APPC configuration
APPC configuration involves the following steps:
- Defining a remote node
- Defining a partner LU
- Defining a link station
- Defining a mode
- Adding CPI-C information
- Adding a TP definition
Defining a remote node
- From the Communications Server for Linux main menu, click Services --> APPC -->
New remote node. The "Remote node" window opens.
- In the Node's SNA network name fields, specify the
network qualified name of the control point at the remote node. Communications Server for Linux completes
the first field for you by setting it to the network name ( 4 and 13 ) you entered earlier. In the second field, type the control point
name ( 14 ).
- Click OK. A message is displayed informing you that
a default LU has been defined automatically for the remote node.
- Click OK.
Defining a partner LU
- From the Communications Server for Linux main menu, click Services --> APPC -->
New partner LUs --> Partner LU on remote node. The "Partner LU" window opens.
- In the Partner LU name fields, specify the network
qualified name of the partner LU at the remote node. Communications Server for Linux completes the
first field for you by setting it to the network name ( 4 and 13 ) you entered earlier. In the second field, type the name of the
partner LU ( 15 ).
- In the Alias and Uninterpreted
name fields, type the name of the partner LU ( 15 ) again.
- Click Location, select the network qualified name
of the control point at the remote node ( 13 . 14 )
from the list that is displayed, and click OK.
- Click OK.
Defining a link station
- From the Communications Server for Linux main menu, click Services --> Connectivity -->
New link station. The following window opens.
- Set Link station to to MQPORT.
- Click OK. The "Token ring link station" window
opens.
- In the Name field, type the name of the link station
( 12 ).
- Set Activation to On demand.
- Select the Independent only check box.
- Click Remote node, select the network qualified
name of the control point at the remote node ( 13 . 14 ) from the list that is displayed, and click OK.
- Set Remote node type to End or
LEN node.
- In the MAC address field, type the MAC address ( 19 ) of the network adapter card at the remote node.
- Click Advanced. The "Token ring link station parameters" window opens.
- Select the Request CP-CP sessions check box.
- Select the Reactivate link station after failure check
box.
- Click OK to exit the "Token ring link station
parameters" window.
- Click OK to exit the "Token ring link station" window.
Defining a mode
This purpose of the section is to explain how to define a new mode with
the name LU62PS. The example continues subsequently, however, by using the
mode #INTER ( 17 ), which is a standard mode supplied by Communications Server for Linux.
- From the Communications Server for Linux main menu, click Services --> APPC -->
Modes. The "Modes" window opens.
- Click New. The "Mode" window opens.
- In the Name field, type the name of the new mode, LU62PS.
- Click COS Name, select the class of service #INTER from the list that is displayed, and click OK.
- For the Session limits:
- Type 8 in the Initial field.
- Type 8 in the Maximum field.
- Type 4 in the Min con. winner sessions field.
- Click OK to exit the "Mode" window.
- Click Close to exit the "Modes" window.
Adding CPI-C information
- From the Communications Server for Linux main menu, click Services --> APPC -->
CPI-C. The "CPI-C destination names" window opens.
- Click New. The "CPI-C destination" window opens.
- In the Name field, type the CPI-C symbolic destination
name ( 18 ).
- Select the Use PLU alias check box, and type the
name of the partner LU ( 15 ), which you specified earlier
as the partner LU alias.
- In the Mode field, type the mode name ( 17 ).
- Select the Application TP check box, and type the
TP name ( 16 ).
- Click OK to exit the "CPI-C destination" window.
- Click Close to exit the "CPI-C destination names" window.
Adding a TP definition
- From the Communications Server for Linux main menu, click Services --> APPC -->
Transaction programs. The "Transaction Programs" window opens.
- Click New. The "TP invocation" window opens.
- Select the Application TP check box, and type the
TP name ( 7 ).
- Clear the Queue incoming Allocates check box.
- In the Full path to TP executable field, type the
full path to the executable program ( 10 ).
- In the Arguments field, type -m local queue
manager ( 11 ).
- In the User ID and Group ID fields,
type mqm.
- In the Environment field, type APPCLLU=local LU name ( 5 ) and APPCTPN=TP name ( 7 ) separated by the pipe character.
- Click OK to exit the "TP invocation" window.
- Click Selection --> Close TP window to exit
the "Transaction Programs" window.