Communications Server for Linux configuration

Communications Server for Linux configuration involves the following steps:

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

The Communications Server for Linux main window, from which you start, is shown here:

The Communications Server for Linux main window. It contains the menu items and options that you need to select to establish the session. The main menu at the top of the window contains the following items: Selection, Services, Diagnostics, and Windows. The main window also contains three areas, which display details of the current configuration. These areas are labelled: Connectivity and dependent LUs, Independent local LUs, and Remote systems. The instructions and windows following this figure guide you through the configuration process.

Defining a local node

  1. From the Communications Server for Linux main menu, click Services --> Configure node parameters. The "Node parameters" window opens.
    The Node parameters window. The instructions that follow guide you through the next step of the process.
  2. Set APPN support to End node.
  3. In the Control point name fields, specify the network qualified name of the control point at the local node. In the first field, type the network name ( 4 ). In the second field, type the control point name ( 2 ).
  4. In the Control point alias field, type the control point name ( 2 ) again.
  5. In the Node ID fields, type the two components of the node ID ( 3 ).
  6. Click OK. A message is displayed informing you that a default LU has been defined automatically for the local node.
  7. Click OK.

Adding a Token-Ring port

  1. From the Communications Server for Linux main menu, click Services --> Connectivity --> New port. The following window opens.
    The window to add a new port and specify the network adapter card with which it is associated. The instructions that follow guide you through the next step of the process.
  2. Set Port using to Token Ring Card, or to the type of network adapter card you are using.
  3. Click OK. The "Token-Ring SAP" window opens.
    Adding a Token-Ring port. The instructions that follow guide you through the next step of the process.
  4. In the SNA port name field, type the port name ( 9 ).
  5. Click OK.

Defining a local LU

  1. From the Communications Server for Linux main menu, click Services --> APPC --> New independent local LU. The "Local LU" window opens.
    Adding an independent local LU. 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.
  2. In the LU name field, type the name of the local LU ( 5 ).
  3. Click the LU alias field. Communications Server for Linux suggests an LU alias that is the same as the name of the local LU ( 5 ).
  4. Click OK.