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- C-Worthy (R) Help Librarian Data File Version 1.0
- COPYRIGHT (C) 1985 - 1989. All Rights Reserved.
- Custom Design Systems, Inc. Orem, Utah USA.
- LOCAL LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- LU Name: The name (8 or fewer chacters) you create to
- identify local LU to NetWare LU6.2.
- Use only uppercase letters, numbers or the characters
- $, #, and @. The first character must not be numeric.
- PU Name: The name (8 or fewer chacters) you create to
- define the PU's network name.
- Use only uppercase letters, numbers or the characters
- $, #, and @. The first character must not be numeric.
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- LOCAL LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- Network Name: The name (8 or fewer chacters) you create to
- define the network name that contains the PU.
- It is used during XID negotiation with other
- type 2.1 nodes.
- Use only uppercase letters, numbers or the
- characters $, #, and @. The first character must
- not be numeric.
- Security Type: Grants or denies access to various levels of
- security the remote LU may need in order to
- verify the request for accessing the remote LU's
- programs.
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- LOCAL LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- Values are:
- 0 - Specifies no conversation-level security enabled.
- 1 - Instructs the remote LU to supply the pre-approved
- user ID with the security request.
- 2 - Instructs the remote LU to use whatever security
- information is in the domain of the program. If
- you use this value, you must also define the User
- ID and PassWord fields on this screen.
- User ID: The name (8 or fewer characters) you create to define the
- user ID. A user ID is required if a value of 2 is specified
- for Security Type.
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- LOCAL LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- Password: A string (8 or fewer characters) you create to
- define the end user's password. A password is
- required if you specified a value of 2 for Security
- Type.
- LU Local Address:
- The logical session number for the local LU. It must
- be in the range from 0 to the number of host sessions
- assigned to your workstation or server.
-
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- LOCAL LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- If the LU you are defining may engage in the host
- LU-LU sessions, use a non-zero value that corresponds
- to one of the host sessions you have customized to be
- a LU6.2 session for your workstation or server.
-
- If the LU you are defining will engage only in
- peer-to-peer sessions, set the address to 0.
- LU SESSION LIMIT:
- Specifies the maximum number of concurrently active
- sessions you want to allow between the local LU and
- its remote LU.
- Use decimal numbers only.
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- LOCAL LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- DETACH PU TYPE:
- Specifies the manner in which LUs attached by your
- workstation or server detach from NetWare LU6.2.
- Values are:
- 0 - Immediately detaches all LUs attached by a
- workstation or server if that unit requests
- immediate detachment.
- 1 - Detaches all LUs attached by a workstation or
- server if that unit requests detachment only in
- the absence of outstanding conversations.
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- SIDE INFORMATION RECORD
- Specify the name of the side information record that you want to create,
- view, modify, or delete.
- * To name a new side information record, type a name (8 characters or
- less) and press <Enter>. Use alphanumeric characters only.
- * To list existing side information records in this file, press <Ins>.
- * To select one of the listed records for viewing, modifying, or
- deleting, use the arrow keys to select the record name and press
- <Enter>. Then press <Enter> again.
- A description of side information record data follows.
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- SIDE INFORMATION RECORD
- Each side information record consists of configuration data about the
- local LU, the remote LU, and the mode used between those two LUs.
- The Local LU Data screen includes the following data: LU name,
- PU Name, Network Name, Security Type, User ID, Password, LU Local
- address, LU session limit, and Detach PU type.
- The Remote LU Data screen includes the following data:
- LU Name, Data Link Control Number, Network Adapter Number, Network
- Adapter Address, LU Session Limit, Max Logical Record Size, Character
- Set, Local Program Name, and Remote Program Name.
- The Mode Configuration Data screen includes the following data:
- Mode Name, Max Negotiable Session Limit, Automatic Activate Session
- Limit, Min Contention Winners Source, Min Contention Winners Target,
- Pacing Size, Min RU Size, CNOS Flags, and CNOS Termination Set.
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- REMOTE LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- LU Name: The name (8 or fewer characters) that identifies the partner LU to NetWare LU6.2.
- Use only uppercase letters, numbers, or the character $, #,
- and @. The first character must not be numeric.
- Data Link Control Name:
- Gives the Data Link Control identification needed for
- communicating with the remote LU. Values are: ITRN, SDLC,
- QLLC, or CUSTOM. Descriptions follow.
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- REMOTE LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- ITRN Use this value for the following remote locations:
-
- (1) The remote LU is located in a workstation that is
- supported by the same server as your workstation.
- Both Network Adapter Number and Network Adapter
- Address must be set to 0.
- (2) The remote LU is located in a host accessed via a
- token ring network adapter to an IBM 3174 control
- unit or an IBM 3725/3745 communications controller.
- The Network Adapter Address must be set to the 3714
- or 37x5 node address.
- (3) The remote LU is located in another server that is
- connected to the same token ring network as your
- server. The Network Adapter Address must be set to
- the token ring node address of the remote LU's
- server.
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- REMOTE LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- (4) The remote and local LU's are running on the same
- server.
- SDLC - Use this value to establish a workstation-to-host or
- server-to-host connection via either a coaxial or a
- Synchronous Data Link Control adapter.
- QLLC - Use this value to establish link connection via a
- Qualified Logical Link Control adapter.
- CUSTOM - Use this value to establish link connection via
- any customized data link control adapter.
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- REMOTE LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- Network Adapter Number:
- Determines whether the token ring
- network adapter by which the remote
- LU is accessed is primary(0) or
- alternate(1).
- If you specify a peer-to-peer
- connection, set this field to 0.
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- REMOTE LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- Network Adapter Address: Specifies the remote LU's adapter address
- if the data link control name is ITRN or SDLC:
-
- If the remote LU is located in a workstation supported by a
- server, set this parameter to the 6-byte locally administered
- token ring address of the remote LU's server.
-
- If both workstations are supported by the same server,
- set this parameter to binary zero (000000000000).
- If the remote LU is located in a host accessed via a coaxial cable
- or SDLC gateway server, set this parameter to binary zero
- (000000000000).
- If the remote and local LU's are located on the same server, set
- this parameter to binary zero (000000000000).
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- REMOTE LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- If the remote LU is located in a host accessed
- by the NetWare token ring gateway server, set
- this parameter to the 6-byte locally
- administered address of the connected 3174/
- 37x5(for example: 40010020abef).
- If the data link control name is QLLC the adapter
- address is the target name for this link in the
- X.25 configuration file. The target name can consist
- of any alphabetic, numeric, or special ASCII
- characters, and can be up to 16 characters long.
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- REMOTE LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- If the data link control name is CUSTOM the adapter address
- is the target name of the customized data link control adapter.
- The target name can consist of any alphabetic, numeric, or
- special ASCII characters and can be up to 16 characters long.
- LU Session Limit:
- The maximum number of concurrently active sessions you will
- allow between the local LU and remote LU.
- Max Logical Record Size:
- Specifies the maximum logical record size a mapped conversation
- can use when building a logical record. Specify a decimal value
- between 0 and 32767. The default value, 0, is converted to the
- maximum record size, 32767. Values of 1, 2, or 3 are converted to
- 4.
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- REMOTE LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- Character Set:
- Specifies one of three character sets for character conversion
- from EBCIDIC to ASCII or from ASCII to EBCIDIC. Values are 0,
- 1, or 2.
- 0 specifies the following set: lower-cased a-z; numerics 0-9;
- and special characters $,#,@, and (.). No restrictions of
- position of characters. Trailing blanks are allowed.
- 1 specifies the following set: lower-cased a-z; uppercase A-Z;
- numerics 0-9, and special characters $, #, and @.
- When converting ASCII to EBCIDIC lowercase is converted to
- uppercase; when converting in either direction, the first
- character can not be numeric, trailing blanks are allowed.
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- REMOTE LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- 2 specifies the following set: any kind of character allowed,
- but under the following conditions:
-
- * You have provided a proper conversion code table to
- NetWare LU6.2.
- * You have customized NetWare LU6.2 for that table.
- Local Program Name:
- Specifies the name of the NetWare LU6.2 program associated with the
- local LU. The maximum length is 64 characters.
-
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- REMOTE LU CONFIGURATION DATA
- Remote Program Name:
- Specifies the name of the NetWare LU6.2 program associated with
- the remote LU. The maximum length is 64 characters.
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- MODE FILE CONFIGURATION DATA
- Mode Name: The name (8 or fewer characters) you create to
- identify the partner LU to NetWare LU6.2.
- Use only uppercase letters, numbers, or the characters
- $, #, and @. The first character must not be numeric.
- Max Negotiable Session Limit:
- Specifies the number of sessions you want to permit
- a CNOS verb to specify for the local LU and the
- remote LU using this mode. The actual maximum may
- be a smaller value, depending on the results of
- CNOS negotiation.
- Specify using decimal values.
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- MODE FILE CONFIGURATION DATA
- Automatic Activate Session Limit:
- Specifies the number of contention-winner sessions
- from the local LU that NetWare LU6.2 automatically
- activates during the CPI-C application subsystem
- process.
- Specify a decimal number.
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- MODE FILE CONFIGURATION DATA
- Min Contention Winners Source:
- Specifies the minimum number of sessions that
- will guarantee the source (i.e. local) LU to be
- the session contention winner.
- Specify a decimal number greater than or equal
- to 0.
- Min Contention Winners Target:
- Specifies the minimum number of sessions that
- will guarantee the target(i.e. remote) LU to be
- the session contention winner.
- Specify a decimal number greater than or equal
- to 0.
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- MODE FILE CONFIGURATION DATA
- Pacing Size: Specifies the maximum number of SNA messages that the
- local LU can receive without sending a pacing
- response. Serves as a form of buffer control.
- Values are integers 0 through 63. 0 directs NetWare
- LU6.2 not to use any pacing.
- Max RU Size: Defines the maximum Request Unit (RU) sizes that may
- be used by sessions that have this mode.
- Specify integers from 16 to 4096. For efficiency,
- a minimum setting of 256 is recommended.
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- MODE FILE CONFIGURATION DATA
- Min RU Size: Defines the minimum Request Unit (RU) sizes that may
- be used by sessions that have this mode.
- Specify integers from 16 to 4096. For efficiency, a
- minimum setting of 256 is recommended.
- CNOS Flags: Specifies a combination of four field settings for the
- APPC CNOS Flag parameter:
- Mode_Name_Select_One or Mode_Name_Select_All,
- Set_Negotiable_Yes or Set_Negotiable_No,
- Initiated_Yes or Initiated_No, and
- Sync_Level_None or Sync_Level_Confirm.
- Functions of the above settings follow:
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- MODE FILE CONFIGURATION DATA
- Mode_Name_Select_One - Specifies that only the mode name
- defined in the NetWare LU6.2 CNOS
- function call will be affected by
- changes to session limits and
- polarities.
- Mode_Name_Select_All - Specifies that all session limits and
- polarities for all mode names that
- belong to the target(i.e. remote)
- LU shall be changed.
- Set_Negotiable_No - Does not allow NetWare LU6.2 to
- override session limits.
- Set_Negotiable_Yes - Allows NetWare LU6.2 to override
- session limits.
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- MODE FILE CONFIGURATION DATA
- Initiated_Yes - Indicates that the CPIC application
- subsystem initiates a CNOS call for this
- mode file.
- Initiated_No - Indicates that the CPI-C application
- subsystem does not initiate a CNOS call for
- this mode file.
- Sync_Level_None - Specifies no synchronization level between
- the local transaction program and the remote
- transaction program.
- Sync_Level_Confirm - Specifies the confirm synchronization level
- between the local and remote transaction.
-
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- MODE FILE CONFIGURATION DATA
- Acceptable values for CNOS FLAGS and the settings they specify are listed
- below:
- 0 - Mode_Name_Select_One; Set_negotiable_No; Initiated_No; Sync_Level_None
- 1 - Mode_Name_Select_All; Set_negotiable_No; Initiated_No; Sync_Level_None
- 2 - Mode_Name_Select_One; Set_Negotiable_Yes; Initiated_No;Sync_Level_None
- 3 - Mode_Name_Select_All; Set_Negotiable_Yes; Initiated_No;Sync_Level_None
- 4 - Mode_Name_Select_One; Set_Negotiable_No; Initiated_Yes;Sync_Level_None
- 5 - Mode_Name_Select_All; Set_Negotiable_No; Initiated_Yes;Sync_Level_None
- 6 - Mode_Name_Select_One; Set_Negotiable_Yes; Initiated_Yes;
- Sync_Level_None
- 7 - Mode_Name_Select_All; Set_Negotiable_Yes; Initiated_Yes;
- Sync_Level_None
- 8 - Mode_Name_Select_One; Set_Negotiable_No; Initiated_No;
- Sync_Level_Confirm
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- MODE FILE CONFIGURATION DATA
- 9 - Mode_Name_Select_All; Set_Negotiable_No; Initiated_No;
- Sync_Level_Confirm
- 10 - Mode_Name_Select_One; Set_Negotiable_Yes; Initiated_No;
- Sync_Level_Confirm
- 11 - Mode_Name_Select_All; Set_Negotiable_Yes; Initiated_No;
- Sync_Level_Confirm
- 12 - Mode_Name_Select_One; Set_Negotiable_No; Initiated_Yes;
- Sync_Level_Confirm
- 13 - Mode_Name_Select_All; Set_Negotiable_No; Initiated_Yes;
- Sync_Level_Confirm
- 14 - Mode_Name_Select_One; Set_Negotiable_Yes; Initiated_Yes
- Sync_Level_Confirm
- 15 - Mode_Name_Select_All; Set_Negotiable_Yes; Initiated_Yes
- Sync_Level_Confirm
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- MODE FILE CONFIGURATION DATA
- CNOS Termination Set:
- Specifies a combination of three field settings for the CNOS Flag
- parameter: Responsible_Source or Responsible_Target;
- Drain_Source_Yes or Drain_Source_No
- Drain_Target_Yes or Drain_Target_No
- Functions of the possible settings follow:
- Responsible_Source Specifies that the source LU is solely responsible
- for deactivating sessions.
-
- Responsible_Target Specifies that the target LU is initially
- responsible for deactivating sessions. The target
- LU can negotiate this responsibility with the source
- LU and make the source LU responsible.
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- MODE FILE CONFIGURATION DATA
- Drain_Source_No - Does not allow the source LU to void its
- allocation requests.
- Drain_Source_Yes - Allows the source LU to void its allocation
- requests.
-
- Drain_Target_No - Does not allow the target LU to void its
- allocation requests.
- Drain_Target_Yes - Allows the target LU to void its allocation
- requests.
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- MODE FILE CONFIGURATION DATA
- Acceptable values for CNOS Termination and the settings they
- specify are:
- 0 - Responsible_Source; Drain_Source_No; Drain_Target_No
- 1 - Responsible_Source; Drain_Source_No; Drain_Target_Yes
- 2 - Responsible_Source; Drain_Source_Yes; Drain_Target_No
- 3 - Responsible_Source; Drain_Source_Yes; Drain_Target_Yes
- 4 - Responsible_Target; Drain_Source_No; Drain_Target_No
- 5 - Responsible_Target; Drain_Source_No; Drain_Target_Yes
- 6 - Responsible_Target; Drain_Source_Yes; Drain_Target_No
- 7 - Responsible_Target; Drain_Source_Yes; Drain_Target_Yes
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- MODE FILE CONFIGURATION DATA
- SAA Service Profile Name:
- Specifies an SAA Service Profile to be used for this session.
- The name can be from 1 to 8 characters long.
- This field applies only to side information files used by the
- CPIC NLM in the Netware Communication Services environment.
- It is not required for side information files used by CPI-C
- programs at the DOS-based NetWare 3270 Workstation.
- An SAA service profile is a collection of information about the
- server's connection to the SNA host as well as the sessions to
- be obtained through that connection. For example, the service
- profile specifies the number of LUs available on the host, the
- types of LUs available, and the users authorized to use the LUs.
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- Exit Side Information File Command
- If you are finished using the Side Information
- File utility, answer YES; otherwise, answer NO
- or press <Esc>.
- No changes will be lost by exiting at this
- point.
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- Create A Side Information File
- Type the name of the side information file
- that you want to create and press <Enter>.
- If the file is in not in the current
- directory, you must include the path of the
- file name. For example, "c:\cpi\Example.cpi".
- The filename extension must be "cpi".
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- Create A Side Information File
- Editing A Side Information File
- Type the name of the side information file
- you want to edit and press <Enter>.
- If the file is not in the current directory,
- include the path of the filename.
- To list all side information files in the
- current directory, press <Ins>.
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- Add A Side Information Record
- This command creates a new side information
- record that will be saved in the side
- information file.
- The side information record name must be
- unique among all other side information
- records contained in the current side
- information file.
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- Delete A Side Information Record
- Type the name of the side information record
- that you want to delete from the side infor-
- mation file and then press <Enter>.
- To list all the side information records in
- the side information file, press <Ins>.
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- Modify A SIde Information Record
- Type the name of the side information record
- you want to modify and press <Enter>.
- To list all side information records in the
- side information file, press <Ins>.
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- Display A Side Information Record
- Enter the name of the side information record
- you want to display and press <Enter>.
- To list all the side information records in
- the side information file, press <Ins>.
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