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Chapter 8. Planning for Central Site Configuration
This chapter provides planning information about IBM 3708 Feature 3525
(pluggable Cartridge with Central Site Configuration), Feature 3525 consists of a
plug-in cartridge and a set of diskettes. Together, the cartridge and the diskettes
allow you to manage and distribute configuration updates and microcode fixes to
3708s in a network from a central location. This feature eliminates the task of
entering repeatedly the same configuration or MCF /Patch data into all 3708s in a
network.
IBM 3708 Pluggable Cartridge with Central Site Configuration
IBM 3708 Central Site Configuration (CSC) uses the IBM PC to support
configuration and Microcode Fix (MCF) management for the IBM 3708 Network
Conversion Unit. For central site configuration, you must install the 3708 Feature
3525 plug-in cartridge.
Central site configuration provides the following advantages:
• A single data base of configuration information for all of the IBM 3708s in an
installation
• Menu-driven, user-friendly facilities for the creation, replication, and
modification of IBM 3708 configuration information including these features:
Port definition for host links and downstream terminals
User-defined terminal definitions
User-defined translate table definition.
• A check of configuration information as it is entered and a warning to the user
if potential errors exist
• Configuration summary screens, including a quick reference port summary, a
detailed port summary, a host configuration summary, and printer configuration
summary
• A method to retrieve existing configuration information from an IBM 3708
through a downstream port
• A method to load configuration information through a downstream port or the
SNA host link with NetView or NCCF V2R2
• A method to retrieve a microcode patch area from a 3708 that has been
upgraded by IBM and the ability to distribute the microcode patch area to other
3708s in the network
• Item-specific help screens and an online user's guide.
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