set A, continues to be supported; however, these characters should not be used for new CP names.

Default
None

Description
This parameter specifies the name of the CP for this APPN network node. The CP is responsible for managing the APPN network node and its resources. The CP name is the logical name of the APPN network node in the network. The CP name must be unique within the APPN network identified by the Network ID parameter.

Parameter
Enable branch extender or border node

Valid Values
0 (enable neither)

1 (enable branch extender)

2 (enable border node)

Default
0

Description
This parameter specifies whether branch extender function, border node function, or neither will be enabled on this node. If either function is enabled, appropriate additional questions will be asked.

Parameter
Permit search for unregistered LUs

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether this node (when acting as an End Node) can be searched for LUs even if the LUs were not registered with the network node server of the Branch Extender. If yes is specified, this node can be searched for LUs.
Note:This question is asked only if Enable Branch Extender or Border Node parameter is set to branch extender.

Parameter
Subnet visit count

Valid Values
1 -- 255

Default
3

Description
Specifies the node level default for the maximum number of subnetworks that a multi-subnetwork session may traverse. The default may be overridden as part of port, link, or routing list configuration.
Note:This is the first of the questions asked only if border node has been enabled.

Parameter
Cache searches for (0-255) minutes

Valid Values
0 - 255

Default
8

Description
Specifies how many minutes the BN retains information in the multi-subnet search cache once the search terminates.

Parameter
Maximum number of searches in cache

Valid Values
0 - 32765 (0=unlimited)

Default
0

Description
Specifies the maximum number of entries in the multi-network search cache. Once this limit is reached, the oldest entries are discarded.
Note:The primary mechanism for deletion of these entries is the cache search time value specified in cache searches for (0-255) minutes.

Parameter
Dynamic routing list updates

Valid Values
0 (none) - No dynamic entries are added.

1 (full) - All native border nodes, all adjacent non-native border and network nodes, and nodes that know of similarly named destination LUs are added.

2 (limited) - All native border nodes, all adjacent non-native border nodes and network nodes with the same NETID, and nodes that know of similarly named destination LUs are added.

Default
2

Description
Indicates the degree to which, if any, that a BN can supplement configured routing list data with topology data learned by the operational code. This supplemental data is not saved in SRAM.

Parameter
Enable routing list optimization

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default
Yes

Description
Indicates whether or not a BN may reorder the operational code's temporary copy of a subnetwork routing list so that entries that are more likely to be successful are found first.
Note:This is the last of the questions asked only if border node has been enabled.

Parameter
Route addition resistance

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value
128

Description
This parameter indicates the desirability of routing through this node. This parameter is used in the class of service based route calculation. Lower values indicate higher levels of desirability.

Parameter
XID number for subarea connection (see table notes)

Valid Values
A string of 5 hexadecimal digits

Default
X'00000'

Description
This parameter specifies a unique ID number (identifier) for the network node. The XID number is combined with an ID block number (which identifies a specific IBM product) to form an XID node identification. Node identifications are exchanged between adjacent nodes when the nodes are establishing a connection. The router network node automatically appends an ID block number to this parameter during the XID exchange to create an XID node identification.

The ID number you assign to this node must be unique within the APPN network identified by Network ID parameter. Contact your network administrator to verify that the ID number is unique.


Note:Node identifications are normally exchanged between T2.1 nodes during CP-CP session establishment. If the network node is communicating with the IBM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (VTAM) product through a T2.1 LEN node and the LEN node has a CP name defined for it, the XID number parameter is not required. If the adjacent LEN node is not a T2.1 node or does not have an explicitly defined CP name, the XID number parameter must be specified to establish a connection with the LEN node. VTAM versions prior to Version 3 Release 2 do not allow CP names to be defined for LEN nodes.

Syntax:

set
high-performance routing

You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 6. Configuration Parameter List - High-Performance Routing (HPR)
Parameter Information

Parameter
Maximum sessions for HPR connections

Valid Values
1 to 65535

Default Value
100

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum number of sessions allowed on an HPR connection. An HPR connection is defined by the class of service (COS), the physical path (TGs), and the network connection end points.

This parameter is applicable only when the router is the initiator of the BIND. If the number of sessions exceeds the specified value for this parameter, HPR will allocate another HPR (RTP) connection.



Table 7. Configuration Parameter List - HPR Timer and Retry Options
Parameter Information
Low transmission priority traffic

Parameter
RTP inactivity timer

Valid Values
1 to 3600 seconds

Default Value
180 seconds

Description
This parameter specifies RTP's inactivity interval for HPR connections that carry traffic with low transmission priority. This is an end-to-end version of the LLC inactivity timer, Ti. If no receptions occur during this interval, RTP transmits a poll. Idle periods are monitored to ensure the integrity of the connection.

Parameter
Maximum RTP retries

Valid Values
0 to 10

Default Value
6

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum number of retries before RTP initiates a path switch on an HPR connection that carries traffic with low transmission priority.

Parameter
Path switch timer

Valid Values
0 to 7200 seconds

Default Value
180 seconds

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum amount of time that a path switch may be attempted on an HPR connection carrying traffic with low transmission priority. A value of zero indicates that the path switch function is to be disabled, and a path switch will not be performed.

Medium transmission priority traffic

Parameter
RTP inactivity timer

Valid Values
1 to 3600 seconds

Default Value
180 seconds

Description
This parameter specifies RTP's inactivity interval for HPR connections that carry traffic with medium transmission priority. This is an end-to-end version of the LLC inactivity timer, Ti. If no receptions occur during this interval, RTP transmits a poll. Idle periods are monitored to ensure the integrity of the connection.

Parameter
Maximum RTP retries

Valid Values
0 to 10

Default Value
6

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum number of retries before RTP initiates a path switch on an HPR connection that carries traffic with medium transmission priority.

Parameter
Path switch timer

Valid Values
0 to 7200 seconds

Default Value
180 seconds

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum amount of time that a path switch may be attempted on an HPR connection carrying traffic with medium transmission priority. A value of zero indicates that the path switch function is to be disabled, and a path switch will not be performed.

High transmission priority traffic

Parameter
RTP inactivity timer

Valid Values
1 to 3600 seconds

Default Value
180 seconds

Description
This parameter specifies RTP's inactivity interval for HPR connections that carry traffic with high transmission priority. This is an end-to-end version of the LLC inactivity timer, Ti. If no receptions occur during this interval, RTP transmits a poll. Idle periods are monitored to ensure the integrity of the connection.

Parameter
Maximum RTP retries

Valid Values
0 to 10

Default Value
6

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum number of retries before RTP initiates a path switch on an HPR connection that carries traffic with high transmission priority.

Parameter
Path switch timer

Valid Values
0 to 7200 seconds

Default Value
180 seconds

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum amount of time that a path switch may be attempted on an HPR connection carrying traffic with high transmission priority. A value of zero indicates that the path switch function is to be disabled, and a path switch will not be performed.

Network transmission priority traffic

Parameter
RTP inactivity timer

Valid Values
1 to 3600 seconds

Default Value
180 seconds

Description
This parameter specifies RTP's inactivity interval for HPR connections that carry traffic with network transmission priority. This is an end-to-end version of the LLC inactivity timer, Ti. If no receptions occur during this interval, RTP transmits a poll. Idle periods are monitored to ensure the integrity of the connection.

Parameter
Maximum RTP retries

Valid Values
0 to 10

Default Value
6

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum number of retries before RTP initiates a path switch on an HPR connection that carries traffic with network transmission priority.

Parameter
Path switch timer

Valid Values
0 to 7200 seconds

Default Value
180 seconds

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum amount of time that a path switch may be attempted on an HPR connection carrying traffic with network transmission priority. A value of zero indicates that the path switch function is to be disabled, and a path switch will not be performed.

Syntax:

set
dlur

You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 8. Configuration Parameter List - Dependent LU Requester
Parameter Information

Parameter
Enable dependent LU requester (DLUR) on this network node

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether a dependent LU requester is to be functionally enabled on this node.

Parameter
Default fully-qualified CP name of primary DLUS (required when DLUR is enabled)

Valid Values
A string of up to 17 characters in the form of netID.CPname, where:
  • netID is a network ID from 1 to 8 characters
  • CPname is a CP name from 1 to 8 characters

Each name must conform to the following rules:

  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Note:An existing fully-qualified CP name, using the special characters @, $, and # from the character set A, continues to be supported; however, these characters should not be used for new CP names.

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the fully-qualified control point (CP) name of the dependent LU server (DLUS) that is used by default. The default primary server may be overridden on a link station basis. The default server is used for incoming requests from downstream PUs when a primary DLUS has not been specified for the associated link station.

Parameter
Default fully-qualified CP name of backup dependent LU server (DLUS)

Valid Values
A string of up to 17 characters in the form of netID.CPname, where:
  • netID is a network ID from 1 to 8 characters
  • CPname is a CP name from 1 to 8 characters

Each name must conform to the following rules:

  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Note:An existing fully-qualified CP name, using the special characters @, $, and # from the character set A, continues to be supported; however, these characters should not be used for new CP names.

Default Value
Null

Description
This parameter specifies the fully-qualified CP name of the dependent LU server (DLUS) that is used as the default backup. A backup is not required, and the null value (representing no entry) indicates the absence of a default backup server. The default backup server may be overridden on a link station basis.

Parameter
Perform retries to restore disrupted pipe

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether DLUR will attempt to reestablish the pipe to a DLUS after a pipe failure. If DLUR receives a non-disruptive UNBIND and this parameter is No, DLUR waits indefinitely for a DLUS to reestablish the broken pipe. If the pipe fails for any other reason and this parameter is No, DLUR attempts to reach the primary DLUS once. If this is unsuccessful, DLUR attempts to reach the backup DLUS. If this attempt also fails, DLUR waits indefinitely for a DLUS to reestablish the pipe.

See "DLUR Retry Algorithm" for a description of the retry algorithm.


Parameter
Delay before initiating retries

Valid Values
0 to 2 756 000 seconds

Default Value
120 seconds

Description
This parameter specifies an amount of time for two different cases when the pipe between the DLUR and its DLUS is broken.

  • For the case of receiving a non-disruptive UNBIND:
    This parameter specifies the amount of time the DLUR must wait before attempting to reach the primary DLUS.
    A value of 0 indicates immediate retry by the DLUR.

  • For all other cases of pipe failure:
    The DLUR will try the primary DLUS and then the backup DLUS immediately. If this fails, DLUR will wait for the amount of time specified by the minimum of the short retry timer and this parameter before attempting to reach the primary DLUS.

See "DLUR Retry Algorithm" for a complete description of the retry algorithm.


Parameter
Perform short retries to restore disrupted pipe

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
If Perform retries to restore disrupted pipes is Yes, then the default value is Yes. Otherwise, the default is No.

Description
See "DLUR Retry Algorithm" for a complete description of the retry algorithm.

Parameter
Short retry timer

Valid Values
0 to 2 756 000 seconds

Default Value
120 seconds

Description
In all cases of pipe failure other than non-disruptive UNBIND, the minimum of Delay before initiating retries and this parameter specifies the amount of time DLUR will wait before attempting to reach the primary DLUS after an attempt to establish this connection has failed.

See "DLUR Retry Algorithm" for a complete description of the retry algorithm.


Parameter
Short retry count

Valid Values
0 to 65 535

Default Value
5

Description
In all cases of pipe failure other than non-disruptive UNBIND, this parameter specifies the number of times the DLUR will attempt to perform short retries to reach the DLUS after an attempt to establish this connection has failed.

See "DLUR Retry Algorithm" for a complete description of the retry algorithm.


Parameter
Perform long retries to restore disrupted pipe

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
If Perform retries to restore disrupted pipes is Yes, then the default value is Yes. Otherwise, the default is No

Description
See "DLUR Retry Algorithm" for a complete description of the retry algorithm.

Parameter
Long retry timer

Valid Values
0 to 2 756 000 seconds

Default Value
300 seconds

Description
This parameter specifies the time DLUR will wait when performing long retries.

See "DLUR Retry Algorithm" for a complete description of the retry algorithm.


Syntax:

set
tuning

You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].
Note:You will have to re-boot in order for the changes you specify to take place.

Table 9. Configuration Parameter List - APPN Node Tuning
Parameter Information

Parameter
Maximum number of adjacent nodes

Valid Values
1 to 2 800

Default
100

Description
This parameter is an estimate of the maximum number of nodes that you expect to be logically adjacent to this router network node at any one time.

This parameter is used along with the Maximum number of ISR sessions parameter by the automatic tuning algorithm to calculate the values for the Maximum shared memory and Maximum cached directory entries tuning parameters.

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program only.


Parameter
Maximum number of network nodes sharing the same APPN network id

Valid Values
10 to 8 000

Default
50

Description
This parameter is an estimate of the maximum number of nodes that you expect in the subnetwork (that is, in the topology known by this node).

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program only.


Parameter
Maximum number of TGs connecting network nodes with the same APPN network id

Valid Values
9 to 64 000

Default
3 times the value of the maximum number of network nodes in the subnetwork.

Description
This parameter is an estimate of the maximum number of TGs connecting network nodes in the subnetwork (that is, in the topology known by this node).

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program only.


Parameter
Maximum number of ISR sessions

Valid Values
10 to 7 500

Default Value
200

Description
This parameter specifies an estimate of the maximum number of intermediate session routing sessions (ISR) expected to be supported by this router network node at any one time.

This parameter is used in conjunction with the Maximum number of adjacent nodes parameter by the automatic tuning algorithm to calculate the values for the Maximum shared memory and Maximum cached directory entries tuning parameters.

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program only.


Parameter
Percent of adjacent nodes with CP-CP sessions using HPR

Valid Values
0 to 100%

Default Value
0 (none)

Description
This parameter specifies an estimate of the maximum number of adjacent EN and NN, with CP-CP sessions using option set 1402 (Control Flows over RTP option set).

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program only.


Parameter
Maximum percent of ISR sessions using HPR data connections

Valid Values
0 to 100 percent

Default
0 percent

Description
This parameter specifies the largest percentage of ISR sessions that use ISR to HPR mappings.

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program only.


Parameter
Percent adjacent nodes that function as DLUR PU nodes

Valid Values
0 to 100 percent

Default
0 percent

Description
This parameter specifies the largest percentage of adjacent nodes allowed to function as adjacent DLUR PU nodes.

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program only.


Parameter
Maximum percent ISR sessions used by DLUR LUs

Valid Values
0 to 100 percent

Default
0 percent

Description
This parameter specifies the largest percentage of ISR sessions used by DLUR LUs.

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program only.


Parameter
Maximum number of ISR accounting memory buffers

Valid Values
0 or 1

Default Value
0 (default is 1 if ISR session accounting is enabled)

Description
This parameter specifies a maximum number of buffers to be reserved for ISR session accounting.

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program only.


Parameter
Maximum memory records per ISR accounting buffer

Valid Values
0 to 2000

Default Value
100

Description
This parameter specifies a maximum number of memory records per ISR accounting buffer.

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program only.


Parameter
Override tuning algorithm

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
When enabled, this parameter overrides the tuning calculations generated by the Command Line and enables you to specify explicit values for the Maximum shared memory parameter and the Maximum cached directory entries parameter.

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program only.


Parameter
Number of local-pus for TN3270E support

Valid Values

Default Value

Description
This parameter specifies the number of local PUs that are available for TN3270 support.

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program only.


Parameter
Total number of LUs for TN3270E

Valid Values

Default Value

Description
This parameter specifies the total number of LUs available for TN3270E support.

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program only.


Parameter
Maximum shared memory

Valid Values
0 - 5 108 KB

Default Value
5 108 KB

Description
This parameter specifies the amount of shared memory within the router that is allocated to the APPN network node. APPN uses its shared memory allocation to perform network operations and to maintain required tables and directories.

You can allow APPN to have a 4K RU size by setting percent of APPN shared memory used for buffers to a sufficiently large value to allow at least 1 Megabyte of memory to be available to the buffer manager.

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program and from talk 6


Parameter
Percent of APPN shared memory to be used for buffers

Valid Values
10 to 50

Default
10% or 512 Kilobytes, whichever is larger.

Description
This parameter specifies the amount of shared memory that APPN will use for buffers.

You can allow APPN to have a 4K RU size by setting maximum shared memory to at least 1 Megabyte and setting percent of APPN shared memory used for buffers to a sufficiently large value to allow at least 1 Megabyte of memory to be available to the buffer manager.

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program and from talk 6


Parameter
Maximum cached directory entries

Valid Values
0 to 65 535

Default
4000

Description
This parameter specifies the number of directory entries to be stored or cached by the router network node. If a directory entry for a node is cached, the router does not need to broadcast a search request to locate the node. This reduces the time it takes to initiate sessions with the node.

This parameter is configurable using the Configuration Program and from talk 6


Syntax:

set
traces

You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 10. Configuration Parameter List - Trace Setup Questions
Parameter Information

Parameter
Turn all trace flags off

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables trace flags.

Parameter
Edit Node-Level Traces

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. See Table 11 for the set of questions you will be asked if this option is enabled.

Parameter
Edit Interprocess Signals

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. See Table 12 for the set of questions you will be asked if this option is enabled.

Parameter
Edit Module Entry and Exit

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. See Table 13 for the set of questions you will be asked if this option is enabled.

Parameter
Edit General

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. See Table 14 for the set of questions you will be asked if this option is enabled.


Table 11. Configuration Parameter List - Node Level Traces
Parameter Information

Parameter
Process management

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about the management of processes within the APPN network node, including the creation and termination of processes, processes entering a wait state, and the posting of processes.

Parameter
Process to process communication

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about messages exchanged between processes in the APPN network node, including the queuing and receipt of such messages.

Parameter
Locking

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about locks that were obtained and released on processes in the APPN network node.

Parameter
Miscellaneous tower activities

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about miscellaneous activities within the APPN network node.

Parameter
I/O to and from the system

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about the flow of messages entering and exiting the APPN network node.

Parameter
Storage management

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about any shared memory that was obtained and released by the APPN network node.

Parameter
Queue data type management

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about all calls in the APPN network node that manage general purpose queues.

Parameter
Table data type management

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about all calls in the APPN network node that manage general purpose tables, including calls to add table entries and calls to query tables for specific entries.

Parameter
Buffer management

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about buffers in the APPN network node that were obtained and released.

Parameter
Configuration control

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about the activities of the configuration control component of the APPN network node. The configuration control component manages information about node resources.

Parameter
Timer service

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about requests for timer service from the APPN network node.

Parameter
Service provider management

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about the definition and enabling or disabling of services within the APPN network node.

Parameter
Inter-process message segmenting

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about the buffer transfer and freeing of chained messages within the APPN network node.

Parameter
Control of processes outside scope of this tower

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about the definition and activation of processes external to this APPN network node, such as when the node operator facility (NOF) defines the external process configuration control.

Parameter
Monitoring existence of processes, services, towers

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about requests that start or stop the monitoring of processes or services within the APPN network node.

Parameter
Distributed environment control

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about requests within the APPN network node that define subsystems and create environments.

Parameter
Process to service dialogs

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about all calls within the APPN network node that open, close, or send data on a dialog.

Parameter
AVL Tree Support

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, the trace option causes the router trace facility to gather data about all calls that manage AVL trees.


Table 12. Configuration Parameter List - Inter-process Signals Traces
Parameter Information

Parameter
Address space manager

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the address space manager component.

Parameter
Attach manager

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the attach manager component.

Parameter
Configuration services

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the configuration services component.

Parameter
Dependent LU requester

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the dependent LU requester component.

Parameter
Directory services

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the directory services component.

Parameter
Half Session

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the half session component.

Parameter
HPR Path Control

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the HPR path control component.

Parameter
LUA RUI

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the LUA RUI component.

Parameter
Management Services

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the management services component.

Parameter
Node Operator Facility

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the node operator facility component.

Parameter
Path Control

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the path control component.

Parameter
Presentation Services

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the presentation services component.

Parameter
Resource manager

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the resource manager component.

Parameter
Session connector manager

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the session connector manager component.

Parameter
Session connector

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the session connector component.

Parameter
Session manager

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the session manager component.

Parameter
Session services

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the session services component.

Parameter
Topology and routing services

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about inter-process signals from the topology and routing services component.


Table 13. Configuration Parameter List - Module Entry and Exit Traces
Parameter Information

Parameter
Attach manager

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about module entry and exit information from the attach manager component.

Parameter
Half session

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about module entry and exit information from the half session component.

Parameter
LUA RUI

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about module entry and exit information from the LUA RUI component.

Parameter
Node operator facility

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about module entry and exit information from the node operator facility component.

Parameter
Presentation services

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about module entry and exit information from the presentation services component.

Parameter
Rapid transport protocol

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about module entry and exit information from the rapid transport control component.

Parameter
Resource manager

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about module entry and exit information from the resource manager component.

Parameter
Session manager

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about module entry and exit information from the session manager component.


Table 14. Configuration Parameter List - General Component Level Traces
Parameter Information

Parameter
Accounting services

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the accounting services component.

Parameter
Address space manager

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the address space manager component.

Parameter
Architected transaction programs

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the architected transaction programs component.

Parameter
Configuration services

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the configuration services component.

Parameter
Dependent LU requester

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the dependent LU requester component.

Parameter
Directory services

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the directory services component.

Parameter
HPR path control

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the HPR path control component.

Parameter
LUA RUI

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the LUA RUI component.

Parameter
Management services

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the management services component.

Parameter
Node operator facility

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the node operator facility component.

Parameter
Path control

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the path control component.

Parameter
Problem determination services

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the problem determination component.

Parameter
Rapid transport protocol

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the rapid transport control component.

Parameter
Session connector manager

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the session connector manager component.

Parameter
Session connector

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the session connector component.

Parameter
Session services

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the session services component.

Parameter
SNMP subagent

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the SNMP subagent component.

Parameter
TN3270E Server

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the TN3270E Server component.

Parameter
Topology and routing services

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables this APPN trace option. When enabled, this parameter informs the trace facility to include trace data about general information from the topology and routing services component.


Table 15. Configuration Parameter List - Miscellaneous Traces
Parameter Information

Parameter
Data link control transmissions and receptions

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
If this parameter is enabled, the APPN trace facility will trace all XIDs and PIUs transmitted and received by the APPN node.

Parameter
Filter the Data

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
If this parameter is enabled, the APPN trace facility will filter the trace data according to the way you answer the following questions.

Parameter
Truncate the data

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
If this parameter is enabled, the APPN trace facility will truncate the trace data. You will be asked to specify the length to trace

Parameter
Length to trace

Valid Values
1 - 3600

Default Value
100

Description
This parameter specifies the number of bytes of trace data to accumulate.

Parameter
Trace Locates

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
If this parameter is enabled, the APPN trace facility will trace locates.

Parameter
Trace TDUs

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
If this parameter is enabled, the APPN trace facility will trace topology data updates.

Parameter
Trace route setups

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
If this parameter is enabled, the APPN trace facility will trace route setups.

Parameter
Trace CP Capabilities

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
If this parameter is enabled, the APPN trace facility will trace CP Capabilities.

Parameter
Trace Session Control

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
If this parameter is enabled, the APPN trace facility will trace session control traffic.

Parameter
Trace XIDs

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
If this parameter is enabled, the APPN trace facility will trace XIDs.

Syntax:

set
management

You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 16. Configuration Parameter List - APPN Node Management
Parameter Information

Parameter
Collect intermediate session information

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether the APPN node should collect data on intermediate sessions passing through this node (session counters and session characteristics). The data is captured in SNMP MIB variables for APPN.

Parameter
Save RSCV information for intermediate sessions

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether the APPN node should save the Route Selection control vector (RSCV) for an intermediate session. The data is captured in an associated SNMP MIB variable for APPN.

The session RSCV is carried in the BIND request used to activate a session between two LUs. It describes the optimum route through an APPN network for a particular LU-LU session. The session RSCV contains the CP names and TG associated with each pair of adjacent nodes along a route from an origin node to a destination node.


Parameter
Create intermediate session records

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables the creation of data records for intermediate sessions passing through this node. The records contain information about session counters and session characteristics. RSCV information is also included in the data records if the Save RSCV information for intermediate sessions parameter is enabled.

If this parameter is set to yes, the setting of collect intermediate session information is overridden.


Parameter
Record creation threshold

Valid Values
0 to 4 294 967, in 1 KB increments

Default Value
0

Description
This parameter specifies a byte threshold for creating intermediate session records. When session data exceeds the value in this byte counter by an even multiple, a record is created.

Parameter
Held alert queue size

Valid Values
0 -- 255

Default Value
10

Description
This parameter sets the size of the configurable held alert queue. This queue is used to save APPN alerts prior to sending them to a focal point. If the queue overflows, the oldest alerts are discarded.


Table 17. Configuration Parameter List - APPN ISR Recording Media
Parameter Information
Memory Parameters

Parameter
Memory (see table notes)

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter enables or disables the collection of intermediate session data in the router's local memory.

Parameter
Maximum memory buffers

Valid Values
0 to 1

Default Value
1

Description
This parameter specifies the number of buffers to be allocated in the router's local memory for storing intermediate session records.

Parameter
Maximum memory records per buffer

Valid Values
0 to 2000

Default Value
100

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum number of intermediate session records that may be stored in the memory buffer on the router.

Parameter
Memory buffers full

Valid Values
Stop recording (0), Wrap (1)

Default Value
Stop recording (0)

Description
This parameter specifies the action to take when the memory buffer allocated to store intermediate session records becomes full. Select Stop recording to instruct the router to discard any new intermediate session records. Select Wrap to allow new records to overwrite existing records in the buffer. The oldest records in the buffer are overwritten first.

Parameter
Memory record format

Valid Values
ASCII (0), Binary (1)

Default Value
ASCII (0)

Description
This parameter specifies the format in which intermediate session records are to be stored in the router's local memory.

Parameter
Topology safe store

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether the topology data base is to be saved on the hardfile. This function is not supported if compact Flash memory is used. It can only be used when a hardfile is present.

Parameter
Time between database updates

Valid Values
60 -- 1440 minutes

Default Value
60

Description
This parameter sets the time in minutes between topology database updates.

Note:
  • When you enable the collection of intermediate session records, the data associated with the records also is collected, by default, in SNMP
  • MIB variables for APPN. The MIB variables are updated, in this case, whether or not the Collect intermediate session information parameter (in Table 16) has been enabled.
  • Intermediate session data can be stored in router memory.

Add

Use the add command to add or update:

Syntax:

add
port

You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 18. Configuration Parameter List - Port Configuration
Parameter Information

Parameter
Link type

Valid Values
Ethernet (E)

Token ring (T)

DLSw (D)

PPP (P)

Frame relay (F)

SDLC (S)

X.25 (X)

IP

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the type of link associated with this port.

Parameter
Interface number

Valid Values
0 to 65533

Default Value
0

Description
This parameter defines the physical interface number of the hardware interface to which this device is attached.

Parameter
Port name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters, where the first character is alphabetic and the 2nd through 8th characters are alphanumeric.

Default Value
A unique unqualified name that is automatically generated.

The name will consist of:

  • TR (token-ring)
  • EN (Ethernet)
  • DLS (DLSw)
  • IP255
  • FR (Frame Relay)
  • X25 (X.25)
  • SDLC (SDLC)
  • PPP (point-to-point)
  • IP

followed by the interface number.

You can change the port name to a name of your choice.

Description
This parameter specifies the name representing this port.

Parameter
Enable APPN routing on this port

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
Yes

Description
This parameter specifies whether APPN routing is to be enabled on this port.

Parameter
Support multiple PU

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether the port will support multiple subarea.

Parameter
Service any node

Valid Values
Yes No

Default Value
Yes

Description
This parameter specifies how the router network node responds to a request from another node to establish a connection over this port. When this parameter is enabled, the network node accepts any request it receives from another node to establish a connection. When this parameter is disabled, the network node accepts connection requests only from nodes that you explicitly define (via link station definitions). This option provides an added level of security for the router network node.
Note:When you disable this parameter, a connection request from an adjacent node will be accepted only if the node's fully-qualified CP name parameter has been configured for a link station defined on this port.

When this parameter is enabled (the default), you may still want this network node to be able to initiate connections with specific nodes over this port.

Parameter
High-performance routing (HPR) supported

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
Yes for token-ring, Ethernet, Frame Relay, and PPP ports.

Description
This parameter indicates whether link stations on this port will support HPR. This value may be overridden on the link station definition.

Parameter
IPv4 Precedence

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter sets the IPv4 precedence value, which allows BRS precedence filtering of IPv4 encapsulated packets.

Parameter
Limited Resource ( PPP and FR over dial circuits only)

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
If the dial circuit is dial on demand, the default is Yes. Otherwise, the default is No.

Description
This parameter specifies whether link stations on this port are a limited resource. This value may be overridden on the link station definition.

Parameter
Support bridged formatted frames (Frame relay only)

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether the Frame Relay port will support bridged formatted frames.

If you are configuring Frame Relay to support bridged format, you will also need to configure a boundary node identifier.


Parameter
Boundary node identifier (Frame Relay only)

Valid Values
X'0000 0000 0001' to X'7FFF FFFF FFFF'

Default Value
X'4FFF 0000 0000'

Description
This parameter specifies the boundary node identifier MAC address. The router uses this MAC address to recognize that the frame is a Frame Relay bridged frame destined for APPN.

Parameter
Subnet visit count

Valid Values
1 - 255

Default Value
Default taken from the equivalent node level parameter

Description
This parameter specifies this port's default for the maximum number of subnetworks that a multi-subnet session may traverse.
Note:This question is asked only if the border node function is enabled on this node.

Parameter
Adjacent node subnet affiliation

Valid Values

  • 0 (native)

  • 1 (non-native)

  • 2 (negotiable)

Default Value
2

Description
This parameter specifies the default for all links through this port as to whether the adjacent node is in this node's native APPN subnetwork or in a non-native APPN subnetwork. A value of 2 instructs the node to negotiate at link activation time to determine whether the adjacent link station is native or non-native.
Note:This question is asked only if the border node function is enabled on this node.

Table 19. Configuration Parameter List - Port Definition
Parameter Information

Parameter
Maximum BTU size

Valid Values
768 to 1496 bytes for Ethernet

768 to 17745 bytes for token-ring

768 to 4096 bytes for IP

768 to 8136 bytes for Frame Relay

768 to 8132 bytes for Frame Relay over ISDN and V.25bis

768 to 4086 bytes for PPP

768 to 4082 bytes for PPP over ISDN and V.25bis

X.25 will take value from network level

768 to 2048 bytes for all other ports

Default Value
1289 bytes for Ethernet

2048 bytes for token-ring

1469 bytes for IP

2048 bytes for Frame Relay or PPP

2044 bytes for Frame Relay or PPP over ISDN and V.25bis

2048 bytes for SDLC

X.25 will take value from network level

Description
This parameter specifies the number of bytes in the largest basic transmission unit (BTU) that can be processed (transmitted or received) by a link station defined on this port.
Note:If a negotiable BIND with an RU size greater than 2048 is received, the device will normally choose a maximum RU size of 2048. If a non-negotiable BIND with an RU size greater than 2048 is received, the device will support the larger RU size up to a maximum size of 4096.

Parameter
Maximum number of link stations

Valid Values
1 to 127 for SDLC ports

1 to 239 for X.25 ports

Default Value

If SDLC is configured as multipoint and primary, then this parameter defaults to 127. Otherwise, it is set to 1 and is not configurable.

239 for X.25 ports

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum number of link stations that will be allowed to use this port. This parameter allows the resources for the APPN node and this port to be constrained.

Parameter
Percent of link stations reserved for incoming calls (Ethernet, token-ring, FR, X.25 only)

Valid Values
0 to 100

The sum of the percent of link stations reserved for incoming calls and the percent of link stations reserved for outgoing calls cannot exceed 100%.

Default Value
0

Description
This parameter specifies the percentage of the maximum number of link stations that will be reserved for incoming calls. Link stations that are not reserved for incoming or outgoing calls are available for either purpose on a demand basis.

Parameter
Percent of link stations reserved for outgoing calls

Valid Values
0 to 100

The sum of the percent of link stations reserved for incoming calls and the percent of link stations reserved for outgoing calls cannot exceed 100%. If SDLC primary and multipoint, then valid value is 100.

Default Value
0 If SDLC primary and multipoint, then default value is 100.

Description
This parameter specifies the percentage of the maximum number of link stations that will be reserved for outgoing calls. Fractions resulting from the computation are truncated. Link stations that are not reserved for incoming or outgoing calls are available for either purpose on a demand basis.

Parameter
UDP port number for XID exchange

Valid Values
1024 to 65535

Default Value
11000

Description
This parameter specifies the UDP port number to be used for XID exchange and is used during IP port definition. This port number must be the same as the one defined on other devices in the network.

Parameter
UDP port number for network priority traffic

Valid Values
1024 to 65535

Default Value
11001

Description
This parameter specifies the UDP port number to be used for network priority traffic.

Parameter
UDP port number for high priority traffic

Valid Values
1024 to 65535

Default Value
11002

Description
This parameter specifies the UDP port number to be used for high priority traffic.

Parameter
UDP port number for medium priority traffic

Valid Values
1024 to 65535

Default Value
11003

Description
This parameter specifies the UDP port number to be used for medium priority traffic.

Parameter
UDP port number for low priority traffic

Valid Values
1024 to 65535

Default Value
11004

Description
This parameter specifies the UDP port number to be used for low priority traffic.

Parameter
IP network type

Valid Values
Campus or Widearea

Default Value
Widearea

Description
This parameter specifies the IP network type.

Parameter
Local APPN SAP address

Valid Values
Multiples of four in the hexadecimal range X'04' to X'EC'

Default Value
X'04'

Description
This parameter specifies the local SAP address to be used for communicating with APPN link stations defined on this port.

Parameter
Local HPR SAP address (Ethernet and token-ring only)

Valid Values
Multiples of four in the hexadecimal range X'04' to X'EC'

Default Value
X'C8'

Description
This parameter indicates the local service access point to be used for communicating with HPR link stations defined on this port.

Parameter
Branch uplink

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter indicates whether the default for link stations using this port will be uplink or downlink. If yes is specified, link stations using this port will default Branch uplink to yes.

Notes:

  1. This question is asked only if the node-level parameter Enabled Branch Extender is yes.

  2. If Branch uplink is yes, the Branch Extender will present its end node appearance to this link station. Otherwise, the Branch Extender will present its network node appearance.

  3. Typically, Branch uplink is yes for WAN-attached network nodes and is no for LAN-attached end nodes.


Table 20. Configuration Parameter List - Port Default TG Characteristics
Parameter Information

Parameter
Cost per connect time

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value

For IP: 0 for Campus and WAN

For all other: 0

Description
This parameter specifies the cost per connect time TG characteristic for all link stations on this port.

The cost per connect time TG characteristic expresses the relative cost of maintaining a connection over the associated TG. The units are user-defined and are typically based on the applicable tariffs of the transmission facility being used. The assigned values should reflect the actual expense of maintaining a connection over the TG relative to all other TGs in the network. A value of zero means that connections over the TG may be made at no additional cost (as in the case of many non-switched facilities). Higher values represent higher costs.


Parameter
Cost per byte

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value

For IP: 0 for Campus and WAN

For all other: 0

Description
This parameter specifies the cost per byte TG characteristic for all link stations defined on this port.

The cost per byte TG characteristic expresses the relative cost of transmitting a byte over the associated TG. The units are user-defined and the assigned value should reflect the actual expenses incurred for transmitting over the TG relative to all other TGs in the network. A value of zero means that bytes may be transmitted over the TG at no additional cost. Higher values represent higher costs.


Parameter
Security

Valid Values

Nonsecure
all else (for example, satellite-connected, or located in a nonsecure country).

Public switched network
secure in the sense that route is not predetermined

Underground cable
located in secure country (as determined by the network administrator)

Secure conduit
Not guarded, (for example, pressurized pipe)

Guarded conduit
protected against physical tapping

Encrypted
link-level encryption is provided

Guarded radiation
guarded conduit containing the transmission medium; protected against physical and radiation tapping

Default Value

For IP:

Campus
Nonsecure

WAN
Public switched network

For all other: Nonsecure

Description
This parameter specifies the security TG characteristic for all link stations defined on this port. The security TG characteristic indicates the level of security protection associated with the TG. If security attributes other than the architecturally-defined ones are needed, one of the user-defined TG characteristics may be used to specify additional values.

Parameter
Propagation delay

Valid Values

Minimum LAN
less than 480 microseconds

Telephone
between .48 and 49.152 milliseconds

Packet switched
between 49.152 and 245.76 milliseconds

Satellite
greater than 245.76 milliseconds maximum

Default Value

For IP:

Campus
Telephone

WAN
Packet switched

Description
This parameter specifies the propagation delay TG characteristic for all link stations defined on this port. The propagation delay TG characteristic specifies the approximate range for the length of time that it takes for a signal to propagate from one end of the TG to the other.

Parameter
Effective capacity

Valid Values
2 hexadecimal digits in the range X'00' to X'FF'

Default Value
  FR=X'45' (64 Kbps)
 PPP=X'45' (64 Kbps)
DLSw=X'75' (4 Mbps)
SDLC=X'45' (64 Kbps)
 X.25=X'45' (64 Kbps)
Token ring: X'75' when minimum is 4 Mbps
Token ring: X'85' when minimum is 16 Mbps
Ethernet/802.3 ports: X'80' for 10 Mbps
100Mbps Ethernet: X'9A'

For IP:

Campus: X'75'

WAN: X'43'

Description
This parameter specifies the effective capacity TG characteristic for all associated connections (TGs) on this port.

This parameter specifies the maximum bit transmission rate for both physical links and logical links. Note that the effective capacity for a logical link may be less than the physical link speed. The rate is represented in COS files as a floating-point number encoded in a single byte with units of 300 bps. The effective capacity is encoded as a single-byte representation. The values X'00' and X'FF' are special cases used to denote minimum and maximum capacities. The range of the encoding is very large; however, only 256 values in the range may be specified.

This parameter provides the default value for the Effective capacity parameter on the Modify TG Characteristics Command Line option. The Modify TG Characteristics Command Line option enables you to override the .* default values assigned to TG characteristics on the individual link stations you define.


Parameter
First user-defined TG characteristic

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value
128

Description
This parameter specifies the first user-defined TG characteristic for all link stations defined on this port.

The first user-defined TG characteristic specifies the first of three additional characteristics that users can define to describe the TGs in a network. The default value of 128 allows a subset of TGs to be defined as more or less desirable than the rest without defining values for all TGs.


Parameter
Second user-defined TG characteristic

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value
128

Description
This parameter specifies the second user-defined TG characteristic for all link stations defined on this port.

The second user-defined TG characteristic specifies the second of three additional characteristics that users can define to describe the TGs in a network.


Parameter
Third user-defined TG characteristic

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value
128

Description
This parameter specifies the third user-defined TG characteristic for all link stations defined on this port.

The third user-defined TG characteristic specifies the third of three additional characteristics that users can define to describe the TGs in a network.



Table 21. Configuration Parameter List - Port default LLC Characteristics
Parameter Information

Parameter
Remote APPN SAP

Valid Values
Multiples of four in the hexadecimal range of X'04' to X'EC'

Default Value
X'04'

Description
This parameter specifies the SAP associated with an adjacent node's APPN link station.

Parameter
Maximum number of outstanding I-format LPDUs (TW)

Valid Values
1 to 127

Default Value
26

Description
This parameter specifies the LLC maximum number of outstanding I-format LPDUs (TW) for all link stations on this port.

The maximum number of outstanding I-format LPDUs defines the transmit Command Line option (TW) which is the maximum number of sequentially numbered I-format LPDUs that the link station may have unacknowledged at any given time.


Parameter
Receive window size

Valid Values
1 to 127

Default Value
26

Description
This parameter specifies the LLC receive Command Line option size (RW) for all link stations on this port.

The RW parameter specifies the maximum number of unacknowledged sequentially numbered I-format LPDUs that the link station can receive from the remote link station. RW is advertised in SNA XID frames and IEEE 802.2 XID frames. The XID receiver should set its effective TW to a value less than or equal to the value of the received RW to avoid overruns.


Parameter
Inactivity timer (Ti)

Valid Values
1 to 254 seconds

Default Value
30 seconds

Description
This parameter specifies the LLC inactivity timer (Ti) for all link stations on this port.

An LLC link station uses Ti to detect an inoperative condition in either the remote link station or in the transmission media. If an LPDU is not received in the time interval specified by Ti, an S-format command LPDU with the poll bit set is transmitted to solicit remote link station status. Recovery is then based on the reply timer (T1).


Parameter
Reply timer (T1)

Valid Values
1 to 254 half-seconds

Default Value
2 half-seconds

Description
This parameter specifies the LLC reply timer (T1) for all link stations on this port.

An LLC link station uses T1 to detect a failure to receive a required acknowledgment or response from the remote link station. When T1 expires, the link station sends an S-format command link layer protocol data unit (LPDU) with the poll bit set to solicit remote link station status or any U-format command LPDUs that have not been responded to. The duration of T1 should take into account any delays introduced by underlying layers.


Parameter
Maximum number of retransmissions (N2)

Valid Values
1 to 254

Default Value
8

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum number of retransmissions (N2) for all link stations on this port.

The N2 parameter specifies the maximum number of times an LPDU will be retransmitted following expiration of the reply timer (T1).


Parameter
Receive acknowledgment timer (T2)

Valid Values
1 to 254 half-seconds

Default Value
1 half-second

Description
This parameter specifies the LLC receiver acknowledgment timer (T2) for all link stations on this port.

The T2 parameter may be used with the N3 counter to reduce acknowledgment traffic. A link station uses T2 to delay the sending of an acknowledgment for a received I-format LPDU. T2 is started when an I-format LPDU is received, and reset when an acknowledgment is sent in an I-format or S-format LPDU. If T2 expires, the link station must send an acknowledgment as soon as possible. The value of T2 must be less than that of T1, to ensure that the remote link station will receive the delayed acknowledgment before its T1 expires.


Parameter
Acknowledgments needed to increment working window

Valid Values
0 to 127

Default Value
1

Description
When the working window (Ww) is not equal to the Maximum Transmit Window Size (Tw), this parameter is the number of transmitted I-format LPDUs that must be acknowledged before the working window can be incremented (by 1). When congestion is detected, by the loss of I-format LPDUs, Ww is set to 1.


Table 22. Configuration Parameter List - HPR Override Defaults
Parameter Information

Parameter
Inactivity timer override for HPR (HPR Ti)

Valid Values
1 to 254 seconds

Default Value
2 seconds

Description
This parameter specifies the LLC inactivity timer (HPR Ti) that is to be used for all link stations on this port supporting HPR when the HPR supported parameter is enabled on this port. This default overrides the value of the default LLC inactivity timer (Ti) parameter specified on the default LLC characteristics parameter.

Parameter
Reply timer override for HPR (HPR T1)

Valid Values
1 to 254 half-seconds

Default Value
2 half-seconds

Description
This parameter specifies the LLC reply timer (HPR T1) that is to be used for all link stations on this port supporting HPR when the HPR supported parameter is enabled on this port. This default overrides the value of the default LLC reply timer (T1) parameter specified on the default LLC characteristics parameter.

Parameter
Maximum number of retransmissions for HPR (HPR N2)

Valid Values
1 to 254

Default Value
3

Description
This parameter specifies the LLC maximum number of retransmissions (HPR N2) that is to be used for all link stations on this port supporting HPR when the HPR supported parameter is enabled on this port. This default overrides the value of the default LLC maximum number of retransmissions (N2) parameter specified on the default LLC Characteristics parameter.

Syntax:

add
link-station

You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 23. Configuration Parameter List - Link Station - Detail
Parameter Information

Parameter
Does link support APPN function

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
Yes

Description
This parameter specifies whether this link station will support APPN function.

If the answer is no, questions concerning CP-CP sessions, security, encryption, CP name, adjacent node type, branch extender, and extended border node will not be asked and all of these functions will be disabled. Also, HPR will be disabled and no HPR questions will be asked.


Parameter
Link station name (required)

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters :
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the name of a link station that represents the TG (link) between the router network node and the adjacent node. The link station name must be unique within this network node.

Parameter
Port name

Valid Values
A unique unqualified name that is automatically generated.

The name will consist of:

  • TR (token-ring)
  • EN (Ethernet)
  • DLS (DLSw)
  • FR (Frame Relay)
  • X25 (X.25)
  • SDLC (SDLC)
  • PPP (point-to-point)
  • IP

followed by the interface number.

Default Value
The name of the port that this link station is defined on.

Description
This parameter specifies the name representing the port this link station is defined on. The port must already have been configured for APPN.

Parameter
Link type (X.25 only)

If limited resource = yes is configured for this link station, then the link type parameter defaults to a value of 1 (SVC) and is not configurable.

Valid Values
If PVC, then specify a logical channel number in the range of 1 - 4095
If SVC, then specify a DTE address that is variable length up to 15 digits

Default Value
0, unless it is a limited resource.

Description
This parameter specifies whether the X.25 link is a PVC or SVC.

Parameter
MAC address of adjacent node (required) (Ethernet, token-ring, DLSw, FR bridged format only)

Valid Values
Token-ring and DLSw ports:
  • 12 hexadecimal digits in the range X'000000000001' to X'7FFFFFFFFFFF'

Ethernet/802.3 ports:

  • 12 hexadecimal digits in the form X'xyxxxxxxxxxx' where:
    x is any hexadecimal digit
    y is a hexadecimal digit in the set {0, 2, 4, 6, 8, A, C, E}

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the medium access control (MAC) layer address of the adjacent node. Different formats are used for token-ring and Ethernet/802.3.

Token-ring and DLSw ports:

The MAC address is specified in noncanonical form. In the noncanonical address format, the bit within each octet that is to be transmitted first is represented as the most significant bit.

Ethernet/802.3 ports:

The MAC address is specified in canonical form. In the canonical address format, the bit within each octet that is to be transmitted first is represented as the least significant bit.

Parameter
IP address of adjacent node

Valid Values
Any valid IP address

Default Value
none

Description
Each link on the HPR/IP port must have a unique destination IP address.


Parameter
Adjacent node type

Valid Values
APPN network node, APPN end node, LEN end node

Default Value
APPN network node

Description
This parameter identifies whether the adjacent node is an APPN node, a low-entry networking (LEN) end node.

When APPN end node is selected and Limited resource is No, APPN changes the adjacent node type internally to learn and will work with any node type.

When APPN end node is selected and Limited resource is Yes, the adjacent node type is unchanged.

When you select LEN end node, the fully-qualified control point name parameter is a required parameter. If this network node is communicating with the IBM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (VTAM) product through the LEN node, and the LEN node is not a T2.1 node or does not have an explicitly defined control point (CP) name, then the router network node's XID number for the Subarea connection parameter also must be specified to establish a connection.
Note:LEN end node is not a valid node type for HPR/IP interface.

Parameter
fully-qualified CP name of adjacent node

Valid Values
A string of up to 17 characters in the form of netID.CPname, where:
  • netID is a network ID from 1 to 8 characters
  • CPname is a control point name from 1 to 8 characters

Each name must conform to the following rules:

  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Note:An existing fully-qualified CP name, using the special characters @, $, and from the character set A, continues to be supported; however, these characters should not be used for new CP names.

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the fully-qualified CP name of the adjacent node. For the cases where this parameter is not required, the adjacent node's CP name may be learned dynamically during XID exchange; however, if a CP name is specified, it must match the adjacent node's definition for the link to be successfully activated.
Note:This parameter is required when any of the following occur:
  • The Service any node parameter is set to Disable.
  • The Adjacent node type parameter is set to LEN end node.
  • The CP-CP session level security parameter is set to Enable.
  • The link is a limited resource.

Parameter
Activate link automatically

If limited resource, then this parameter is set to No and is not configurable.

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
Yes

Description
When this parameter is enabled, the router network node automatically activates the link to the adjacent node and initiates a connection.

Parameter
Allow CP-CP sessions on this link

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
Yes, if adjacent node type is APPN network node or APPN end node. No for all other adjacent node types

Description
This parameter specifies whether sessions between control points are to be activated over this link station.

This parameter allows control of CP-CP session establishment between adjacent network nodes so that the overhead associated with topology database updates (TDUs) may be constrained.
Note:Every APPN network node must have at least one CP-CP session established to another APPN network node in order to maintain the minimum connectivity necessary to update the topology database. In addition, more than minimum connectivity could be desired to eliminate single points of failure and to improve network dynamics.

Parameter
CP-CP session level security

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether session level security is enforced for CP-CP sessions established over this link station. When session level security is enabled, encrypted data is exchanged and compared during the BIND flows (which includes the BIND, the BIND response, and an FMH-12 Security RU). To successfully establish a CP-CP session with session level security enabled, both partners must be configured with the same encryption key. Currently, session level security support is limited to the basic LU-LU verification protocol.

Parameter
Encryption key

Valid Values
Up to 16 hexadecimal digits. If fewer than 16 digits are specified, the value is padded on the right with zeros.

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter is used to encrypt data exchanged during BIND flows. Both partners must be configured with the same key to establish a CP-CP session.

Parameter
Use enhanced session security (If security is enabled)

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
No

Parameter
High-performance routing (HPR) supported

Valid Values
Yes, No

Default Value
APPN network node, APPN end node or LEN end node: the value specified in the default HPR supported parameter for this port All other adjacent node types: No

Description
This parameter indicates whether this link station supports HPR. The user should disable HPR support if the underlying link is unreliable. An HPR connection will not be established unless both link stations advertise HPR support during XID exchange.

Parameter
DLCI number for link (Frame Relay only)

Valid Values
16 to 1007

Default Value
16

Description
The DLCI parameter identifies the frame-relay logical data link connection with the adjacent node.

Parameter
Station address of adjacent node (SDLC only)

Valid Values
Address in the range of (1 - FE)

Default Value
C1

Description
This parameter specifies the address of the adjacent node.

Parameter
Limited Resource (PPP, X.25 FR over dial circuits)

Valid Values
Yes, or No

Default Value
No

If the link type is PPP or FR, the default will be taken from the limited resource parameter for the associated port.

Description
This parameter specifies whether the TG for this link station is a limited resource. If you answer yes, then the Virtual Channel Type is SVC.

Parameter
Branch Uplink

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
The value specified for Branch Uplink on the port.

Description
This parameter indicates whether this link will be a Branch uplink (to WAN) or Branch downlink (to LAN).

This question is asked only if Enabled Branch Extender has been set to yes and if this link station is not a network node. If Enabled Branch Extender has been set to yes and this link station is a network node, then Branch Uplink defaults to yes


Parameter
Is uplink to another Branch Extender node

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter indicates whether or not the adjacent node has the Branch Extender function enabled.

This question is asked only if Branch Extender is enabled on this node, this is an uplink, and the uplink is a limited resource.


Parameter
Preferred Network Node Server

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter indicates whether this uplink is to a network node server that is to be used as the network node server for the node supporting Branch Extender function and acting as an end node. If yes is specified, this uplink will be used as the network node server for this node.

This question will be asked only if:

  • Enabled Branch Extender is yes,

  • This station is a network node,

  • Branch Uplink is yes, and

  • CP-CP sessions are supported on this link.

Parameter
TG Number

Valid Values
If limited resource is Yes, valid values are 1 - 20. If limited resource is No and link type is X.25 SVC, valid values are 0 - 20.

Otherwise, valid values are 0 - 20.

Default Value
If limited resource is Yes, default is 1. If limited resource is No, default is 0.

Otherwise, default value is 0.

Description
This parameter uniquely identifies a TG between adjacent nodes.

Parameter
Solicit SSCP session

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

If the link station name is the same as the CP name, then the default is yes.

Description
This parameter indicates whether this link is to solicit SSCP sessions.

Parameter
Enable Host Initiated Dynamic LU Definition

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter indicates whether or not dependent LUs will be created dynamically (as opposed to having to be configured.) If yes is specified, LUs will be defined for this PU as ACTLU requests (with CV0E) are received. With this feature, LUs for the TN3270E Server do not have to be configured.
Note:This question is asked only if solicit sscp session is yes.

Parameter
Local Node ID

Valid Values
5 hexadecimal digits

Default Value
X'00000'

Description
This parameter specifies the local node identifier. This question is asked only if solicit sscp session is yes. The local node id must be unique.

Parameter
Local SAP address

Valid Values
Any valid SAP address between X'04' and X'EC'.

Default Value
Value taken from port

Description
This parameter specifies local SAP address.

Notes:

  1. This question is displayed only if there are multiple PUs defined on the port.

  2. If the local SAP address is not the main local SAP address on the port,

  3. the port name and SAP name will display in monitoring and SNMP display output.

Parameter
Subnet visit count

Valid Values
1 - 255

Default Value
Default taken from the equivalent port level parameter

Description
This parameter specifies the default for the maximum number of subnetworks that a multi-subnet session may traverse.
Note:This question is asked only if the border node function is enabled on this node.

Parameter
Adjacent node subnet affiliation

Valid Values
0 (native)

1 (non-native)

2 (negotiable)

Default Value
Default is taken from the equivalent port level parameter

Description
This parameter specifies whether the adjacent node is in this node's native APPN subnetwork or in a non-native APPN subnetwork. A value of 2 instructs the node to negotiate at link activation time to determine whether the adjacent link station is native or non-native.
Note:This question is asked only if the border node function is enabled on this node.

Parameter
TG Number

Valid Values
0 - 20

Default Value
0

Description
This parameter specifies the TG number for the ATM VC.


Table 24. Configuration Parameter List - Modify TG Characteristics
Parameter Information

Parameter
Cost per connect time

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter expresses the relative cost of maintaining a connection over the associated TG. The units are user-defined and are typically based on the applicable tariffs of the transmission facility being used. The assigned values should reflect the actual expense of maintaining a connection over the TG relative to all other TGs in the network. A value of zero means that connections over the TG may be made at no additional cost (as in the case of many non-switched facilities). Higher values represent higher costs.

Parameter
Cost per byte

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter expresses the relative cost of transmitting a byte over the associated TG. The units are user-defined and the assigned value should reflect the actual expenses incurred for transmitting over the TG relative to all other TGs in the network. A value of zero means that bytes may be transmitted over the TG at no additional cost. Higher values represent higher costs.

Parameter
Security

Valid Values
  • Nonsecure - all else (for example, satellite-connected, or located in a nonsecure country).
  • Public switched network - secure in the sense that route is not predetermined.
  • Underground cable - located in secure country (as determined by the network administrator).
  • Secure conduit - Not guarded, (for example, pressurized pipe).
  • Guarded conduit - protected against physical tapping.
  • Encrypted - link-level encryption is provided.
  • Guarded radiation - guarded conduit containing the transmission medium; protected against physical and radiation tapping.

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter indicates the level of security protection associated with the TG. If security attributes other than the architecturally-defined ones are needed, one of the user-defined TG characteristics may be used to specify additional values.

Parameter
Propagation delay

Valid Values
Minimum LAN - less than 480 microseconds
Telephone - between .48 and 49.152 milliseconds
Packet switched - between 49.152 and 245.76 milliseconds
Satellite - greater than 245.76 milliseconds Maximum

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the approximate range for the length of time that it takes for a signal to propagate from one end of the TG to the other.

Parameter
Effective capacity

Valid Values
2 hexadecimal digits in the range X'00' to X'FF'

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum bit transmission rate for both physical links and logical links. Note that the effective capacity for a logical link may be less than the physical link speed.

The effective capacity is encoded as a single-byte representation. The values X'00' and X'FF' are special cases used to denote minimum and maximum capacities. The range of the encoding is very large; however, only 256 values in the range may be specified.


Parameter
First user-defined TG characteristic

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the first of three additional characteristics that users can define to describe the TGs in a network.

Parameter
Second user-defined TG characteristic

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the second of three additional characteristics that users can define to describe the TGs in a network.

Parameter
Third user-defined TG characteristic

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the third of three additional characteristics that users can define to describe the TGs in a network.


Table 25. Configuration Parameter List - Modify Dependent LU Server
Parameter Information

Parameter
fully-qualified CP name of primary DLUS

Valid Values
A string of up to 17 characters in the form of netID.CPname, where:
  • netID is a network ID from 1 to 8 characters
  • CPname is a control point name from 1 to 8 characters

Each name must conform to the following rules:

  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Note:An existing fully-qualified CP name, using the special characters @, $, and # from the character set A, continues to be supported; however, these characters should not be used for new CP names.

Default Value
The value specified in the default fully-qualified CP name of primary dependent LU server parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the fully-qualified CP name of the dependent LU server (DLUS) that is to be used for incoming requests from the downstream PU associated with this link station.

Parameter
fully-qualified CP name for backup DLUS

Valid Values
A string of up to 17 characters in the form of netID.CPname, where:
  • netID is a network ID from 1 to 8 characters
  • CPname is a control point name from 1 to 8 characters

Each name must conform to the following rules:

  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Note:An existing fully-qualified CP name, using the special characters @, $, and # from the character set A, continues to be supported; however, these characters should not be used for new CP names.

Default Value
The value specified in the default fully-qualified CP name of backup dependent LU server parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the fully-qualified CP name of the dependent LU server (DLUS) that is to be used as a backup for the downstream PU associated with this link station. This parameter allows the default backup server to be overridden. A backup is not required, and the NULL value indicates the absence of a backup server. Note that NULL can be specified even when a default backup server has been defined (by erasing the default value that appears for this parameter).


Table 26. Configuration Parameter List - Modify LLC Characteristics
Parameter Information

Parameter
Remote APPN SAP

Valid Values
Multiples of four in the hexadecimal range of X'04' to X'EC'.

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the Destination SAP (DSAP) address on the destination node to which data will be sent. This DSAP address value will appear in the LLC frame to identify the service access point (SAP) address associated with the adjacent node's APPN link station.

Parameter
Maximum number of outstanding I-format LPDUs (TW)

Valid Values
1 to 127

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the transmit Command Line option which is the maximum number of sequentially numbered I-format LPDUs that the link station may have unacknowledged at any given time.

Parameter
Receive window size

Valid Values
1 to 127

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum number of unacknowledged sequentially numbered I-format LPDUs that the LLC link station can receive from the remote link station. RW is advertised in SNA XID frames and IEEE 802.2 XID frames. The XID receiver should set its effective TW to a value less than or equal to the value of the received RW to avoid overruns.

Parameter
Inactivity timer (Ti)

Valid Values
1 to 254 seconds

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
A link station uses Ti to detect an inoperative condition in either the remote link station or in the transmission media. If an LPDU is not received in the time interval specified by Ti, an S-format command LPDU with the poll bit set is transmitted to solicit remote link station status. Recovery is then based on the reply timer (T1).

Parameter
Reply timer (T1)

Valid Values
1 to 254 half-seconds

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
A link station uses T1 to detect a failure to receive a required acknowledgment or response from the remote link station. When T1 expires, the link station sends an S-format command link layer protocol data unit (LPDU) with the poll bit set to solicit remote link station status or any U-format command LPDUs that have not been responded to. The duration of T1 should take into account any delays introduced by underlying layers.

Parameter
Maximum number of retransmissions (N2)

Valid Values
1 to 254

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the maximum number of times an LPDU will be retransmitted following the expiration of the reply timer (T1).

Parameter
Receive acknowledgment timer (T2)

Valid Values
1 to 254 half-seconds

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter may be used in conjunction with the N3 counter to reduce acknowledgment traffic. A link station uses T2 to delay the sending of an acknowledgment for a received I-format LPDU. T2 is started when an I-format LPDU is received, and reset when an acknowledgment is sent in an I-format or S-format LPDU. If T2 expires, the link station must send an acknowledgment as soon as possible. The value of T2 must be less than that of T1, to ensure that the remote link station will receive the delayed acknowledgment before its T1 expires.

Parameter
Acknowledgment needed to increment working window

Valid Values
0 to 127 acknowledgments

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
When the working window (Ww) is not equal to the Maximum Transmit Window Size (Tw), this parameter is the number of transmitted I-format LPDUs that must be acknowledged before the working window can be incremented (by 1). When congestion is detected, by the lost of I-format LPDUs, Ww is set to 1.


Table 27. Configuration Parameter List - Modify HPR Defaults
Parameter Information

Parameter
Inactivity timer override for HPR (HPR Ti)

Valid Values
1 to 254 seconds

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the HPR override LLC inactivity timer (HPR Ti) that is to be used when HPR is supported by this link station. This parameter overrides the value taken from the default inactivity timer override for the HPR parameter.

This parameter supersedes the value of the LLC inactivity timer (Ti) parameter specified on the Modify Logical Link Control (LLC) Characteristics parameter when HPR is supported.


Parameter
Reply timer override for HPR (HPR T1)

Valid Values
1 to 254 half-seconds

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the HPR override LLC reply timer (HPR T1) that is to be used when HPR is supported by this link station. This parameter overrides the value taken from the default reply timer override for HPR parameter specified on HPR Defaults.

This parameter supersedes the value of the LLC reply timer (T1) parameter specified on the Modify Logical Link Control (LLC) Characteristics parameter when HPR is supported.


Parameter
Maximum number retransmission (HPR N2)

Valid Values
1 to 2 160 000

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the HPR override LLC maximum number of retransmissions (HPR N2) that is to be used when HPR is supported by this link station. This parameter overrides the value taken from the default maximum number of retransmissions for HPR parameter specified on the HPR LLC Override defaults.

This parameter supersedes the value of the LLC maximum number of retransmissions (N2) parameter specified on the Modify Logical Link Control (LLC) Characteristics parameter when HPR is supported.


Parameter
Limited Resource Timer

Valid Values
1 to 216000 seconds

Default Value
Default value is taken from the associated port parameter.

Description
This parameter specifies the timer value associated with the limited resource.

Syntax:

add
lu-name

You will be prompted to enter a station name to associate with this LU.

You will be prompted to enter a value for the following parameter. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses (). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 28. Configuration Parameter List - LEN End Node LU Name
Parameter Information

Parameter
fully-qualified LU name

Valid Values
fully-qualified (explicit) LU name Generic (partially explicit) LU name Wildcard entry

A string of up to 17 characters in the form of netID.LUname, where:

  • netID is a network ID from 1 to 8 characters
  • LUname is a control point name from 1 to 8 characters

Each name must conform to the following rules:

  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Note:An existing fully-qualified LU name, using the special characters @, $, and # from the character set A, continues to be supported; however, these characters should not be used for new LU names.

To reduce the number of fully-qualified LU names you need to specify, you can define a generic LU name using the wildcard character (*) to represent a portion of the LU name (LUname). You can also define a wildcard entry by using the wildcard character as the whole LU name.

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the fully-qualified names of LUs associated with a LEN end node. The specified LU names are registered in the network node's directory services database. If a name is not registered, the network node cannot locate the LU (unless the LU name is the same as the CP name of the LEN end node).

You need to specify a fully-qualified LU name, which consists of a network ID and the LU name. The network ID is the name of the network that contains the adjacent LEN end node. The LU name is the name of a logical unit accessible through the adjacent LEN end node.

Syntax:

add
connection-network

You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 29. Configuration Parameter List - Connection Network - Detail
Parameter Information

Parameter
Fully-qualified Connection network name (required for each connection network defined)

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Note:An existing connection network of which this node desires to become a member, named using the special characters @, $, and # from the character set A, continues to be supported; however, these characters should not be used for new connection network names.

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the fully-qualified name of the connection network being defined on this router network node. Since this name becomes the CP name of the virtual routing node (VRN), the name must be unique among all CP and LU names in the APPN network (same as in the local Control Point Name).

All nodes that are members of a given connection network must use the same VRN Name.

The fully-qualified VRN Name (CP name of VRN) has the form:

NetworkID.ConnectionNetworkName where NetworkID is this router network node's network identifier.

Parameter
Port type (required)

Valid Values
Token-ring, Ethernet, Frame Relay BAN, IP
Note:If the port type is IP, no port name will be specified since there is only one IP port.

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the type of ports providing connectivity to the SATF for the connection network being defined. A given connection network only supports one type of port with one set of characteristics.

Parameter
Port name (required)

Valid Values
Name of port on which APPN routing has been enabled.
Note:If the port type is IP, no port name will be specified since there is only one IP port.

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the name of a port providing connectivity to the shared access transport facility (SATF) for the connection network being defined.

All ports defined for a given connection network must be the same type and have the same characteristics.
Note:For a port type of IP, additional ports added to an IP connection network can be any port that IP has been defined to use.

At least one additional port besides the IP port must be added for the connection network to be used.

Since the IP port is a pseudo port that always comes up when the node is initialized, real ports that IP is defined on (TR, FR, ...) must be added to the CN. When at least one of these real ports is up, the connection network link is assumed active. When all of these real ports is down, the connection network link is assumed to be inactive.

Parameter
Limited Resource Timer

Valid Values
1 to 216000 seconds

Default Value
180

Description
This parameter specifies the timer value associated with a limited resource.

Parameter
DLCI number

Valid Values
16 to 1007

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the DLCI number used by the router to connect to the Frame Relay network. When the router initiates a connection to a link station on the LAN through the connection network, it will use this DLCI number to connect to the Frame Relay network.

Parameter
BAN destination address (BDA)

Valid Values
X'0000 0000 0000' to X'7FFF FFFF FFFF'

Default Value
X'0000 0000 0000'

Description
This parameter specifies the BAN destination address configured in the node that is performing the BAN function. If you are using bridging to connect the LAN network to the Frame Relay network, specify X'0000 0000 0000' as the value of this parameter. In this case, the MAC address reported to the APPN topology for the connection network TG is the BNI MAC address coded on the APPN port associated with this connection network definition.


Table 30. Configuration Parameter List - TG Characteristics (Connection Network)
Parameter Information

Parameter
Cost per connect time

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value
0

Description
This parameter expresses the relative cost of maintaining a connection over the associated TG. The units are user-defined and are typically based on the applicable tariffs of the transmission facility being used. The assigned values should reflect the actual expense of maintaining a connection over the TG relative to all other TGs in the network. A value of zero means that connections over the TG may be made at no additional cost (as in the case of many non-switched facilities). Higher values represent higher costs.

Parameter
Cost per byte

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value
0

Description
This parameter expresses the relative cost of transmitting a byte over the associated TG. The units are user-defined and the assigned value should reflect the actual expenses incurred for transmitting over the TG relative to all other TGs in the network. A value of zero means that bytes may be transmitted over the TG at no additional cost. Higher values represent higher costs.

Parameter
Security

Valid Values
Nonsecure - all else (for example, satellite-connected, or located in a nonsecure country).
Public switched network - secure in the sense that route is not predetermined.
Underground cable - located in secure country (as determined by the network administrator).
Secure conduit - not guarded, (for example, pressurized pipe).
Guarded conduit - protected against physical tapping.
Encrypted - link-level encryption is provided.
Guarded radiation - guarded conduit containing the transmission medium; protected against physical and radiation tapping.

Default Value
Nonsecure

Description
This parameter indicates the level of security protection associated with the TG. If security attributes other than the architecturally-defined ones are needed, one of the user-defined TG characteristics may be used to specify additional values.

Parameter
Propagation delay

Valid Values
  • Minimum LAN - less than 480 microseconds
  • Telephone - between .48 and 49.152 milliseconds
  • Packet switched - between 49.152 and 245.76 milliseconds
  • Satellite - greater than 245.76 milliseconds Maximum

Default Value
LAN

Description
This parameter specifies the approximate range for the length of time that it takes for a signal to propagate from one end of the TG to the other.

Parameter
Effective capacity

Valid Values
2 hexadecimal digits in the range X'00' to X'FF'

Default Value
X'75'

Description
This parameter specifies the effective maximum bit transmission rate for this connection network TG. Effective capacity specifies the maximum effective rate for both physical links and logical links.

The effective capacity is encoded as a single-byte representation. The values X'00' and X'FF' are special cases used to denote minimum and maximum capacities. The range of the encoding is very large; however, only 256 values in the range may be specified.


Parameter
First user-defined characteristic

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value
128

Description
This parameter specifies the first of three additional characteristics that users may define to describe the TGs in the network. The default value of 128 allows a subset of TGs to be defined as more or less desirable than the rest without defining values for all TGs.

Parameter
Second user-defined characteristic

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value
128

Description
This parameter specifies the second of three additional characteristics that users may define to describe the TGs in the network. The default value of 128 allows a subset of TGs to be defined as more or less desirable than the rest without defining values for all TGs.

Parameter
Third user-defined characteristic

Valid Values
0 to 255

Default Value
128

Description
This parameter specifies the third of three additional characteristics that users may define to describe the TGs in the network. The default value of 128 allows a subset of TGs to be defined as more or less desirable than the rest without defining values for all TGs.

Syntax:

add
mode

You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 31. Configuration Parameter List - APPN COS - Mode Name to COS Name Mapping - Detail
Parameter Information

Parameter
Mode name (required)

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Note: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

Description
This parameter specifies the Mode name for the Mode name to COS name mapping being defined. See "COS Options" for additional information about Mode name to COS mapping.

Parameter
COS name (required)

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

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

Parameter
Session-level pacing Command Line option size

Valid Values
1 to 63

Default Value
7

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

  • For fixed session-level pacing:
    • The session-level pacing Command Line option size parameter specifies the receive pacing Command Line option for this node.
    • The value of this parameter is the suggested receive pacing Command Line option for the adjacent node.

  • For adaptive session-level pacing:
    • The session-level pacing Command Line option size parameter specifies a tuning parameter to be used as the minimum size for Isolated Pacing Messages sent by the adjacent nodes.

Syntax:

add
additional-port-to-connection-network

You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].
Note:You can have a maximum of 5 ports per connection network definition.

Table 32. Configuration Parameter List - APPN Additional port to Connection Network
Parameter Information

Parameter
Connection network name (fully-qualified) (required for each connection network defined)

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Note:An existing connection network of which this node desires to become a member, named using the special characters @, $, and # from the character set A, continues to be supported; however, these characters should not be used for new connection network names.

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the name of the connection network being defined on this router network node. Since this name becomes the CP name of the virtual routing node (VRN), the name must be unique among all CP and LU names in the APPN network (same as in the local Control Point Name).

All nodes that are members of a given connection network must use the same VRN Name.

The fully-qualified VRN Name (CP name of VRN) has the form:

NetworkID.ConnectionNetworkName where NetworkID is this router network node's network identifier.

Parameter
Port name

Valid Values
A unique unqualified name that is automatically generated by the Command Line.

The name will consist of:

  • TR (token-ring)
  • EN (Ethernet)

Default Value
Unqualified name generated by the Command Line.

Description
This parameter specifies the name representing this port.

When the connection network that the port is being added to is IP, only ports that IP is defined to have an interface on will be permitted to be added to the IP CN. At least one real port that has IP defined must be added to the IP CN for the CN to become active and to be used.


Syntax:

add
focal_point

You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 33. Configuration Parameter List - APPN Implicit Focal Point
Parameter Information

Parameter
focal point

Valid Values
A fully-qualified CP name

Default Value
Blanks

Description
This parameter specifies the fully-qualified CP name representing this focal point.

The first focal point added is the primary implicit focal point. Up to 8 additional backup implicit focal points may be added by invoking Add focal_point multiple times. If the primary implicit focal point is taken off the focal point list with Delete focal_point, the first backup implicit focal point, if there is one, becomes the primary implicit focal point.


Syntax:

add
local-pu

You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 34. Configuration Parameter List - APPN Local PU
Parameter Information

Parameter
Station name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the name representing the link between the DLUR and the PU.

Parameter
Primary DLUS name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the name to be used to override the primary DLUS configured for this node.

Parameter
Secondary DLUS name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the name to be used to override the secondary DLUS configured for this node.

Parameter
Autoactivate

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
Yes

Description
This parameter specifies whether to activate this link at start-up.
Note:If the local link will be used for a DDDLU PU, you should specify yes to this question.

If the local link is not set to autoactivate, then the first attempt to use the local pu (that is, the first attempt to establish a TN3270 session) will fail because the link is not yet up. While this attempt will fail, it causes the link to come up, and that link will be available for the next attempt. Since the link comes up when the SSCP-PU session is established, and that is when the link is identified as a DDDLU link. No DDDLU sessions can be established until the link is identified as a DDDLU link.

Parameter
Enable Host Initiated Dynamic LU Definition

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter indicates whether or not dependent LUs will be created dynamically (as opposed to having to be configured.) If yes is specified, LUs will be defined for this PU as ACTLU requests (with CV0E) are received. LUs for the TN3270E Server do not have to be configured.
Note:This question is asked only if solicit sscp session is yes.

Syntax:

add
routing_list
Note:These questions are asked only if you have configured the node as a border node.

There are a number of editing shortcut keys available to speed the modification of existing data in a previously configured routing list. These shortcut keys may be used when you are prompted for the Destination LUs and the Routing CPs.


Table 35. Configuration Parameter List - Routing List Configuration
Parameter Information

Parameter
Routing list name

Valid Values
Character string up to 20 characters in length with no imbedded blanks. Mixed case and special characters are allowed.

Default Value
Blank

Description
This parameter identifies a specific routing list for modification. listing, or deletion by the configuration code. It is not used by the operational code. Up to 255 routing lists may be configured depending upon availability of configuration memory. Case is respected.

Parameter
Subnet visit count

Valid Values
1 to 255

Default Value
Default taken from corresponding node level parameter

Description
This parameter specifies how many networks a locate search procedure may traverse.

Parameter
Dynamic routing list updates

Valid Values
0 (none)

1 (full)

2 (limited)

Default Value
Default value taken from corresponding node level parameter

Description
This parameter controls whether entries can be automatically added to the node's temporary subnet routing list. It can be set to the same values as the analogous node level parameter. If this function is enabled the automatically added entries are only added to the temporary copy of the routing list.

Parameter
Enable routing list optimization

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
Yes

Description
Indicates whether the node is allowed to reorder the subnetwork routing list so that entries most likely to succeed come first. This reordering occurs in the internal temporary copy of the routing list.

Parameter
Destination LU found via this list

Valid Values

A fully-qualified LU name with optional trailing wildcard. Legal characters for the LU name are: A-Z, @, $, #, 0-9.

The first character of the NETID part and of the LU name part must be non-numeric.

Any of the FQ LU names may be terminated with a wild card "*" character to designate the range of LUs. For example,

  • *
  • NETI*
  • NETI.LUA*

Default Value
Blank

Description
This parameter specifies a list of destination LUs that can be found via this routing list.

This question will be repeated until terminated with a null entry.

Notes:

  1. Only a single entry among all of the routing lists may have a standalone "*" . This will match all LUs, and the routing list containing it is known as the default routing list.

  2. All the editing shortcuts described at the beginning of this table are available to speed modification of a previously configured routing CP(s) list.

  3. Any given LU name may not be duplicated in another routing list.

  4. Maximum number of LU names that may be specified:

    • 2212 - 126

Parameter
Routing CP and optional subnet visit count

Valid Values
A fully-qualified CP name consisting of 1 to 17 characters followed by an optional numeric subnet visit count. Legal characters for the CP name are: A-Z, @, $, #, 0-9

The first character of the NETID part and of the CP name part must be non-numeric. The optional subnet visit count range is 1 to 255 and should be separated from the fully-qualified CP name by one or more spaces.

Default Value
Blank for fully-qualified CP name and node-level setting for subnet visit count.

Description
This parameter specifies a list of one or more fully-qualified CP names of CPs that might know how to reach one or more of the previously configured destination LUs.

Each of the following special keywords may be used once in any given routing list:

  • "*" - equivalent to specifying all native BNs, all adjacent non-native BNs, and all adjacent non-native NNs.

  • "*SELF" - equivalent to specifying the local node's fully-qualified CP name

  • "*EBNS" - equivalent to specifying all native BNs

This question will be repeated until terminated with a null entry.

Notes:

  1. All the editing shortcuts described at the beginning of this table are available to speed modification of a previously configured routing CP list.

  2. If you configure "*SELF" as a CP name, you cannot configure the local node's CP name.

  3. Any given routing list can have the following maximum number of CP names and keywords:

    • 2212 - 144

  4. Across all routing lists, you may use no more than the following number of different CP names and keywords:

    • 2212 - 144

  5. Any given CP name or keyword may appear in no more than 255 routing lists.

Syntax:

add
cos_mapping_table
Note:These questions are asked only if you have configured the node as a border node.

The editing shortcut keys specified at the beginning of the routing list table are also valid here. Use them to speed modification of the non-native CP names and COS name pairs.


Table 36. Configuration Parameter List - COS Mapping Table Configuration
Parameter Information

Parameter
COS mapping table name

Valid Values
Character string up to 20 characters in length, with no imbedded blanks. Mixed case and special characters are allowed.

Default Value
Blank

Description
This parameter identifies a specific COS mapping table. It allows you to identify the table for modification, listing, or deletion by the configuration software. It is not used by the operational software. Up to 255 COS mapping tables may be configured depending upon availability of configuration memory. Case is respected.

Parameter
Non-native NETID or CP name

Valid Values
A fully-qualified CP name with optional trailing wildcard. Legal characters for the CP name are: A-Z, @, $, #, 0-9

The first character of the NETID part and of the CP name part must be non-numeric. Any of the fully-qualified CP names may be terminated with a wildcard "*" character to designate a range of CPs. For example:

  • *

  • NET1*

  • NET1.LUA*

Default Value
Blank

Description
This parameter specifies a list of one or more non-native networks that this mapping table applies to. This question is repeated until terminated with a null entry.

Notes:

  1. Only a single entry among all the routing lists may have a standalone "*" . This will match all non-native networks, and is known as the default routing list.

  2. Any given CP name may not be duplicated in another COS mapping table.

  3. Maximum number of CP names that may be specified:

    • 2212 - 126

Parameter
Native and non-native COS-name pair

Valid Values
A pair of COS names, separated by a blank. Legal characters are: A-Z, @, $, #, 0-9

The first character of each name must be non-numeric.

Default Value
Blank

Description
This parameter identifies a pair of COS names. A native COS name is followed by the corresponding non-native COS name.

For any given COS mapping table, one of the COS name pairs may specify the non-native COS name as "*" . This designates the default entry to use for all non-native COS names that do not explicitly match another entry in the table.

One COS name pair cannot exactly match another COS name pair in a given table. However, a given native COS name can be used in multiple entries, and it is also okay for a given non-native COS name to be used in multiple entries. The operational software will use the first entry it finds.

This question will be repeated until terminated with a null entry.

Notes:

  1. The native and non-native names cannot be identical. Only COS names that need to be changed should be specified.

  2. A given native or non-native COS name may appear in multiple entries, but you cannot have two identical COS name pairs.

  3. When you have multiple native COS names mapping to the same non-native COS name, the border node will use the first of those mappings when it needs to map from non-native to native. Similarly, when you have multiple non-native COS names mapping to a common native COS name, the border node will use the first of those mappings when it needs to map from native to non-native.

  4. Any given COS mapping table can have the following maximum number of COS name pairs:

    • 2212 - 46

  5. Across all COS mapping tables, you may use no more than the following number of native COS names:

    • 2212 - 144

    There is no analogous limit for non-native COS names.

  6. Any given native COS name may appear no more than 255 times across all routing lists.

Delete

Use the delete command to delete:

Syntax:

delete
port port-name

link link-station-name

lu-name lu-name

connection-network connection-network-name

additional-port-to-connection-network cn-port-name

mode name

focal_point focal-point-name

local-pu

routing_list routing list name

cos_mapping_table mapping table name

List

Use the list command to list:

Syntax:

list
all

node

traces

management

hpr

dlur

port port name

link station link station name

lu name lu name

mode name mode name

connection network connection network name

focal_point

routing_list routing list name

cos_mapping_table mapping table name

Activate_new_config

Use the activate_new_config command to read the configuration into non-volatile memory.

Syntax:

activate_new_config

TN3270E


Table 37. TN3270E Configuration Command Summary
 Command   Function   See page: 
? (Help) Displays all the commands available for this command level or lists the options for specific commands (if available). See "Getting Help".
Set  tn3270e   *** 
Add  Adds or updates the following:    

 implicit-pool   Table 39 

 lu   Table 40 

 mapping   *** 

 port   *** 
Delete  Deletes the following: 
  • implicit-pool
  • lu
  • mapping
  • port
 *** 
 List all   Lists the configuration memory   *** 
Exit Returns you to the previous command level. See "Exiting a Lower Level Environment".

Syntax:

set

You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 38. Configuration Parameter List - Set TN3270E
Parameter Information

Parameter
Enable TN3270E Server

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
Yes

Description
This parameter specifies whether TN3270E Server support will be enabled.

Parameter
TN3270E Server IP Address

Valid values
Any IP address

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter is the IP address associated with the TN3270E Server.

Parameter
Port number

Valid Values
1 to 65535

Default Value
23

Description
This parameter specifies the port number associated with the TN3270E Server.

Parameter
Enable Client IP address to LU name mapping?

Valid values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether client IP address to LU name mapping occurs.

Parameter
Default pool name

Valid Values
Any alphanumeric string of 1 to 8 characters

Default Value
PUBLIC

Description
This parameter specifies the name of the default pool. This pool is used when TN3270 clients connect and do not specify an LU/pool name.

Parameter
NetDisp Advisor Port Number

Valid Values
1 to 65535

Default Value
10008

Description
This parameter sets the port number for the Network Dispatcher Advisor.

Parameter
Keepalive type

Valid Values

0
None

1
Timing mark

2
NOP

Default Value
0

Description
This parameter specifies the Keepalive type.

A Keepalive type of Timing mark requires responses from the client within the amount of time specified using the Timer parameter .

A Keepalive type of NOP specifies that the client will not send back a response to the Keepalive message. Notification that the client is no longer there will come from TCP.


Parameter
Frequency

Valid Values
1 to 65535 seconds

Default Value
60

Description
This parameter specifies how often the Keepalive message is sent to the client.

Parameter
Timer

Valid Values
1 to 65536 seconds

Default Value
10

Description
This parameter sets the timer value to be used with the Keepalive function.

Parameter
Automatic logoff

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether automatic logoff will be enabled.

Parameter
Time

Valid Values
1 to 65535 minutes

Default Value
30

Description
This parameter sets the time that the TN3270E link can be idle before being automatically logged off.

Parameter
IPv4 Precedence

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter sets the IPv4 precedence value, which allows priority queueing of IPv4 encapsulated packets.

Syntax:

add
implicit-pool

This command defines a pool of LUs as opposed to the add lu command which adds a single LU. You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 39. Configuration Parameter List - Add TN3270E Implicit
Parameter Information

Parameter
Pool name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
PUBLIC

Description
This parameter specifies the name of the LU pool to be used when TN3270 clients connect.

Parameter
Pool class

Valid Values
1 or 2, where:
  1. Implicit workstation
  2. Implicit printer

Default Value
1

Description
This parameter specifies type of LU pool.

Parameter
Station name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the name representing the link between the DLUR and the PU or the subarea link over which SNA data will flow.

Parameter
LU Name Mask

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 5 characters:
  • First character: A to Z, @, $, and #
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
@01LU

Description
This parameter specifies the mask to be used to ensure that the LU names will not duplicate other names in the network.

LU names are generated by appending the NAU address to the end of the LU name mask. When not specifying an address range, NAU addresses from 2 - 253 will be checked to see if the address is unused. If the address is available, it will be used. Otherwise, the next NAU address will be tried.

For example, if the LU name mask is FRED, the possible LU names are [FRED2, FRED3, ..., FRED253].


Parameter
LU type

Valid Values

  • 1 - 3270 Mod 2 display

  • 2 - 3270 Mod 3 display

  • 3 - 3270 Mod 4 display

  • 4 - 3270 Mod 5 display

  • 5 - 3270 printer

  • 6 - SCS printer

Default Value
1

Description
This parameter specifies the type of dependent LU for the LU being added.

Parameter
Specify LU address range?

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether you want to define an LU address range.

Parameter
LU address range

Valid Values
Any range of values within 2 - 253

Default Value
none

Description
This parameter specifies LU address range.

The LU address range can be specified by using the following format:

    lower_address_bound-upper_address_bound
 

If no hyphen follows the first value, that value is assumed to be a single LU address. Multiple ranges can be entered, separated by commas. For example, the following string specifies 2 address ranges and 2 specific LU addresses:

     2-40,56,58,100-250
 

Parameter
Number of implicit workstation definitions

Valid Values
1 to 253

Default Value
1

Description
This parameter specifies the number of dependent LUs to be added to the implicit pool.

add
lu

This command adds a specific LU. You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 40. Configuration Parameter List - Add TN3270E LU
Parameter Information

Parameter
LU name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z,@, $, and #
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the LU name of the dependent LU being defined.

Parameter
NAU address

Valid Values
2 to 254

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the NAU address of the LU being defined.

Parameter
Station name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the name representing either the link between the DLUR and the PU defined using the add local-pu command or the subarea link over which SNA data will flow.

Parameter
Class

Valid Values

1
Explicit Workstation

2
Implicit Workstation

3
Explicit Printer

4
Implicit Printer

Default Value
1

Description
This parameter specifies the LU class.

Parameter
LU type

Valid Values

  • 1 -- 3270 Mod 2 display

  • 2-- 3270 Mod 3 display

  • 3 -- 3270 Mod 4 display

  • 4 -- 3270 Mod 5 display

  • 5 -- 3270 printer

  • 6 -- SCS printer

Default Value
1

Description
This parameter specifies the type of dependent LU for the LU being added.

Parameter
Implicit pool name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z, <
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
<DEFLT>

Description
This parameter specifies the name of the implicit pool to be used in the LU definition. This question is asked only if the class is an implicit workstation or implicit printer.

Parameter
Define an associated printer

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether you want to define an associated printer.

Parameter
Associated printer name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z,@, $, and #
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the name of the associated printer.

Parameter
Associated printer NAU address

Valid Values
2 to 254

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the NAU address for the associated printer LU definition.

Syntax:

add
map

This command adds a client IP address to LU name mapping. You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

The following mapping rules apply:

Note:When a client connects while mapping is enabled, the server will begin ANDing the client's IP address with the subnet mask of each sequential map. The longest match between the incoming client IP address and the map definition determines which map definition is tried first. If all eligible resources in the map definition are in use, the map definitions are again searched for the next most specific match.

Table 41. Configuration Parameter List - Add TN3270E Map
Parameter Information

Parameter
Client IP address or Network address

Valid Values
Any valid IP address

Default Value
0.0.0.0

Description
This parameter specifies the IP address of the client or network map definition to be added.

Parameter
Client IP address or Network address Mask

Valid Values
Any valid IP address mask

Default Value
0.0.0.0

Description
This parameter specifies the IP address mask of the client or network map definition to be added.

Parameter
Pool name/LU name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies an LU name or a Pool name to be mapped to the IP address. The LU name can only be mapped to a Host address. If the mask is a network mask, the name specified must be a pool name.

Syntax:

add
port

This command specifies additional port for the TN3270E Server to listen on. You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 42. Configuration Parameter List - Add TN3270E Port
Parameter Information

Parameter
Port number

Valid Values
1 to 65536

Default Value
none

Description
This parameter specifies the port number to be added.

Parameter
Support TN3270E?

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
Yes

Description
This parameter specifies whether the added port will negotiate to be a TN3270E server. If it is not an "E" Server, it will not support printing or system requests.

Parameter
Pool name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the name of the pool associated with this port. Clients that connect to this port and do not specify an LU name or pool name will be assigned an LU from this pool.

Parameter
Disable Client Filtering for this port?

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether incoming connections on this port should use the box-wide Client IP Address to LU Name Mapping function if it is enabled.

Syntax:

delete
lu

This command removes a TN3270E LU. You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 43. Configuration Parameter List - Delete TN3270E LU
Parameter Information

Parameter
LU name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z,@, $, and #
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the LU name of the dependent LU to be removed.

Syntax:

delete
implicit-pool

This command removes a TN3270E implicit pool. You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 44. Configuration Parameter List - Delete TN3270E Implicit
Parameter Information

Parameter
Pool name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the name of the LU pool to be deleted.

Parameter
Delete entire pool

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether the entire pool or a specific entry is to be deleted.

Parameter
Station name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the name of the station to be deleted.

Syntax:

delete
map

This command removes a client IP address to LU name mapping. You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 45. Configuration Parameter List - Delete TN3270E Map
Parameter Information

Parameter
Client IP address or Network address

Valid Values
Any valid IP address

Default Value
0.0.0.0

Description
This parameter specifies the IP address of the client or network map definition to be deleted.

Parameter
Client IP address or Network address Mask

Valid Values
Any valid IP address mask

Default Value
0.0.0.0

Description
This parameter specifies the IP address mask of the client or network map definition to be deleted.

Parameter
Delete all entries for this client?

Valid Values
Yes or No

Default Value
No

Description
This parameter specifies whether the entire pool or a specific name is to be deleted.

Parameter
Pool name

Valid Values
A string of 1 to 8 characters:
  • First character: A to Z
  • Second to eighth characters: A to Z, 0 to 9

Default Value
None

Description
This parameter specifies the LU name or pool name to be deleted.

Syntax:

delete
port

This command deletes port definitions. You will be prompted to enter values for the following parameters. The parameter range will be shown in parentheses ( ). The parameter default will be shown in square brackets [ ].

Table 46. Configuration Parameter List - Delete TN3270E Port
Parameter Information

Parameter
Port number

Valid Values
1 to 65536

Default Value
none

Description
This parameter specifies the port number to be added.

Syntax:

list
all

This command lists a TN3270E configuration.


Monitoring APPN

This section describes how to monitor APPN. It includes the following sections:


Accessing the APPN Monitoring Commands

Use the following procedure to access the APPN monitoring commands. This process gives you access to an APPN's monitoring process.

At the OPCON prompt, enter talk 5.

After you enter the talk 5 command, the GWCON prompt (+) displays on the terminal. If the prompt does not appear when you first enter configuration, press Return again.

Enter protocol APPN For example:

* talk 5
+
+ protocol APPN
 

APPN Monitoring Commands

This section describes the APPN monitoring commands for monitoring APPN interfaces. Enter the commands at the APPN> prompt.

Table 47. APPN Monitoring Command Summary
 Command   Function 
? (Help) Displays all the commands available for this command level or lists the options for specific commands (if available). See "Getting Help".
 Activate   Activates a configured link 
 Aping   Pings an address 
 Deactivate   Deactivates a configured or dynamic link 
 Dump   Creates an APPN dump file 
 List   Lists: 
  • CP-CP_sessions - displays information on CP-CP sessions.
  • ISR_sessions - displays information on active ISR transmission groups.
  • Session_information - If Save RSCV information for intermediate nodes is Yes, displays origin CP Name, primary LU Name, and secondary LU Name.
  • RTP_connections - displays information on RTP connections.
  • Port_information - displays information on all ports unless a particular interface is requested.
  • Link_information - displays information on all links unless a particular interface is requested.
  • Focal_point - displays currently active focal point.
  • Appc - displays information about APPC sessions.
  • Dumps - displays dump information.
  • Local-link
  • Log
  • Incomplete_locates
  • DLUR information - displays upstream and downstream DLUR status
  • Directory Services status - displays summary statistical information about Directory Services
  • Directory Services resources - displays all resources known to the node's Directory Services
  • Topology - displays the active TG list
 Memory   Obtains and displays APPN memory usage information. 
 Restart   Restarts APPN 
 Stop   Stops APPN 
 Test   Performs an HPR route test and displays the results 
 TN3270   Accesses the TN3270 + command prompt from which you can display TN3270 configuration information. See Table 48
 Transmit   Transmits a dump from the hardfile to a workstation in the network using tftp. 
Exit Returns you to the previous command level. See "Exiting a Lower Level Environment".

Activate

Use the activate link command to activate a configured link. Use the list link command to view the status of the link.

Syntax:

activate link link_name

Aping

Syntax:

aping flags lu_name

where,

flags
Specifies the options for the APING.

-m
Mode name

Default Value: #INTER

-t
TP name

Default Value: APING

-i
Count of sends and receives to issue

Default Value: 1

-x
Count of conversations to run

Default Value: 1

-y
Count of TPs to run

Default Value: 1

-s
Size of packet

Default Value: 100

-q
Quiet

-b
Background display goes to talk 2

lu_name
Specifies the fully-qualified LU name of the target of the APING.

Valid Values: Any valid fully-qualified LU name

Default Value: None

Deactivate

Use the deactivate link command to deactivate a configured link. Use the list link command to view the status of the link. Configured links should have an inactive status and dynamic links should disappear.

Syntax:

deactivate link link_name

Dump

Use the Dump command to create APPN dump files to the hardfile, if there is a hardfile in the device. If the device does not have a hardfile, it will transfer the dump file to the server, which is defined using the talk 6 set dump target and enable dump-memory commands at the APPN> prompt.

Syntax:

dump

List

Use the List command to display information about the APPN configuration. The command lists:

Syntax:

list name

Command
Function

List cp
Displays a table of all cp sessions.

List isr
Displays a table of all defined active ISR transmission groups.

List session_info
Displays origin CP Name, primary LU Name and secondary LU Name if Save RSCV information for intermediate sessions is Yes.

List rtp
Displays a table of all RTP connections.

List port
Displays a summary table of all ports.

List port port name
Displays detailed information about the requested port.

List link
Displays a summary table of all links.

List link station name
Displays detailed information about the requested link station.

List focal
Displays currently active focal point, if there is one.

List appc
Displays information about APPC sessions.

List dumps
Displays information about the dumps saved on the hard file.

List local_link_information
Displays information about local links.

List routing_list
Displays information about all configured routing lists.

list log
Displays the last 20 log entries.

list incomplete_locates
Displays information on locates waiting for replies.

list dlurinfo
Displays upstream and downstream DLUR status for each internal and external dependent PU.

list dsresource
Displays all resources known to the node's Directory Services.

list ds_status
Displays summary statistical information about Directory Services.

list topology
Displays the active TG list.

Memory

Use the Memory command to display APPN memory usage information.

Syntax:

memory

Restart

Use the Restart command to restart APPN after it has been stopped.

Syntax:

restart

Stop

Use the Stop command to cause APPN to stop.

Syntax:

stop

Test

Use the test rtp command to perform an HPR route test and display the results. Use the list rtp command first to determine the tcid of the RTP connection you wish to test.

Syntax:

test rtp tcid

TN3270E

Use the tn3270e command to access the TN3270E> command prompt from which you can display information about the TN3270E configuration. See Table 48.

Syntax:

tn3270e

Table 48. TN3270E Monitoring Command Summary
 Command   Function    
? (Help) Displays all the commands available for this command level or lists the options for specific commands (if available). See "Getting Help".
 List   Lists the following from configuration memory: 
  • Pools
  • Pools pool name
  • Status
  • Connections
  • Connections LU name
  • Connections IP address
  • Maps
  • Ports
  
Exit Returns you to the previous command level. See "Exiting a Lower Level Environment".

Command
Function

List pools
Displays a table of pools in the active state.

List pools poolname
Displays details about the specific pool name.

List status
Displays the status of the TN3270E Server.

List connections
Displays all the connections currently active.

List connections ip address
Displays all the connections currently active that originate from the specified IP address.

List connections lu/pool name
Displays all the connections currently active that are associated with the specified LU name or Pool name.

List maps
Displays the active client IP address to LU name mapping in the device.

List ports
Displays all active ports that the TN3270E Server is listening to.

Transmit

Use the Transmit command to transmit an APPN dump from the hardfile to a workstation in the network using tftp.

Syntax:

transmit dump-number


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