HP-UX TN3270 Administration Guide

Configuring TN3270
Understanding the Configuration Text File Records
Chapter 332
Understanding the Configuration Text File
Records
The configuration text file contains the following types of configuration
records:
host record
Specifies the following information about a host that
can be accessed using TN3270:
• Either the host's symbolic domain name or Internet
Protocol (IP) 32–bit dotted-decimal address
• TCP/IP port used to access the host
• 3270 screen model that the host supports
The configuration file contains at least one host record
for each host that you can access. If a host can support
more than one screen model, the configuration file has
multiple host records for that host (one record for each
screen model supported).
The host record may correspond either to a host
computer that supports direct TN3270 access over
TCP/IP or to another computer's communications
product that provides the TN Server function. The
standard SNAplus2 product provides TN Server
function, which provides an intermediary function that
connects to terminals over TCP/IP and to the host over
SNA communications links.
user record
Specifies the following information about a TN3270
user:
• User's HP-UX login name
• User's default TN3270 style file
• Hosts (identified by the name field of host records)
that the user can use
The configuration file contains one user record for each