Configuring APPC Communication

Defining Modes and Classes of Service

This field is usually set to the same value as the initial session limit. If you are in doubt, consult your SNA network planner or APPC application developer (or for a third-party application, the product documentation).

Minimum contention winner sessions

The number of sessions (up to the session limit) that SNAplus2 must reserve for use by the local LU as the contention winner.

This field can usually safely be set to 0, but if you are not sure, consult your SNA network planner.

The sum of the minimum contention winner sessions and the minimum contention loser sessions must not exceed the initial session limit.

Minimum contention loser sessions

The minimum number of sessions that SNAplus2 must reserve for use by the local LU as the contention loser. Together with the value in the Minimum contention winner sessions field, this value determines how to resolve contention for a session.

This can usually safely be set to 0, but if you are not sure, consult your SNA network planner.

The sum of the minimum contention winner sessions and the minimum contention loser sessions must not exceed the initial session limit.

Auto-activated sessions

The number of sessions (up to the minimum contention winner count) that are automatically activated after CNOS negotiation has taken place for a session between a local LU and partner LU using this mode. Specifying a value for this field enables an LU that uses this mode to start sessions automatically in response to a request from a TP for a conversation to be allocated immediately.

Receive pacing window

Use these fields to specify how many RUs can be received before an SNA pacing response is sent:

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