ID: Q152783
The information in this article applies to:
SNA Server supports twinax connections to AS/400s. SNA Server bundles both the IBM and Andrew drivers.
The maximum connections per adapter = 1. The maximum sessions per connection = 512.
Setup is the same on AS/400 for both IBM and Andrew adapters, and it is identical to the configuration for PC Support over twinax adapters.
NOTE: The AS/400s can autoconfigure these settings, if permitted in AS/400 system settings. This is the least troublesome way to configure the connection. On the AS/400, you must configure an APPC "logical" controller and device in addition to the twinax-attached "physical" controller. The APPC resources are necessary to support APPC sessions over twinax (which is the only way SNA Server can communicate with the AS/400). The same APPC resources are used to support a connection to the AS/400 via 802.2 or SDLC from the same SNA server.
The following examples represent an AS/400 display, as configured for a twinax adapter.
NOTE: A "<<==" represents matching SNA Server parameters or other pertinent information.
....................... Twinax Line description .......................
Display Line Description ANDREW1
Line description . . . . . . . . . : QTDL419600 Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *BASIC Category of line . . . . . . . . . : *TDLC
Attached work station ctl . . . . : CTL01 Online at IPL . . . . . . . . . . : *NO Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : CREATED BY AUTO-CONFIGURATION
............................ physical controller hierarchy ............................
Work with Configuration Status ANDREW1
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Position to . . . . . Starting characters
Type options, press Enter.
1=Vary on 2=Vary off 5=Work with job 8=Work with description
Opt Description Status -----------Job--------------
CTL01 ACTIVE
DSP06 VARY ON PENDING
DSP04 VARY ON PENDING
DSP03 VARY ON PENDING
DSP01 VARY ON PENDING
DSP05 VARY ON PENDING
DSP02 VARY ON PENDING
DSP00 ACTIVE
Parameters or command
===>
F3=Exit F4=Prompt F12=Cancel F23=More options F24=More keys
Display Controller Description ANDREW1
Controller description . . . . . . : CTL01 Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *BASIC Category of controller . . . . . . : *LWS
Controller type . . . . . . . . . : 2661 Controller model . . . . . . . . . : 1 Resource name . . . . . . . . . . : CTL01 TDLC line . . . . . . . . . . . . : QTDL419600 Online at IPL . . . . . . . . . . : *YES Auto-configuration controller . . : *YES Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : CREATED BY AUTO-CONFIGURATION
.......................... physical device description ..........................
Display Device Description ANDREW1
Device description . . . . . . . . : DSP00
Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *BASIC
Category of device . . . . . . . . : *DSP
Device class . . . . . . . . . . . : *LCL
Device type . . . . . . . . . . . : 5150
Device model . . . . . . . . . . . : 1
Port number . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
Switch setting . . . . . . . . . . : 0 <== match Workstation Address in
setup.
Online at IPL . . . . . . . . . . : *YES
Attached controller . . . . . . . : CTL01
Keyboard language type . . . . . . : USB
Print device . . . . . . . . . . . : *SYSVAL
Output queue . . . . . . . . . . . : *DEV
Printer file . . . . . . . . . . . : QSYSPRT
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . : *LIBL
Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : CREATED BY AUTO-CONFIGURATION
Work with Configuration Status ANDREW1
Position to . . . . . Starting characters
1=Vary on 2=Vary off 5=Work with job 8=Work with description
Opt Description Status -------------Job--------
QTDL419600 ACTIVE
NTELLY ACTIVE
DEMO7 ACTIVE
QPCSUPP ACTIVE/TARGET DEMO7 QUSER 008541
Display Controller Description ANDREW1
Controller description . . . . . . . : NTELLY
APPC controller
Link type . . . . . . . . . . . . : *TDLC Online at IPL . . . . . . . . . . : *NO
Attached nonswitched line . . . . : QTDL419600 <<== Link to Twinax Line
Character code . . . . . . . . . . : *EBCDIC
Maximum frame size . . . . . . . . : 4105 <<== Mandatory default
Remote control point . . . . . . : DEMO7 <<== Match SNA Server's
Data link role . . . . . . . . . . : *SEC Station address . . . . . . . . . : 00
Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : CREATED BY AUTO-CONFIGURATION
Display Device Description ANDREW1
Device description . . . . . . . . : DEMO7 Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *BASIC Category of device . . . . . . . . : *APPC
Automatically created . . . . . . : YES Remote location . . . . . . . . . : DEMO7 Online at IPL . . . . . . . . . . : *NO Local location . . . . . . . . . . : ANDREW1 Remote network identifier . . . . : *NETATR Attached controller . . . . . . . : NTELLY Message queue . . . . . . . . . . : QSYSOPR Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *LIBL
Local location address . . . . . . : 00 <<== The local location
APPN-capable . . . . . . . . . . . : *YES Single session:
Single session capable . . . . : *NO
Additional query words: prodsna
Keywords : kbnetwork kbprg snaappc snacpic snaprog
Version : 2.0 2.1 2.11 3.0
Platform : NT WINDOWSLast Reviewed: April 18, 1997