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9-4 SmartSwitch 1800 4.0 User Guide, Rev 01
Configuring an SNA Port
Once the necessary Node (Chapter 4) and RLP (Chapter 5) parameters have been con-
figured, press
[A]
at the Port Configuration Menu (or
[A], [C], [A]
from the Main Menu.
When prompted, enter a port number (or press
[Enter]
to accept the default of
0
). Valid
port numbers depend on the model of SmartSwitch 1800—see port locations on
page 6-1.
The display for an existing port will show the configured parameter values, while the
display for a new port will show default database values. (See Table 9-1 and
Table 9-2.) The following figure is an example of an existing port.
Figure 9-2 SNA Port Screen 1
[A],[C],[A]
from Main Menu
After making any changes, be sure to press
[F7]
to update the
system memory. Otherwise, the changes will not take effect until
the next re-boot of the SmartSwitch 1800.
After configuring the above screen, press
[O]
to display a second screen. (The param-
eters for both screens are listed in Table 9-1 on page 9-6.)
You must also define the PUs (physical units) that will communicate via the SNA port.
Once the
Additional SNA Port Parameters
are configured, press
[F3]
to return to Figure
9-2, then press
[P]
,
[A]
to display a list of configured PUs, or
[P]
,
[B]
to configure a PU.
If configuring a PU, enter (when prompted) an
SDLC PU Station Address
:
01–FE
(hex).
This address identifies the PU you are configuring, and must match the
ADDR
parameter set in the macro PU in the VTAM configuration. (The station address is
usually set to
C1
for point-to-point SDLC lines, and in series
C1, C2, C3
, etc. for mul-
tidrop lines.)
Node Name=n odexyz
SNA Port Parameters
* Port 0 Link State Linkup
* I/O: UNIVERSAL Database System Memory
A Port Type SNA SNA
B Name sna1 sna1
C Physical Port Interface V.35 V.35
D Blocked Port Flag N N
E Line Speed 64k bps 64k bps
F No Data Poll Period (ms) 40 40
G No Resp Poll Period (ms) 2000 2000
H Maximum Retransmissions 5 5
I Outstanding Frames 7 7
J Generate Clock Y Y
K Rcv C lock (TT) from D TE N N
L SNA Type 2 hpad 2 hpad
M NRZ Y Y
N Packet Size 1024 1024
O Additional SNA Port Parameters
P SDLC PU Operations
Option: