NetView Parameters

Alarm Autocall Timer

specifies the frequency with which the SmartSwitch will attempt to establish an alarm connection with its Primary Alarm Output ID during initial call setup or after the pre- vious alarm connection is cleared.

Alarm Max Retries

is the number of times the SmartSwitch will attempt to establish an alarm connection with its Primary Alarm Output ID during initial call setup or after the previous alarm connection is cleared.

If the value specified is greater than 0, the Alarm Autocall Timer will be used until the maximum retry value is reached. If the connection is still not established, a retry will be made once every hour.

Table 4-2 NetView Parameters

Parameter	Valid Values	Default Value


Name	up to 8 characters 1	none
Local Subscriber ID	0–15 characters	none

Remote Subscriber ID	0–15 characters	none

Maximum Bytes per Frame	25–4105	265 2
Local SAP Addr ess	0–fc(hex) 3	04
Local MAC Address	0–ffffffffffff	000000000000

IDBLK	0–fff	000

IDNUM	0–fffff	00000

T1	0–250(x 100 msec)	10 (1 sec)

T2	100–5000 (msec) 4	100
Ti	1–50 (sec)	30

N3	1–127	1

Tw	1–127	1

N2	0–255	8

Pr iority	0–9	0

Bandwidth Allocation Group	1–16	1

1Up to 10 characters can be entered, but only the first 8 will be recognized by NetView.

2Be aware that some NVMTs are larger than 265 bytes, so you may want to set the value higher.

3In multiples of 4.

4Must be less than the value for T1 to ensure that the remote link station will receive the delayed acknowledgment before T1 expires.

Name

is the VTAM PU name that will identify the SmartSwitch 1800 as a NetView Service Point.

Local Subscriber ID

is a subscriber address for the local end of an LLC2 session established for a NetView connection. An LLC2 Host record (described in Chapter 9) must be created, with

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1800 specifications

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Cabletron Systems 1800 manual NetView Parameters

Models: 1800