Configuring and Managing Host-Based X.25 Links - Edition 5 (36939-90054)

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Preparing to Configure DTCs
Defining the DTC
Defining the DTC
The following parameters are required to define each DTC used for
connection between the HP 3000 and its asynchronous devices
(terminals and printers). You can use the DTC Configuration
worksheets as shown later in this chapter to record the values selected
for each DTC.
DTC Name A name for the DTC, up to eight alphanumeric
characters, beginning with a letter. Each DTC
configured on the system must have a unique name.
DTC LAN Station
Address The local station address of the DT C. The HP 2345B
(DTC 48) station address is printed inside the front
cover. The HP 2340A (DTC 16) station address is
printed on the label located on the upper right-hand
corner of the back panel of the DTC. The HP J2070A
(DTC 72MX) and J2062A/J2063A/J2064A
(DTC 16iX/16MX/16RX) station address is printed on
the label located at the lower center of the back panel of
the DTC.
A typical LAN address looks like:
08-00-09-1A-11-11.
For DTC 16RX access to an HP 3000 in an MPE/iX
host-based management environment, use the value
00-00-00-00-00-00 as the DTC 16RX LAN address.
Configuration of the DTC 16RX is done on the HP 9000
host using DTC 16RX Manager.
DTC Node
Name A fully qualified node name of the DTC, in the form
nodename.domain.organization, where each field can
contain 16 or fewer characters (alphanumeric,
underscores, or hyphens). The first character of each
field must be alphabetic.
Assign meaningful node names. For example,
ACCTS.IXNET.ACCTG and PAY.IXNET.ACCTG are
meaningful names for two nodes on the same Local
Area Network (LAN) within the accounting
department. One node (ACCTS.IXNET.ACCTG) is used
by the accounts staff. The other node
(PAY.IXNET.ACCTG) is used by the payables staff. The
domain field is the same because the nodes belong to the
same network. The organization field is the same
because the nodes belong to the same internetwork.