Configuring an sna port, Configuring an sna port -4, Sna port screen 1 -4 – Cabletron Systems 1800 User Manual
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SmartSwitch 1800 4. 0 User G uide, Rev 01
Configuring an SNA Port
Once the necessary Node (
) and RLP (
) 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
.
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
and
.) 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
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.)
N ode Name=n odexyz
S NA Port Parameters
*
Port 0
Link State
Linku p
*
I/O: UN IVER SAL
D atabase
Sys tem Memory
A Port Type
S NA
SN A
B Name
s na1
sn a1
C Ph ysical Port I nterface
V .35
V.35
D Blocked Port Flag
N
N
E Lin e Sp eed
64k bp s
64k bp s
F No Data Poll Period (ms )
40
40
G No Resp Poll Period (ms)
2000
2000
H Maximum Retransmiss ion s
5
5
I
Ou tstand in g Frames
7
7
J
Generate Clock
Y
Y
K Rcv C lock (TT) from D TE
N
N
L SNA Typ e
2 hpad
2 hpad
M NRZ
Y Y
N Packet Size
1024
1024
O Add itional SNA Port Parameters
P SDLC PU Op erations
Option: