Configuring and Managing Host-Based X.25 Links - Edition 6 (36939-90057)

Preparing to Configure X.25 iX System Access
Plan the Network Configuration
Chapter 5
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Hops Neighbor Gateway
Reachable
Networks
Number of hops (full gateways)
needed to get from the system
being configured to the reachable
network.
IP address X.25 Configuration The internet protocol (IP) address
of the system (node) being
configured.
IP subnet mask X.25 Configuration Optional. Identifies which bits of
the IP address will be used to
define a subnetwork.
Link name X.25 Configuration Name of the link used by X.25 iX
System Access. Must match the
link name configured through the
DTC configuration on the DTC
X.25 Card Configuration — Sys-to-
Sys LUGs screen. A link name
must be entered for each DTC/X.25
Network Access card that allows
system-to-system connections.
Local domain
name
NS Configuration Optional. Name of the system in
ARPANET standard format.
Local HP 3000
node name
Main Node name of the HP 3000 system
you are configuring.
Neighbor gateways MNeighbor
Gateways
The name of any gateway that is
on the same network as the node
you are configuring. (There may
not be any neighbor gateways.)
Neighbor gateway
IP internet
address
Neighbor Gateway
Reachable
Networks
IP internet address of the
configured gateway(s).
Network interface
(NI) name
Guided HP
Configuration
Name, up to eight characters long,
representing the network interface
being configured.
Network interface
(NI) type
Guided HP
Configuration
Enter 3 to indicate an X.25 NI.
Permanent VC
number
X.25 Virtual
Circuit
Configuration
For PVCs only. In the network
directory, the number of the
permanent virtual circuit on the
remote node.
Table 5-1 Configuration Values for X.25 Link (Continued)
Parameter/Value Screen Comment