SNAP-IX configuration

SNAP-IX configuration involves the following steps:

  1. Defining a local node
  2. Adding a Token Ring Port
  3. Defining a local LU

The SNAP-IX main menu, from which you start, is shown here:

The SNAP-IX main menu. It contains the menu items and options that you need to select to establish the session. The menus at the top of the screen are: Selection, Services, Diagnostics, and Windows. The main window contains three elements that you can select as part of the configuration: Connectivity and dependent LUs, Independent Local LUs, and Remote Systems. The instructions and panels following this figure guide you through the configuration process.

Defining a local node

  1. From the SNAP-IX main menu, click the Services pull-down. The Services pull-down appears::
    The services pull-down from the SNAP-IX main menu. The services pull-down lists the following options: Configure node parameters, Connectivity, 3270, 5250, RJE, LUA, APPC, TN server, PU concentration, and HPR. The instructions that follow guide you through the next step of the process.
  2. Click Configure node parameters. The following panel is displayed:
    The node-parameters configuration panel. The instructions that follow guide you through the next step of the process.
  3. Complete the Control point name with the values Network name ( 4 ) and Control point name ( 2 ).
  4. Type the Control point name ( 2 ) in the Control point alias field.
  5. Type the Node ID ( 3 ).
  6. Click End node.
  7. Click OK.

A default independent local LU is defined.

Adding a Token Ring Port

  1. From the main SNAP-IX menu, click Connectivity and dependent LUs.
  2. Click Add. The following panel is displayed:
    Adding connectivity and dependent LU items. The instructions that follow guide you through the next step of the process.
  3. Click Token Ring Card and click OK. The following panel is displayed:
    Adding a token-ring port. The instructions that follow guide you through the next step of the process.
  4. Type the SNA port name ( 9 ).
  5. Type a Description and click OK to take the default values.

Defining a local LU

  1. From the main SNAP-IX menu, click Independent local LUs.
  2. Click Add. The following panel is displayed:
    Adding independent local LUs. You use this panel to specify the LU name, LU alias, and a description. The instructions that follow guide you through the next step of the process.
  3. Type the LU name ( 5 ) and click OK.