HP-UX SNAplus2 NOF Programmer's Guide

NOF API Verbs (ACTIVATE_SESSION to OPEN_FILE)
APING
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Partner LU alias. This should be the alias of an LU on
a remote node; you are not recommended to use APING
with a partner LU on the local node.
The alias isan 8-byte ASCIIstring, padded onthe right
with spaces if the name is shorter than 8 bytes. To
indicate that the LU is identified by its fully qualified
name instead of its alias, set this parameter to 8 binary
zeros and specify the LU name in the fqplu_name
parameter.
mode_name
Name of the mode used by the LU pair. This is an
8-byte type-A EBCDIC string (starting with a letter),
padded on the right with spaces if the name is shorter
than 8 characters.
tp_name
Name of the invoked TP (generally set to APINGD). This
is a 64-byte string, padded on the right with spaces.
security
Specifies whether conversation security information is
required to start the TP. Possible values are:
AP_NONE
No security information is required.
AP_SAME
Security information may be verified
by the TP that invoked this TP on
behalf of a third TP.
AP_PGM
A user ID and password are required
to start the TP.
AP_PGM_STRONG
A password and user ID are required
to start the TP. If password
substitution is not supported on the
session, the aping fails. Otherwise,
the password is sent encrypted.