HP 3000 Manuals

NS3000/iX NMMGR Screens Reference Manual

Token Ring Link Configuration 

The Token Ring Link Configuration screen (#87) in figure 3-6 is displayed
when you select a link name of type TOKEN at the Link Selection screen
(figure 3-2) and press the [Add] or [Modify] function key.  It is also
displayed when you type the path name:

@LINK.linkname 

in the command window of any screen and press the [Enter] key, where
linkname is the name of a configured token ring link.


          Figure 3-6.  Token Ring Link Configuration 

Press the [Save Data] function key to transfer the data displayed on the
screen to the configuration file you are creating or updating.  Verify
that the data record has been created by checking that the Data flag is
set to Y. 


CAUTION  If the SNA token ring link product is already configured for the
         IBM subsystem, the values that initially appear in the Token
         Ring Link Configuration screen fields reflect the SNA
         configuration.  If the same token ring card is being used for
         both NS and SNA communications, certain fields in the Token Ring
         Link Configuration screen must match the values of the SNA
         token ring link configuration.  (See the following field
         descriptions.)

         If the Link Name configured for a NS token ring link is the same
         as the name of a SNA token ring link, make sure that the values
         of these fields in the NS token ring link configuration match
         the SNA token ring link configuration; otherwise, the NS token
         ring link configuration will change the SNA token ring link
         configuration.


Fields 

Physical path of    The physical path number corresponds to the slot
device adapter      location of a node's token ring device adapter.  For
                    HP 3000 systems, the path is derived by a basic
                    formula of 4 x slot number.  (Example:  4 x 10 = 40,
                    where the token ring device adapter is installed in
                    slot number 10 and the physical path of the device
                    adapter is 40.)

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                    NOTE  If the same token ring card is being used for
                          both NS and SNA communications, you must use
                          the same value for this field as is configured
                          for the SNA link.

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                    If you are unsure of the slot location or of the
                    physical path number to configure for your system,
                    see your system documentation or consult your
                    Hewlett-Packard service representative.

Buffer size         The size, in bytes, of the buffer that holds data
                    transferred from the token ring card to the upper
                    layers (inbound data only).

                    Default value:  4096

                    Range:  1536 - 4096

Use                 The token ring adapter is supplied with a 48-bit
factory-configured  station address.  These are guaranteed to be unique.
local station       Do not override the factory configured local node
address?            address except on the specific instructions of your
                    network administrator or your Hewlett-Packard
                    representative.

                    Default value:  Y

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                    NOTE  If the same token ring card is being used for
                          both NS and SNA communications, you must
                          specify the local station address that is
                          configured for the SNA token ring link.

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Local station       This field is to be used only with specific
address             instructions from your network administrator or your
                    Hewlett-Packard representative.  It allows you to
                    enter a station address to replace the factory
                    configured address.  The format must be compatible
                    with HP software requirements.

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                    NOTE  If the same token ring card is being used for
                          both NS and SNA communications, you must
                          specify the local station address that is
                          configured for the SNA Link.

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