IBM AS/400 manual Contents

Contents

Part 1. Getting started with AS/400 communications		. . .	. . . . . . .	. . . . 1
Chapter 1.	Print this topic	. . . .	. . . . . . .	. .	.	.	3
Chapter 2.	Configuring AS/400 for communications . . . .	. . . .	. . . . . . .	. .	.	.	5
Creating a network interface description		. . . .	. . . . . . .	. .	.	.	5
Creating a network server description		. . . .	. . . . . . .	. .	.	.	5

Creating a line description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 3. Optimizing communications performance	. . .	. .	.	7
Improving wide area network performance	. . .	. .	.	7
Adjusting WAN protocols for optimum AS/400 performance	. . .	. .	.	7
Adjusting the WAN line speed for optimum AS/400 performance	. . .	. .	.	7
WAN line speed considerations for IOPs	. . .	. .	.	8
Improving local area network performance	. . .	. .	.	9
Adjusting LANs for optimum communications performance	. . .	. .	.	9
Adjusting LAN lines for optimum communications performance	. . .	. .	.	9
LAN line speed considerations for IOPs	. .	. .	.	10
Improving data path performance	. .	. .	.	10
Considerations for subsystem configuration for error recovery performance	. .	. .	.	11
Communications performance considerations for interactive jobs	. .	. .	.	12
Communications performance considerations for batch jobs	. .	. .	.	13
Mixing interactive and batch jobs on a WAN line	. .	. .	.	13
Performance considerations for AnyNet communications	. .	. .	.	14
Subsystems	. .	. .	.	15
Chapter 4. Communications applications	. .	. .	.	17

User written APPC applications	.	. .	.	.	.	.	17
Distributed data management (DDM)	.	. .	.	.	.	.	17

Application program interface (API) performance considerations	. . . .	. .	.	17
Performance considerations for intersystem communications function	. . . .	. .	.	18
Performance considerations for Common Programming Interface Communications	. . . .	. .	.	19
Chapter 5. Communicating with host systems	. . . .	. .	.	21
Matching AS/400 parameters for a host system	. . . .	. .	.	21
Matching AS/400 line description parameters for a host system	. . . .	. .	.	21
Matching AS/400 controller description parameters for a host system	. . . .	. .	.	23
Matching AS/400 device description parameters for a host system	. . . .	. .	.	24

Matching AS/400 mode and class-of-service description parameters for a host system . . . . . . 25

Configuring dependent LU requester (DLUR)	. . . . . . . . .	.	. .	.	.	.	31
Configuring the host controller description	. . . . . . . . .	.	. .	.	.	.	31

Configuring the device descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 6. Communicating with a remote AS/400 system	. .	. . . . . .	.	33
Matching AS/400 line description parameters for a remote AS/400 system . .	. .	. . . . . .	.	33
Matching AS/400 controller description parameters for a remote AS/400 system	. .	. . . . . .	.	35
Matching AS/400 device description parameters for a remote AS/400 system .	. .	. . . . . .	.	36
Connecting one AS/400 to another AS/400 system	. .	. . . . . .	.	37
Chapter 7. Communicating with remote workstation controllers	. .	. . . . . .	.	41
Matching AS/400 parameters for 5494 controllers	. .	. . . . . .	.	41
Matching AS/400 parameters for a 5494 connected by token-ring	. .	. . . . . .	.	41
Matching AS/400 parameters for a 5494 connected by Ethernet	. .	. . . . . .	.	44

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