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 main SNAP-IX menu, click Remote systems.
- Click Add. The following panel is displayed:
- Select the Define remote node check box and click OK. The following panel is displayed:
- Type the Node's SNA network name ( 13 ) and a Description.
- Click OK.
- A default partner LU with the same name is generated and a message is
displayed.
- Click OK.
Defining a partner LU
- From the main SNAP-IX menu, click Remote systems and
click the remote node.
- Click Add. The following panel is displayed:
- Select theDefine partner LU on node node name check
box.
- Click OK. The following panel is displayed:
- Type the partner LU name ( 15 ) and
click OK.
Defining a link station
- From the main SNAP-IX menu, click Connectivity and dependent
LUs.
- Click the MQPORT port.
- Click Add. The following panel is displayed:
- Select the Add link station to port MQPORT check
box.
- Click OK. The following panel is displayed:
- Type the Name of the link station ( 12 ).
- Set the value of Activation to "On demand".
- Select the Independent only check box.
- Click Remote node and select the value of the remote
node ( 14 ).
- Click OK.
- Set the value of Remote node type to "End or
LEN node".
- Type the value for MAC address ( 19 )
and click Advanced. The following panel is displayed:
- Select the Request CP-CP sessions. check box
- Select the Reactivate link station after failure.
check box
- Click OK to exit the Advanced panel.
- Click OK again.
Defining a mode
- From the SNAP-IX main menu, click the Services pull-down:
The following panel is displayed:
- Click APPC. The following panel is displayed:
- Click Modes. The following panel is displayed:
- Click Add. The following panel is displayed:
- Type the Name to be given to the mode ( 17 ).
- Set the values of Initial session limit to 8, Min con. winner sessions to 4, and Auto-activated
sessions to 0.
- Click OK.
- Click Done.
Adding CPI-C information
- From the SNAP-IX main menu, click the Services pull-down:
- Click APPC. The following panel is displayed:
- Click CPI-C. The following panel is displayed:
- Click Add. The following panel is displayed:
- Type the Name ( 18 ). Select the Application TP check box and type the value ( 16 ). Select the Use PLU alias check box and type
the name ( 15 ). Type the Mode name ( 17 ).
- Click OK.
Adding a TP definition using SNAP-IX Release 6
To add a TP definition:
- Click the Services pull-down and click APPC as for CPI-C information.
- Click Transaction Programs. The following panel
is displayed:
- Click Add. The following panel is displayed:
- Type TP name ( 7 ) in the Application TP field.
- Clear the Queue incoming Allocates check box.
- Type Full path to executable ( 10 ).
- Type -m Local queue manager ( 11 )
in the Arguments field.
- Type mqm in the User ID and Group ID fields.
- Type environment variables APPCLLU=local LU ( 5 ) and APPCTPN=Invokable TP ( 7 )
separated by the pipe character in the Environment field.
- Click OK to save your definition.