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IBM AS/400 User Manual

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AS/400

Parameter

Host Definition

Statement

Host Parameter

Local adapter address ADPTADR

PATH

DIALNO

Host DIALNO parameter is a concatenation of:
SSAP/DSAP/remote-adapter-address.

AS/400 CRTLINTRN command ADPTADR value must
match the remote-adapter-address portion of the host
DIALNO parameter. The DSAP portion of the DIALNO
parameter must correspond to the SSAP value
specified on the AS/400 controller description.

PU

MACADDR

For 9370/LAN only, the AS/400 line description
ADPTADR must match the host MACADDR parameter.
MACADDR can be coded as an 8- or 12-digit
hexadecimal number; the 8-digit variation assumes
4000 in the first four positions (4000xxxxxxxx).

Connection type

CNN

GROUP

DIAL

If the AS/400 line description CNN parameter is
*SWTPP or *SHM, DIAL=YES must be specified for the
host system; if CNN is *MP or *NONSWTPP, DIAL=NO
must be specified.

If CNN(*MP) is specified, the SERVICE
macroinstruction must be used to specify the sequence
in which stations are served.

Exchange identifier

EXCHID

PU

IDBLK, IDNUM

The AS/400 block number (digits 1-3 of the EXCHID) is
always

056. The remaining 5 digits (based on the

system serial number if *SYSGEN is used) are
specified in the IDNUM parameter.

Line speed

LINESPEED

LINE

SPEED

Line speeds specified for each system must match.

Maximum frame size

MAXFRAME

PU

MAXDATA

Values specified for each system must match.

NRZI data encoding

NRZI

LINE

NRZI

Values specified for each system must match.

Station address

STNADR

PU

ADDR

AS/400 system station address must be unique within
host PU definitions. (Ignored within 9370/LAN
environment.)

For more information on AS/400 parameters, see Communications Configuration

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For steps on how to create a line description, see “Creating a line description” on page 5.

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