IBM GC09-2830-00 manual Identify and Record Parameter Values

Chapter 7. Con®guring APPC Communications on the DB2 Connect Workstation

This section describes how to con®gure a DB2 Connect workstation to communicate with a host or AS/400 database server using the APPC communication protocol. The instructions that follow assume that APPC is supported on the DB2 Connect and host or AS/400 machines.

You will only need to refer to the instructions in this section if you wish to con®gure your APPC connection to a host or AS/400 database by hand. APPC can often be con®gured automatically using the Client Con®guration Assistant (CCA). For more information about the CCA, see ªChapter 6. Con®guring DB2 Connect to Host or AS/400 Communications Using the CCAº on page 57. For further information about the communications requirements of your platform, see ªSoftware Requirementsº on page 24.

The following steps are required to set up a DB2 Connect workstation to use APPC communications with a host or AS/400 database server:

Step 1. Identify and record parameter values.

Step 2. Update the APPC pro®les on the DB2 Connect workstation.

Step 3. Catalog the database.

Step 4. Catalog the APPC or APPN Node.

Step 5. Catalog the database as a Database Connection Service (DCS) database.

Step 6. Bind utilities and applications to the database server.

Step 7. Test the Host or AS/400 Connection.

Step 1. Identify and Record Parameter Values

Before you con®gure the DB2 Connect workstation, have your host-side administrator and LAN administrator ®ll in copies of the worksheet in Table 5 on page 68 for each host or AS/400 database to which you want to connect.

After you ®ll in the Your Value entries, you can use the worksheet to con®gure APPC communications for DB2 Connect. During the con®guration process, replace the sample values that appear in the con®guration instructions with your values from the worksheet, using the boxed numbers (for example, „1…) to relate the con®guration instructions to the worksheet values.

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