Configuring APPC Communication

Defining TPs

The configuration methods for servers and clients are different:

On a server, use either of the following methods: Motif administration program

Select APPC and Transaction Programs from the

Services menu on the Node window. When SNAplus2 displays the TP window, select the top pane and click on the Add button, or select an existing invokable TP definition and click on the Zoom button.

Command-line administration program Issue the snaptpinstall command.

On a client, issue the snaptpinstall command.

For information about using the snaptpinstall command, see Appendix C, “Configuring an Invokable TP Using snaptpinstall.”

TP Invocation Parameters

The following parameters are required for a TP that can be invoked on the local node:

TP name

A TP name in one of the following forms:

Application TP

If the remote TP is a user application, supply the name as normal characters (up to 64 characters in length).

Service TP

If the remote TP is an SNA service transaction program, enter the name in hexadecimal (up to eight hexadecimal digits, representing 4 bytes).

You can define multiple TPs that have the same TP name, provided each TP definition specifies a different LU alias.

Parameters are for invocation on any LU/on specific LU

Whether to make the TP invokable on any LU or only on a specific LU. By default, the TP can be invoked on any LU.

LU alias

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