IBM SC41-5420-04 manual TCP/IP Planning Checklists, Line Description Parameters Checklist

“Step 6—Configuring TCP/IP Host Table Entries” on page 18. For information about configuring and using a DNS server, see DNS(http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/v5r1/ic2924/info/rzakk/ rzakkkickoff.htm) in the Information Center. If you are using the Supplemental Manuals CD, then switch to the iSeries Information Center CD to access this information.

5.Obtain X.25 network addresses: If you plan to use TCP/IP on an X.25 private or public data network, you need to know whether you will be using a switched virtual circuit (SVC) or permanent virtual circuit (PVC).

vTo use an SVC, you need to know the network address of each remote system in the network with which you want to communicate.

vTo use a PVC, you need to know the related logical channel identifier. You can have a network address or a permanent virtual circuit, but not both, for a remote system information entry.

If a remote system is an iSeries, you can determine its network address by using the Display Line Description (DSPLIND) command on that remote system.

6.Familiarize yourself with the TCP/IP Administration Menu: The TCP/IP Administration menu (Figure 1 on page 6) provides easy access to common functions associated with administering TCP/IP.

To get to this menu, enter the GO TCPADM command from the iSeries Main Menu.

7.Familiarize yourself with the Configure TCP/IP Menu: The Configure TCP/IP menu (Figure 2 on page 8) guides you through all the tasks for configuring your server to communicate with other systems in a TCP/IP network.

You can reach this menu in two ways:

vSelect option 1 on the TCPADM menu.

vEnter the Configure TCP/IP (CFGTCP) command.

TCP/IP Planning Checklists

The following checklists (Table 1 and Table 2 on page 4) can help you prepare for the installation and configuration of TCP/IP on your network

vLine description parameters

vLocal TCP/IP host information

Line Description Parameters Checklist

Table 1. Line Description Parameters

Line Type	*ELAN	*TRLAN	*WLS	*DDI	*FR	*X25	*ASYNC	*PPP	*TDLC
Resource name	R	R	R	R		R	R	R
Local adapter address	O	O	O	O
Speed		O	O	O	O	O	O	O
SSAP (session services	O	O	O	O	O
access point)
Maximum frame size	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
Local manager mode				O
Attached non-switched					R
NWI name
Data link connection ID					R

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