How This Guide Is Organized; What Is New In This Guide - IBM 3745 Connection And Integration Manual

The user should have an understanding of teleprocessing, modem operations, and
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking/High Performance Routing (APPN/HPR).
Teleprocessing specialists should use also:

How this Guide is Organized

This guide describes the user tasks for connecting and integrating lines to the
3745/3746-900.
This guide contains the following parts:

What is New in this Guide

This revised edition gives information concerning:
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3745 All Models & 3746-900: CIG
IBM 3745/3746-900 trained service representatives.
The on-line information (help, guides and other materials) for:
The Maintenance and Operator Sub-System - Extended (MOSS-E)
The Controller Configuration and Management (CCM)
The Multiaccess Enclosure Management (IBM 2216 base)
The APPN/HPR and IP control points functions
The TCP/IP environment.
The publications listed in Appendix C, "Bibliographies."
Important
Before starting a procedure, ensure you are familiar with the general information
at the beginning of its chapter and know the requirements for the procedure.
Part 1. Connecting, describes the connection tasks for the hardware: the LICs,
TICs, LCBs, ARCs, and the cables for the various types of communication and
service lines.
Part 2. Integrating, explains the procedures used to integrate hardware and
software configuration changes into the network.
Part 3. Appendices, has two appendices which explain how to calculate the
low-speed scanner (LSS), and LIC types 11, 12, and 16 line weights.
At the back of this guide is a list of abbreviations, a glossary, and the index.
"Unplugging or Plugging in a Multiaccess Enclosure Adapter Cable" on
page 3-12.
Connectivity improvement in Appendix B, "Communication Line Processor
Characteristics and Line Weights."