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

Configuring DTCs Step-by-Step
Modify the Network Management Configuration File
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10. To configure a card in the DTC, enter the number of the card you want to configure
in the “To configure a card, enter a card number...” field at the bottom of
the screen.
Press the
[Config Card]
function key. Proceed to Step 7: Configure DTC Cards.
To configure the ports on a DTC 16iX/16MX/16RX, simply press the
[Config Ports]
function key. Proceed to Step 7: Configure DTC Cards.
11. Repeat steps 1 through 9 above for every newly-added DTC to be managed by the
HP 3000 host. If you want to select a DTC that has already been configured, enter
the DTC’s name in the DTC name field and press the
[Read DTC]
function key.
Next Key Labels
When the
[Next Key Labels]
key is pressed, another set of key labels are displayed, this
allows additional optional information to be configured for the DTC. Refer to Configuring
Systems for Terminals, Printers and Other Serial Devices manual. If you want to
configure this information, then you configure these screens on the system where the
DTC is a managed DTC.If you are configuring a non-managed DTC, then information on
these screens is ignored.
These keys provide access to the following configuration screens:
DNS/IP Routing This key goes to a screen used to configure the DTC to use Domain
Name Services for IP address resolution and IP routing configuration.
These services are configured when back-to-back connection through
routers are used or connections are to be made from DTC ports to HP
9000s or third party ARPA nodes.
Tune DTC This key goes to a screen to change the AFCP, TCP and management
timers for the DTC, if needed.
DTC U I This key goes to a screen that has information that defines how the
DTC user interface behaves. The DTC user interface is used when a
DTC port is configured as a switched port.
Config SNMP You may use the
[Config SNMP]
key on the DTC Screen to configure the
DTC to act as an SNMP agent. This key goes to a screen to configure
the DTC to act as an SNMP agent. Refer to the DTC Technical
Reference Guide for more information on SNMP.
Fields This screen is used to configure a DTC’s name and node name, to specify the card types
that are installed in the DTC, and to configure logging for X.25 connections, if the DTC
contains one or more DTC/X.25 Network Access cards.
DTC name A name, up to eight alphanumeric characters, beginning with a letter,
assigned to the DTC. For convenience, you may want to use the
nodename portion of the DTC node name as the DTC name. Each DTC
configured on the system must have its own unique DTC name.
You can call up (and modify) data for a previously configured DTC by
entering an existing DTC name in the DTC name field and pressing
the
[Read DTC]
key.
DTC LAN station address The local station address of the DTC. This is a twelve
character hexadecimal number. Each DTC’s LAN station address is
printed inside the DTC’s front cover on a DTC48, or on the back panel
of the DTC72MX or DTC16MX/iX/RX.