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Configuring an SNA Port
Once the necessary Node, Line Processor, and protocol parameters have been con-
figured, press
[A] at the Port Configuration Menu (or [A], [C], [A] from the Main Menu.
When prompted, enter:
●
LP number of the RLP containing the port: 0–7 for FRX6000, 0 only for
FRX4000 or FRM. (The default is 0 .) (LP numbers are described in Chapter 4.)
●
Port number (see port locations in Chapter 5): 0–7 . (The default is 0 .)
The display for an existing port will show the configured parameter values, while the
display for a new port will show default database values. (See Table 8-1 and Table 8-
2.) The following figure is an example of an existing port.
Figure 8-1 SNA Port Screen 1
[A],[C],[A] from Main Menu
After configuring the above screen, press
[O]
to display a second screen. (The param-
eters for both screens are listed in Table 8-1 on page 8-4.)
You must also define the PUs (physical units) that will communicate via the SNA port.
Once the
Additional SNA Port Parameters
are configured, press
[F3]
to return to Figure
8-1, then press
[P]
,
[A]
to display a list of configured PUs, or
[P]
,
[B]
to configure a PU.
If configurng a PU, enter (when prompted) a
Station Address
:
0–ff
(hex). This address
identifies the PU you are configuring, and must match the
ADDR
parameter set in the
macro PU in the VTAM configuration. (The station address is usually set to
C1
for
point-to-point SDLC lines, and in series
C1, C2, C3
, etc. for multidrop lines.)
After entering a station address, a screen similar to the following will be displayed.
Node Name=nod exyz
SN A Port Parameters
*
R LP 0 Port 5 Lin k State Lin kup
* I /O: V .35 Databas e System Memory
A Port Type SNA SNA
B N ame sna1 sna1
C Phys ical Port In terface V.35 V.35
D Blocked Port Flag N N
E Line S peed 64k bps 64k b ps
F N o Data Poll Period (ms) 40 40
G N o Resp Poll Period (ms ) 2000 2000
H Maximum R etrans mis sions 5 5
I Outs tanding Frames 7 7
J Generate C lock Y Y
K R cv Clock (TT) from DTE N N
L S NA Type 2 h pad 2 hp ad
M N RZ Y Y
N Packet Size 1024 1024
O A dditional SN A Port Parameters
P
S DLC PU Operation s
Q On-Line S ystem Memory Chan ges Y
Option: