Configuring An Sna Port; Sna Port Screen 1 - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 6000 User Manual

Configuring an SNA Port

8-2
Once the necessary Node, Line Processor, and protocol parameters have been con-
figured, press at the Port Configuration Menu (or
[A]
When prompted, enter:
LP number of the RLP containing the port:
FRX4000 or FRM. (The default is
Port number (see port locations in Chapter 5):
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 Table 8-1 and Table 8-
2.) The following figure is an example of an existing port.
SN A Port Parameters
* R LP 0 Port 5
* I /O: V .35
A Port Type
B N ame
C Phys ical Port In terface
D Blocked Port Flag
E Line S peed
F N o Data Poll Period (ms)
G N o Resp Poll Period (ms )
H Maximum R etrans mis sions
I Outs tanding Frames
J Generate C lock
K R cv Clock (TT) from DTE
L S NA Type
M N RZ
N Packet Size
O A dditional SN A Port Parameters
P S DLC PU Operation s
Q On-Line S ystem Memory Chan ges
Option:
Figure 8-1 SNA Port Screen 1
After configuring the above screen, press
eters for both screens are listed in Table 8-1 on page 8-4.)
You must also define the PUs (physical units) that will communicate via the SNA port.
Once the
Additional SNA Port Parameters
8-1, then press , to display a list of configured PUs, or
[P] [A]
If configurng a PU, enter (when prompted) a
identifies the PU you are configuring, and must match the
macro PU in the VTAM configuration. (The station address is usually set to
point-to-point SDLC lines, and in series
After entering a station address, a screen similar to the following will be displayed.
[A], [C], [A]
0–7 for FRX6000,
.) (LP numbers are described in Chapter 4.)
0
. (The default is
0–7
Node Name=nod exyz
Lin k State Lin kup
Databas e System Memory
SNA SNA
sna1 sna1
V.35 V.35
N N
64k bps 64k b ps
40 40
2000 2000
5 5
7 7
Y Y
N N
2 h pad 2 hp ad
Y Y
1024 1024
Y
[A],[C],[A] from Main Menu
[O] to display a second screen. (The param-
are configured, press
Station Address
ADDR
, etc. for multidrop lines.)
C1, C2, C3
FRX/FRM 3.3 User Guide, Rev 04
from the Main Menu.
0 only for
.)
0
to return to Figure
[F3]
, to configure a PU.
[P] [B]
: (hex). This address
0–ff
parameter set in the
for
C1