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SNA Printing in the Mainframe Environment
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8. Select the appropriate page properties and click the Submit IBM PAGE FORMAT settings
button.
9. Select SNA from the header.
10. Set the Automatic link establishment (dialing) radio button to Yes and click the Submit SNA
settings button.
Verifying the communication link
1. Power on the Print Server and wait for 2 minutes.
2. Press the AXIS 570/670 test button once to print a test page and ensure that the SNA status is
defined as Idle, Actv, LU-1 or LU-3.
The AXIS 570/670 is now ready for use in the SNA environment.
Note:
If the LAN media at the remote (Print Server) location differs from that at the host location (e.g. Remote LAN =
Ethernet and Host LAN = Token Ring), the MAC address definitions must be modified, as outlined below:
Print Server Modifications:
The AXIS 570/670 Host MAC address (H1_MAC_ADDR) must be bit-order reversed for each byte,
e.g. if the host address is 08005AB77D49 the converted address will be 10005AEDBE92.
Host Modifications:
The required Host modifications are dependent upon the VTAM definition for the Major Node where the Print
Server definition is placed.
• Case 1 - VTAM Major Node definition is a Switched Major Node.
The MAC address of the AXIS 570/670 must be bit-order reversed in the PATH entry. An AXIS 570 with a
MAC/node address of 00408C1B06D4 will be defined using the MAC/node address 000231D8602B as follows:
PA5701 PATH DIALNO=0104000231D8602B, GID=1, PID=1, GRPNM=gggggg
• Case 2 - VTAM Major Node definition is a Local Major Node.
When using a channel attached controller as gateway to the host, the MAC address of the AXIS 570/670 is con-
figured in the gateway. The address must be reversed, as in case 1 above.
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