Configuration of AS/400 Networks ida ReRouter

6. Configuration of AS/400 Networks

The object of this chapter is to provide you with guidelines for manual configuration of your AS/400 system connecting to an IPDS session. The examples assume that configuration is made for a Token Ring attached workstation.

6.1 Creating APPC device description

Type: CRTDEVAPPC

 

Prompts:

Parameter and values in

 

parentheses

Device description:

DEVD(RER1APPC)

Remote location name:

RMTLOCNAME(RER1)

 

This value must match the remote

 

location name (RMTLOCNAME) parameter

 

in the CRTDEVPRT (Create Devic e

 

Description Printer) command description.

 

This value must be unique within a network.

Remote network

RMTNETID (DKIDTN01)

identifier

Enter the name of the network in which your

 

partner logical unit is located.

Attached controller:

CTL(IDATA1)

 

This name matches the local Node

 

name in the local Node characteristics panel

 

of the Communications Manager SNA

 

Network Definitions.

Mode

MODE(QSPWTR)

 

QSPWTR is an IBM supplied mode.

APPN capable

APPN (*YES)

Single session

SNGSNN (*NO)

Text 'description'

TEXT('APPC device for RER1PRT')

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