Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 Resource Guide Book

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1
16-bit APPC applications on Windows NT 659

3
3270
    accessing 27 - 30
    applet 489, 595, 613, 628
    connectivity 27 - 32
    downstream 27, 31 - 32
    emulation 75, 121, 286 - 287, 489
    Emulator Interface 453
    hot backup 30
    load balancing 30
    logon scripts 32 - 37
    LU pools 29 - 30, 252
    LUs 27 - 30, 39, 121, 243
    mainframes 27 - 32
    print sessions 76, 256 - 266
    printer emulation 75
    RTM counters 122
    split-stack 88
    Stress Toolkit 413
    terminal access 481
32-bit APPC applications on Windows NT 659

5
5250
    APPC access 481
    applet 489
    data streams 45
    emulation 45, 75, 287, 489
    LUs 53 - 54
    printer emulation 75
    terminal access 481

8
802.2 connections 228 - 229
802.2 DLC (Data Link Control) 82, 96, 316, 579

A
abnormal modem response alerts 133
about this guide xxiii - xxiv
access control for files 49 - 50
Accesses in the Description box 487
accessing tools and files 468
Acme Setup 50
ACMESETUP.EXE 50
Active Server Page (ASP) 406
ActiveX packages 405
ACTLU and ACTPU commands 418
adapters
    ADPTADR addresses 431
    check error alerts 147, 170 - 171
    command error alerts 152, 169, 171
    failures counter 342
    networks 380
    open error alerts 160 - 163
administering SNA Server computers remotely 326
administrative access to SNA Server 474
administrative permissions 473
Administrators group 474
ADPTADR adapter addresses 431
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN) 41 - 43, 103
Advanced Printing Facility (APF) 75
Advanced Program-to-Program Communications See APPC
AFTP (APPC File Transfer Protocol)
    clients 56, 65 - 70
    closing connections 57, 66, 67 - 69
    commands 57 - 58
    described 48, 55
    directories 59 - 61
    entering and exiting 57, 67 - 69
    file and directory specifications 61 - 64
    initialization files 69
    installing 661
    MVS directories 60
    naming formats 61 - 62
    opening connections 57, 65 - 69
    OS/2 directories 60 - 61
    security 65, 68, 71 - 73
    snacfg APPCLLU 217
    transferring files 69
    troubleshooting 71
    user IDs and passwords 65, 68, 72
    VM directories 60
    wildcard characters 64
    Windows NT directories 60
AFTP Gateway Service 48, 570, 661 - 662
AFTP.INI 69
AFTP.TRC 71
Agent Notify Queue object 458
alerts
    application 176
    bring-up error alerts 159
    CTS failure 140
    DCD failure 134
    DISK/SNRM received 140, 144
    DLC status error 148 - 168
    DM received in information transfer 143
    DSR failure 133
    failure 132 - 144, 147
    FRMR received 137 - 139
    idle timeout 141
    invalid frame received 134 - 137
    link 124 - 144
    local logging 145 - 147, 179
    message 124 - 179
    network management data local logging 179
    nonproductive receive timeout 143
    NVAlert services 112 - 113
    NVALERT.INI 116
    poll count exhausted 142
    problem 141, 144
    remote busy retry 142
    RIM/RD received 136
    SDLC 124 - 144
    software program error 158
    system 338
    system action 164
    token ring 124 - 144
    write timeout 132
aliases 57, 331
analyzers, network 369, 372
Andrew Twinax Link Service 319
ANDWTDLC links 319
Anonymous user IDs 65
APF (Advanced Printing Facility) 75
APIs (application program interfaces)
    See also specific APIs
    3270 Emulator Interface 453
    FMI 453
    Registry variable settings for SNA Server 581 - 583
    RUI 452
    SLI 452
App Notify Queue object 462
APPC (Advanced Program-to-Program Communications)
    5250 terminal access 481
    applications 44 - 49, 331
    connections 41
    conversation security 65
    deploying 51 - 55
    environment variable settings for Windows 3.x clients 626
    environment worksheets 524 - 543
    LUs 328, 425 - 427
    modes 248 - 251
    physical unit worksheets 499 - 524
    print sessions 266 - 270
    Registry variable settings for Windows NT clients 592
    session pairs 89
    SNA APIs 452
    Sync Level 2 API 10
APPC File Transfer Protocol See AFTP
AppleTalk 106, 181 - 184, 209
applets 489, 595, 613, 628
application alerts 176
application performance boost, Windows NT 378
application program interfaces See APIs
applications
    APPC 44 - 49
    background 344
    foreground 344
    host 395 - 397
    LUs 27
    OLE controller 460
    services 9 - 10
    SNA 453
    Web 401 - 408
APPN (Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking) 41 - 43, 103
APPN Low Entry Networking (LEN) nodes 104
architecture
    client management components 459 - 463
    client/server 450, 452 - 455
    Manage Agent (MngAgent) 451
    Manage Client (MngCli) 451
    overview 449 - 451
    RAS 327
    SNA Server 24 - 25, 449 - 451, 457 - 459, 568 - 569
    Windows NT client management 590
AS/400
    5250, accessing 45
    ADPTADR adapter addresses 431
    configuring using command-line interface 273 - 274
    connections 103
    directories 50
AS/400
    files, accessing 88, 482, 661
    Host Print Service 77
    hot backup 54 - 55
    hyperlinks to Web pages 409
    mapping SNA Server 429
    network consolidation 81
    peer-oriented environments 431 - 432
    printing 77
    Security Integration DLL 497
    shared folders 49 - 50, 274 - 275
    troubleshooting communication problems 432 - 433
ASCII
    file transfers 58
    translating SNA service TP names for SNA.INI 647
    translating SNA service TP names for WIN.INI 630, 634, 643
    transparency options 78
ASP (Active Server Page) 406
assigning LUs (logical units)
    pools 242 - 244
    users 285 - 287
asynchronous media-access control (ASYNCMAC) 327
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) 81, 87
audience for this guide xxiii
audits 473, 486 - 487
authentication 407, 478 - 480
AutoCreate controller (AUTOCRTCTL) 432
AutoLogonScript 33
automated password synchronization 490 - 493
automating AFTP client sessions 66
automating logons 494 - 495
autostarted invokable TPs (transaction programs) 601, 618, 628 - 634, 641 - 647
average method call time counter 342

B
Back up configuration command 444
backing up SNA Server configuration files 443
BackOffice 409
backup domain controller (BDC) 92, 478 - 479
backup SNA servers 20, 94, 443, 474
bandwidths, measuring usage 372
Banyan VINES
    client logons 184 - 185
    client/server protocols 106 - 107
    Registry variable settings for cached passwords 609
    security 469
    server/server protocol options 435
    specifying StreetTalk group names 651
Banyan VINES IP 204 - 206, 438 - 439
basic alert subvectors 129
basic connection settings, troubleshooting 420
basic steps 15
basic transmission unit (BTU), troubleshooting 421
BDC (backup domain controller) 92, 478 - 479
binary file transfers 58
Bindery 413
Bounce TPs (transaction programs) 601, 607, 618 - 622, 631, 635
branch-based deployment models 18 - 21, 86 - 87
bring-up error alerts 159
broadcasts 454
browsing shared folders 51
BTU (basic transmission unit), troubleshooting 421
Bulk Migration Tool 298
Bus & Tag connections 99, 102
Bypass GDI 78
bytes received from host/sec counter 342
bytes sent to host/sec counter 343

C
C++ objects 461
CA/400 (Client Access/400) 659 - 660
cached passwords 609
callback feature of RAS 329
capacity 11
CB (Component Builder) 396
centralized deployment models 21 - 22, 88 - 89
Change Owner permissions 474
Change permissions 476
channel connections 99, 234
CICS (Customer Information Control System) 397 - 398, 425
Client Access/400 (CA/400) 659 - 660
client APIs, trace options 354
client/server
    applications 395 - 397
    architecture models 450
    architecture overview 452 - 454
    Comms Layer 463
    protocols 106, 189 - 192
    SnaBase 454
    SnaServer 455
    Web architecture 401
    WINAPPC, WINCPIC, WINRUI, WINSLI 455
clients
    AFTP, accessing 56
    Banyan VINES IP 438 - 439
    installing 108
    lightweight (thin) 402
    logons 184 - 188, 469, 627, 637
    management architecture components 459 - 463
    MS-DOS 188, 637
    NetWare 437
    network options 191 - 192
    passwords 184 - 188, 194 - 195
    platforms supported 108
    protocols 181 - 184, 197 - 209
    redirected printing 75
    SNA RAS 326, 330 - 331
    stress 367 - 369, 371
    TCP/IP 436
    tracing 353 - 365
    troubleshooting 200 - 204, 435 - 440
    using LAN Manager 658
    Windows 3.x not running Microsoft Networking 627
    Windows for Workgroups 193 - 197
client-side information 44
client-sponsor connections 454
client-to-server encryption 483
close command 66
closing AFTP connections 57, 67 - 69
cluster controllers 103
CNOS 554
coaxial cabling 82
collecting performance data 338
collecting security-related information 486
COM Transaction Integrator for CICS and IMS (COMTI)
    application services 9
    host application access 406 - 407
    host application integration 395 - 399
    performance counters 342 - 343
    performance toolkit 413
    required Option Pack components 6
COM.CFG 349, 443, 472, 477
command files 213 - 214
command results 113
command-line interface
    3270 print sessions 256 - 266
    actions not available 211
    adding LUs to SNA Server list 285 - 287
    adding servers to configurations 270 - 271
    APPC mode, configuring 248 - 251
    APPC print sessions 266 - 270
    assigning LUs to pools 242 - 244
    assigning LUs to users 285 - 287
    Bulk Migration Tool 298
    configuration files, specifying 213
    configuration task orders 212
    event logging 238 - 239
    help 213
    hscfg 298
    link services 239 - 241, 299 - 320
    linkcfg 299 - 320
    LU pools, creating 251 - 255
    LUs for connections 217 - 224, 244 - 248
    overview 211
    printer servers 255 - 256
    server connections, configuring 224 - 234, 270 - 272
    SF Folders, configuring 274 - 275
    snacfg APPCLLU, configuring 217 - 220
    snacfg APPCRLU, configuring 220 - 224
    snacfg connection, configuring 224 - 234
    snacfg CPIC, configuring 235 - 237
    snacfg diagnostic, configuring 238 - 239
    snacfg error messages 289 - 298
    snacfg link, configuring 239 - 241
    snacfg LU, configuring 242 - 244
    snacfg LUA, configuring 244 - 246
    snacfg lud, configuring 246 - 248
    snacfg mode, configuring 248 - 251
    snacfg pool, configuring 251 - 252
    snacfg poola, configuring 253 - 254
    snacfg poold, configuring 254 - 255
    snacfg printserver, configuring 255 - 256
    snacfg printsession3270, configuring 256 - 266
    snacfg printsessionAPPC, configuring 266 - 270
    snacfg server, configuring 270 - 271
    snacfg sfas400 273 - 274
    snacfg sffolder 274 - 275
    snacfg sfserver 271 - 272
    snacfg tn3server 275 - 278
    snacfg tn3session 280 - 281
    snacfg tn5server 278 - 279
    snacfg tn5session 281 - 283
    snacfg tnipid 283 - 285
    snacfg user 285 - 287
    snacfg workstation 287 - 289
    VSAM File Transfer tool 320 - 323
    workstations 287 - 289
Common Programming Interface for Communications (CPI-C)
    applications 56
    client/server architecture 452
    commands 236 - 237
    described 43 - 44
    environment variable settings for MS-DOS clients 636
    environment variable settings for OS/2 clients 639
    environment variable settings for Windows 3.x clients 626
    invokable TPs for OS/2 clients 644 - 647
    invokable TPs for Windows 3.x clients 632 - 635
    invokable TPs for Windows 95/98 clients 618 - 619
    invokable TPs for Windows NT clients 603 - 604
    Registry variable settings for SNA Server 581
    Registry variable settings for Windows 95/98 clients 620 - 622
    Registry variable settings for Windows NT clients 593, 605 - 607
    side information files 73
    SNA APIs 452
    symbolic destination names 235
    WINCPIC 455
Common Service Verb (CSV) 176
    environment variable settings for MS-DOS clients 636
    environment variable settings for OS/2 clients 639
    environment variable settings for Windows 3.x clients 626
    Registry variable settings for SNA Server 582
    Registry variable settings for Windows NT clients 593
common-file naming format for AFTP 61 - 62
communications
    APPC LU access to mainframe applications 425 - 427
    Banyan VINES IP clients 438 - 439
    client/server architecture 450
    client-to-SNA Server 435 - 439
    components 417
    data encryption 482 - 484
    hierarchical environments 418 - 421
    management architecture 451
    NetWare clients 437
    peer-oriented environments 421 - 425
    peer-to-peer 455
    SNA Server to SNA Server 434
    TCP/IP clients 436
    throughput 344
    types supported 449
Component Builder (CB) 396
computer resources, monitoring 339 - 343
COMTI (COM Transaction Integrator for CICS and IMS)
    application services 9
    host application access 406 - 407
    host application integration 395 - 399
    performance counters 342 - 343
    performance toolkit 413
    required Option Pack components 6
CONFIG.PCS 655
CONFIG.SYS 653
configuration files
    administrative access 474
    backup copies 94, 443, 474
    changing 472
    COM.CFG 443
    displaying 216, 472
    locking 474
    moving existing SNA configuration to new computer 444
    mrecv.cfg 378
    msend.cfg 376 - 377, 386
    off-line 211
    ownership of copies 474
    PC Support 652, 655, 658
    routers 653 - 657
    securing 470 - 471
    snacfg command file, creating 214 - 216
    specifying 213
    tracing 349
configuration tasks
    3270 print sessions 256 - 266
    adding servers to configurations 270 - 271
    APPC mode 248 - 251
    APPC print sessions 266 - 270
    AS/400 computers 273 - 274
    assigning LUs to pools 242 - 244
    assigning LUs to users 285 - 287
    configuration files, specifying 213
    event logging 238 - 239
    link services 239 - 241, 299 - 320
    LU pools, creating 251 - 255
    LUs for connections 217 - 224, 244 - 248
    order in which to carry out 212
    overview 211
    printer servers 255 - 256
    server connections 224 - 234
    SF Folders 274 - 275
    snacfg 235 - 237, 461
    Telnet IP addresses 283 - 285
    TN3270 275 - 278, 280 - 281
    TN5250 278 - 279, 281 - 283
    workstations 287 - 289
configuring APPC/LU 6.2 connections 499 - 501
configuring Mrecv 378
configuring Msend 376 - 377
connections
    802.2 228 - 229
    AFTP 41, 57, 65 - 66
    AS/400 103, 431
    basic settings, troubleshooting 420
    branch-based deployment models 18 - 21, 86 - 87
    BTU, troubleshooting 421
    Bus & Tag 99, 102
    centralized deployment models 21 - 22, 88 - 89
    channel 99, 234
    client/server 454
    client-sponsor 454, 485
    CNOS 554
    distributed deployment models 23 - 24, 90 - 91
    Distributed Function Terminal 98
    domains 92
    downstream 31 - 32, 224, 228
    ESCON 99, 102
    Ethernet 96 - 97, 102, 104, 228 - 229
    failures counter 342
    FDDI 96 - 97, 102, 104
    IEEE 802.2 DLC 96 - 97
    mainframe 102
    maximum number of 658
    methods 96
    NetView 123
    network on clients using LAN Manager 658
    Open Systems Adapter 102
    organizing subdomains 93 - 94
    peer outgoing 330
    problem alerts 141, 144
    RTM 123
    SDLC 82, 97, 102, 104, 230 - 232
    server-to-host 96, 101 - 104
    SNA Gateway to stress clients 373
    SNA RAS 330 - 331
    sponsor 454, 485
    status 347
    testing for available 331
    token ring 96 - 97, 102, 104, 228 - 229
    troubleshooting 420 - 421, 440
    twinax 82, 98, 104
    Web-to-host 403
    X.25 102, 104, 233 - 234
    X.25/QLLC 98
connectivity
    host 81 - 84
    LAN desktops to mainframes 5
    SNA enterprise 81
    services 10
    trends in PC-to-host connections 82 - 84
controlling access to files 49 - 50
controlling user accounts 468
conventions used in this guide xxv
conversation security 65, 71 - 73
Convtr 413
copies of configuration files 94, 443, 474
copying event logs 343 - 344
counters 339 - 343
CPI-C (Common Programming Interface for Communications)
    applications 56
    client/server architecture 452
    commands 236 - 237
    described 43 - 44
    environment variable settings for MS-DOS clients 636
    environment variable settings for OS/2 clients 639
    environment variable settings for Windows 3.x clients 626
    invokable TPs for OS/2 clients 644 - 647
    invokable TPs for Windows 3.x clients 632 - 635
    invokable TPs for Windows 95/98 clients 618 - 619
    invokable TPs for Windows NT clients 603 - 604
    Registry variable settings for SNA Server 581
    Registry variable settings for Windows 95/98 clients 620 - 622
    Registry variable settings for Windows NT clients 593, 605 - 607
    side information files 73
    SNA APIs 452
    symbolic destination names 235
    WINCPIC 455
CPU loads 371

CSV (Common Service Verb)
    environment variable settings for MS-DOS clients 636
    environment variable settings for OS/2 clients 639
    environment variable settings for Windows 3.x clients 626
    Registry variable settings for SNA Server 582
    Registry variable settings for Windows NT clients 593
CTS failure alerts 140
cumulative counters 174
current configuration file 349
current directories 59 - 61
Custom TRN Character (byte) 78
Customer Information Control System (CICS) 397 - 398, 425

D
data
    communication paths 101
    encryption 407, 482 - 484
    file types 394
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