The following conventions are used for SNANCP and NCP commands:
Convention
Meaning
circuit-id
A string of characters whose exact syntax is that for a
DECnet or SNA circuit identification.
On DECnet nodes, circuit identification takes one of the
following formats:
dev-c
dev
A device name.
c
A decimal number (0 or a positive integer)
designating the device’s hardware controller.
On the Gateway-ST node, the Ethernet circuit is identified
by the string ETHERNET. SDLC circuits are identified by a
string in the form SDLC-n, where n indicates the controller
number of the line allocated to the circuit.
E-address
A string of 12 hexadecimal digits, represented by 6 bytes
separated by hyphens (for example, AA-00-04-00-AB-04).
The string indicates the Ethernet hardware address.
line-id
A string of characters whose exact syntax is that for a
DECnet or SNA line identification.
On DECnet nodes, line identification takes one of the
following formats:
dev-c
dev
A device name.
c
A decimal number (0 or a positive integer)
designating the device’s hardware controller.
For all nonmultiplexed lines, the unit number is optional
and, if specified, is always zero (0).
On the Gateway-ST node, the Ethernet line is identified by
the string ETHERNET.
The lines from the Gateway-ST to the IBM system are
identified as a string in the form SYN-n, where n indicates
the number of the line.
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