Distributed Systems Network Management (DSNM) Subsystem Interface Development Guide

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Distributed Systems Network Management (DSNM) Subsystem Interface Development
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4. DSNM Command Requirements
Adding Text Items to an Output Object: _APPEND^OUTPUT 3-32
Releasing Output List Members to the Frame: _RELEASE^OUTPUT 3-32
Example: List Processing Library Services 3-32
Suspending and Dispatching Thread Procedures 3-34
Suspending Thread Procedures: Return Codes 3-34
Dispatching Thread Procedures: Events 3-35
Declaring Utility Procedures: _RC^TYPE 3-36
State Management 3-37
Determining Which Event(s) Caused the Current Dispatch 3-38
Altering the Current Thread Procedure and Thread State 3-39
Frame Services 3-45
CI Communications 3-45
Accessing Information About a CI Communication 3-48
Timeout Intervals 3-50
Command Thread Termination 3-51
Reporting Errors 3-51
Reporting Errors to the Frame 3-52
Command-Terminating Errors 3-53
Reporting Errors to EMS 3-53
Overview of the Library Services 3-54
4. DSNM Command Requirements
Scope of This Section 4-1
Command Flow 4-1
Command Components 4-1
Action to be Performed 4-2
Command Modifiers 4-2
Object List Modifiers 4-3
Response Modifiers 4-5
Action Modifiers 4-7
Object States 4-7
The Input Object List 4-8
Execution Objects 4-9
Applying Object List Modifiers 4-9
The User Area: Intermediate Lists 4-9
The Output Object List 4-10
Output Object Variable-Length Items 4-10