Administration Commands
query_node
ptf_flags
Options for configuring and controlling program temporary fix (ptf) operation. This parameter is set to NONE or to one or more of the following values which can be combined with a + character.
Possible values are:
ERP
SNAplus2 normally processes an ACTPU(ERP) as an ERP; this resets the
BIS
SNAplus2 normally uses the BIS protocol prior to deactivating a limited resource LU 6.2 session.
OVERRIDE_REQDISCONT
SNAplus2 normally uses REQDISCONT to deactivate limited resource host links that are no longer required by session traffic.
If OVERRIDE_REQDISCONT is specified, it is combined with one or both of the following values to alter the type of the REQDISCONT message:
•IMMEDIATE_DISCONTACT: SNAplus2 uses type “immediate” on REQDISCONT; if this value is not specified, SNAplus2 uses type “normal.”
•IMMEDIATE_RECONTACT: SNAplus2 uses type “immediate recontact” on REQDISCONT; if this value is not specified, SNAplus2 uses type “no immediate recontact.”
SUPPRESS_REQDISCONT
Limited resource host links are deactivated without sending REQDISCONT.
ALLOW_BB_RQE
SNAplus2 normally rejects, with sense code 2003, any begin bracket (BB) exception (RQE) request from a host unless the host follows the SNA protocol that the request must also indicate change direction (CD) . Setting this flag enables SNAplus2 to continue sessions with hosts that do not follow this protocol.
EXTERNAL_APINGD
SNAplus2 normally includes a partner program for the APING connectivity tester. Setting this value disables the APING Daemon within the node. Requests by an APING program arriving at the node will not be processed automatically.
SET_SEARCH_STATUS
When SNAplus2 is running as an End Nodeor as a Branch Network Node, it may choose whether or not to invite network searches from its Network Node Server (NNS). Requesting network searches slows broadcast search processing for the network as a whole, so is undesirable. However, if the local node cannot register all its resources (LUs) with its NNS, requesting searches is the only way to make these resources visible to the network.
Normally, SNAplus2 determines whether all LUs can be registered, then intelligently requests network searches from its NNS. If this node makes LUs accessible to the network in an unusual manner (for example, if it is acting as a gateway for other nodes), the value SET_SEARCH_STATUS overrides the standard operation.
LIMIT_TP_SECURITY
Security checking for received Attaches. If a local invokable TP is defined not to require conversation security, or is not defined and therefore defaults to not requiring conversation security, the invoking TP need not send a user ID and password to access it. If the invoking TP supplies these parameters and they
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