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Configuration of AS/400 Networks
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6. Configuration of AS/400 Networks

The object of this chapter is to provide you with guidelines for manual
configuration of your AS/400 system connecting to an IPDS session. The
examples assume that configuration is made for a Token Ring attached
workstation.

6.1 Creating APPC device description

Type: CRTDEVAPPC

Prompts:

Parameter and values in
parentheses

Device description:

DEVD(RER1APPC)

Remote location name:

RMTLOCNAME(RER1)

This value must match the remote
location name (RMTLOCNAME) parameter
in the CRTDEVPRT (Create Devic e
Description Printer) command description.
This value must be unique within a network.

Remote network

RMTNETID (DKIDTN01)

identifier

Enter the name of the network in which your
partner logical unit is located.

Attached controller:

CTL(IDATA1)
This name matches the local Node
name in the local Node characteristics panel
of the Communications Manager SNA
Network Definitions.

Mode

MODE(QSPWTR)
QSPWTR is an IBM supplied mode.

APPN capable

APPN (*YES)

Single session

SNGSNN (*NO)

Text 'description'

TEXT('APPC device for RER1PRT')