SNA Link/iX Node Managers Guide (30291-90507)

Preface

This manual describes Hewlett-Packard Company’s Systems Network

Architecture link products for the MPE/iX operating system:

• SNA/SDLC Link/iX (HP 30291A)

• SNA/X.25 Link/iX (HP 30298A)

• SNA/Token Ring Link/iX (HP J2249A)

Systems Network Architecture (SNA) is a comprehensive speciﬁcation

for distributed data processing networks, developed by IBM. This

manual describes the steps in conﬁguring the HP e3000 computer

system as a node in an IBM SNA network.

NOTE

MPE/iX, Multiprogramming Executive with Integrated POSIX, is the

latest in a series of forward-compatible operating systems for the

HP e3000 line of computers.

In Hewlett-Packard documentation and in talking with HP e3000

users, you will encounter references to MPE XL, the direct predecessor

of MPE/iX. MPE/iX is a superset of MPE XL. All programs written for

MPE XL will run without change under MPE/iX. You can continue to

use MPE XL system documentation, although it might not refer to

features added to the operating system to support POSIX (for example,

hierarchical directories).

Audience This manual addresses the HP node manager responsible for planning,

conﬁguring, and monitoring the operation of an HP e3000 SNA data

communications subsystem. Note that node manager (NM) or network

administrator (NA) capabilities are required to conﬁgure data

communications subsystems on the HP e3000.

Organization This manual is divided into the following chapters and appendixes:

Chapter 1 , “SNA Links Overview,” presents an overview of the

structure and capabilities of the SNA data communications subsystem.

Chapter 2 , “SNA Node and Link Conﬁguration,” describes how to use

the Node Management Conﬁguration Manager (NMMGR) to conﬁgure

an SNA node and link.

Chapter 3 , “Logging Conﬁguration,” describes how to use NMMGR to

conﬁgure the logging facility.

Chapter 4 , “SNA Node Startup and Shutdown,” explains how sessions

and nodes are started and stopped.

Chapter 5 , “SNA Link Troubleshooting,” gives you information about

solving problems that might occur while conﬁguring, installing, and