Technical data

DEFINE COMMUNICATION_CONTROLLER
DEFINE COMMUNICATION_CONTROLLER
Defines the mapping between a communication controller device and its
corresponding Internet interface. Each mapping or controller definition is stored
as a record in the configuration database.
To modify an existing controller definition, you must delete the old
controller definition from the configuration database (using the DELETE
COMMUNICATION_CONTROLLER command) and then define the new
controller definition (using the DEFINE COMMUNICATION_CONTROLLER
command).
Internet devices are uniquely identified using 2-character names. The first
character is determined by the /INTERNET_INTERFACE qualifier. The second
character is determined by the controller type you specify with the /TYPE
qualifier, as follows:
Controller Type Second Character of Interface Name
ETHERNET E
FDDI F
PPP P
SERIAL L
TOKEN_RING T
For example, with the following command, the communication controller EW
maps to the interface WE:
TCPIP> DEFINE COMMUNICATION_CONTROLLER EW -
_TCPIP> /INTERNET_INTERFACE=W /TYPE=ETHERNET
Related commands: LIST COMMUNICATION_CONTROLLER,
DELETE COMMUNICATION_CONTROLLER, all INTERFACE commands
Format
DEFINE COMMUNICATION_CONTROLLER controller
[ /DESCRIPTION=text ]
/INTERNET_INTERFACE=character
/TYPE=(option[,...])
Parameters
controller
Required.
Specifies the OpenVMS device name of the communication controller (as displayed
by the DCL command SHOW DEVICE) to be mapped to an Internet interface.
For examples of communication controllers with their corresponding Internet
interfaces, refer to the LIST COMMUNICATION_CONTROLLER command. For
more information on configuring network interfaces, refer to the HP TCP/IP
Services for OpenVMS Management manual.
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