The following commands on the AS/400 will provide the information needed to ®ll in the Add LAN Host Screen:

vIf the AS/400 operating system is less than version V3R6, use DSPLANMLD, Display LAN Information.

vIf the AS/400 operating system is version V3R6 or higher, use DSPLANMLB, Display LAN Media Library Information.

VSE/ESA

uses APPC/VTAM

RISC System/6000

uses TCP/IP

SUN uses TCP/IP

90765 SP2

uses TCP/IP

If APPC is selected as the communications protocol, a pop-up window as shown in Figure 118 will appear. This allows a LAN connected host such as an AS/400 to be added to the 3494 con®guration. Fill in the following ®elds:

Figure 118. Add LAN Host to Library Pop-Up Window (APPC Selected)

Host Alias

The alias for a host is a customer supplied nickname for that host. This is an optional ®eld and may be left blank if an alias is not desired. This entry ®eld will only accept alpha-numeric characters and the ª.º character.

Host Transaction Program Name

Speci®es the name of the LAN transaction program that runs on the host to receive data from the Library Manager. For example, on the AS/400, the LAN transaction program name is QMLD/QMLDSTRCC. This entry ®eld will only accept alpha-numeric characters and the ª/º character. Blank spaces are not valid.

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