Sample Twinax Configuration for SNA Server

Last reviewed: April 17, 1997
Article ID: Q152783

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SNA Server for Windows NT, versions 2.11 and 3.0

SUMMARY

SNA Server supports twinax connections to AS/400s. SNA Server bundles both the IBM and Andrew drivers.

The maximum connections per adapter = 1. The maximum sessions per connection = 512.

MORE INFORMATION

Setup is the same on AS/400 for both IBM and Andrew adapters, and it is identical to the configuration for PC Support over twinax adapters.

NOTE: The AS/400s can autoconfigure these settings, if permitted in AS/400 system settings. This is the least troublesome way to configure the connection. On the AS/400, you must configure an APPC "logical" controller and device in addition to the twinax-attached "physical" controller. The APPC resources are necessary to support APPC sessions over twinax (which is the only way SNA Server can communicate with the AS/400). The same APPC resources are used to support a connection to the AS/400 via 802.2 or SDLC from the same SNA server.

The following examples represent an AS/400 display, as configured for a twinax adapter.

NOTE: A "<<==" represents matching SNA Server parameters or other pertinent information.

....................... Twinax Line description .......................

   Display Line Description                           ANDREW1

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Line description . . . . . . . . . : QTDL419600 Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *BASIC Category of line . . . . . . . . . : *TDLC

Attached work station ctl . . . . : CTL01 Online at IPL . . . . . . . . . . : *NO Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : CREATED BY AUTO-CONFIGURATION

............................ physical controller hierarchy ............................

Work with Configuration Status                     ANDREW1
                                                11/30/94  16:03:27

 Position to  . . . . .     Starting characters

 Type options, press Enter.
   1=Vary on   2=Vary off   5=Work with job   8=Work with description

9=Display mode status ...

 Opt  Description       Status        -----------Job--------------
      CTL01             ACTIVE
        DSP06           VARY ON PENDING
        DSP04           VARY ON PENDING
        DSP03           VARY ON PENDING
        DSP01           VARY ON PENDING
        DSP05           VARY ON PENDING
        DSP02           VARY ON PENDING
        DSP00           ACTIVE

Bottom

 Parameters or command
 ===>
 F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F12=Cancel   F23=More options   F24=More keys

.............................. physical controller description ..............................

Display Controller Description                  ANDREW1

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Controller description . . . . . . : CTL01 Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *BASIC Category of controller . . . . . . : *LWS

Controller type . . . . . . . . . : 2661 Controller model . . . . . . . . . : 1 Resource name . . . . . . . . . . : CTL01 TDLC line . . . . . . . . . . . . : QTDL419600 Online at IPL . . . . . . . . . . : *YES Auto-configuration controller . . : *YES Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : CREATED BY AUTO-CONFIGURATION

.......................... physical device description ..........................

Display Device Description                  ANDREW1

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 Device description . . . . . . . . : DSP00
 Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *BASIC
 Category of device . . . . . . . . : *DSP

 Device class . . . . . . . . . . . : *LCL
 Device type  . . . . . . . . . . . : 5150
 Device model . . . . . . . . . . . : 1
 Port number  . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
 Switch setting . . . . . . . . . . : 0 <== match Workstation Address in

Link Service

 setup.

 Online at IPL  . . . . . . . . . . : *YES
 Attached controller  . . . . . . . : CTL01
 Keyboard language type . . . . . . : USB
 Print device . . . . . . . . . . . : *SYSVAL
 Output queue . . . . . . . . . . . : *DEV
 Printer file . . . . . . . . . . . : QSYSPRT
   Library  . . . . . . . . . . . . : *LIBL
 Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : CREATED BY AUTO-CONFIGURATION

......................... APPC controller hierarchy .........................

Work with Configuration Status                     ANDREW1

11/30/94 15:56:53

Position to  . . . . .                Starting characters

Type options, press Enter.

1=Vary on   2=Vary off   5=Work with job   8=Work with description

9=Display mode status ...

 Opt  Description       Status      -------------Job--------
      QTDL419600        ACTIVE
        NTELLY          ACTIVE
          DEMO7         ACTIVE
            QPCSUPP     ACTIVE/TARGET   DEMO7  QUSER  008541

.......................... APPC controller definition ..........................

Display Controller Description                     ANDREW1

11/30/94 15:58:26

Controller description . . . . . . . :   NTELLY

Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *BASIC Category of controller . . . . . . : *APPC

APPC controller

Link type . . . . . . . . . . . . : *TDLC Online at IPL . . . . . . . . . . : *NO

Attached nonswitched line . . . . : QTDL419600 <<== Link to Twinax Line

Character code . . . . . . . . . . : *EBCDIC

Maximum frame size . . . . . . . . : 4105       <<== Mandatory default

Remote network identifier . . . . : *NETATR

Remote control point   . . . . . . : DEMO7       <<== Match SNA Server's

local control point name Server Properties and as well as the LU name of the Local APPC LU.

Data link role . . . . . . . . . . : *SEC Station address . . . . . . . . . : 00

Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   CREATED BY AUTO-CONFIGURATION

...................... APPC device definition ......................

Display Device Description                  ANDREW1

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Device description . . . . . . . . : DEMO7 Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *BASIC Category of device . . . . . . . . : *APPC

Automatically created . . . . . . : YES Remote location . . . . . . . . . : DEMO7 Online at IPL . . . . . . . . . . : *NO Local location . . . . . . . . . . : ANDREW1 Remote network identifier . . . . : *NETATR Attached controller . . . . . . . : NTELLY Message queue . . . . . . . . . . : QSYSOPR Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *LIBL

Local location address . . . . . . : 00      <<== The local location

address must be 00 to support parallel sessions.

APPN-capable . . . . . . . . . . . : *YES Single session:

   Single session capable  . . . . : *NO

Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY QLUS

Additional query words: prodsna
Keywords : kbnetwork kbprg snaappc snacpic snaprog
Version : 2.0 2.1 2.11 3.0
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbtshoot

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Last reviewed: April 17, 1997
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