Configuring Systems for Terminals, Printers, and Other Serial Devices (32022-90057)

Additional DTC Configuration
Tuning Your DTC
Chapter 8
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Tuning Your DTC
This section describes the steps for tuning your DTC by selecting the AFCP, TCP and
management timers that are appropriate for your DTC and network traffic. The timer
selection is made by choosing a set from a predefined set of timer values. The TCP timers
are only used for back-to-back connections from switched DTC ports.
Figure 8-2 displays the Tune DTC — Timer Configuration screen. This screen is reached
by pressing
[F2]
, the
[Tune DTC]
function key at the DTC Configuration screen.
The Tune DTC – Timer Selection screen for host-based management is shown below. The
screen for PC-based management contains only the AFCP timer selection. For PC-based
management the TCP and management timers are configured on the DTC OpenView
workstation.
Figure 8-2 Tune DTC — Timer Selection Screen
1. The DTC name field is a display field and shows the name of the DTC you are
currently configuring.
2. Select one of six predefined sets of values for AFCP timers. The default is selection 1.
3. Select one of five predefined sets of TCP timer values. The default i s1.
4. Select one of two predefined sets of values for management timer. The default is
selection 1. The management protocol timers determine different transmission
algorithms.