Displaying Sdlc PU Status

●Backup Pend/Hold – (Primary DLCI only) A backup DLCI is attempting to be located. Received data will be queued on the primary DLCI's queue.

●Backup Pend/Discard – (Primary DLCI only) A backup DLCI is attempting to be located. Received data will be discarded.

To display the status of all PUs on an SNA port, press [C] at the Protocol Status Dis- plays Menu. When prompted, enter:

●RLP: Press [Enter], accepting the dafault (and only valid value) of 0.

●Port: 0–7for physical ports, 8–63for logical ports. Valid numbers for physical ports depend on the model of SmartSwitch 1800—see port locations on

page 6-1.

Node Name=nod e_xyz

SD LC PU Statu s D is play for R LP: 0		Port: 2
Station Add ress	Name	S tate
D1	Pu d1	N ever_A ctivated
D2	Pu d2	A ctive

Figure 20-10 SDLC PU Status Display

[C], [F],[C]from Main Menu

Information in this Display:

●Station Address – (specified when configuring the SNA port) identifies the PU, and must match the ADDR parameter set in the macro PU in the VTAM config- uration. (The station address is usually set to C1 for point-to-point SDLC lines, and in series C1, C2, C3 , etc. for multidrop lines.)

●Name – PU name configured in the PU parameters in the SNA Port record.

●State – will be one of these:

◆Active

◆Inactive

◆Never_Activated

◆Pending_Contact – waiting for Normal Response Mode

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SmartSwitch 1800 4. 0 User Guide, Rev 01

1800 specifications

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