HP-UX SNAplus2 R7 NOF Programmer's Guide

NOF Indications
DIRECTORY_INDICATION
Local resource.
AP_CACHE
Cached entry.
AP_REGISTER
Registered resource (NN only)
parent_type
Specifies the parent type of the resource being registered. If resource_type is
AP_NNCP_RESOURCE, this
parameter is not used. Possible values are:
AP_NNCP_RESOURCE
Network node.
AP_ENCP_RESOURCE
End node.
description
A null-terminated text string describing the resource, as specified in the definition of the resource.
real_owning_cp_type
This parameter applies only if the local node is a Network Node or a Branch Network Node; it is reserved
otherwise.
Specifies whether the real CP that owns the resource identified by this directory entry is the parent resource
or another node. This is one of the following:
AP_NONE
The real owner is the parent resource.
AP_ENCP_RESOURCE
The real owner is an end node that is not the parent resource. For example, if the resource is owned
by an End Node in the domain of a Branch Network Node (BrNN), the directory of this BrNN’s Net-
work Node Server includes the BrNN as the parent resource, but the real owning CP is the End Node.
real_owning_cp_name
This parameter applies only if the local node is a Network Node or a Branch Network Node; it is reserved
otherwise.
If the real_owning_cp_type parameter indicates that the real owner of the resource is not the parent, this
parameter specifies the fully qualified name of the CP that owns the resource; otherwise it is reserved.
The name is a 17-byte EBCDIC string, padded on the right with EBCDIC spaces. It consists of a network ID
of 1–8 A-string characters, an EBCDIC dot (period) character, and a network name of 1–8 A-string characters.
supplier_cp_type
This parameter applies only if the local node is a Network Node or a Branch Network Node; it is reserved
otherwise.
Specifies whether this directory entry was registered by another node that is not the owning CP of the resource.
This is one of the following:
AP_NONE
The directory entry was not registered, or was registered by its owning CP.
AP_ENCP_RESOURCE
The directory entry was registered by a node that is not its owning CP. For example, if the resource is
owned by an End Node in the domain of a Branch Network Node (BrNN) that is itself in the domain
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