NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) Command Reference Manual

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LINK START
NonStop NET/MASTER MS Commands
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LINK START The LINK START command starts an Inter-NET/MASTER Connection (INMC) link.
You must completely describe a link, using the LINK DEFINE, SESSION DEFINE, and
UNIT DEFINE commands, before starting the link. You can change the description of
any definition record created using these commands at any time before starting the
link.
The LINK START command does not alter the records that make up the complete link
definition in global memory.
LINK START= link-name
link-name
specifies the name of the link to the remote system. The link name is defined in
the LINK DEFINE command. The link name can be from 1 through 12 characters
long and can include any displayable characters. Alphabetic characters are not
case-sensitive.
Considerations
The default authority level of this command is 3.
You can enter this command from any NCL procedure, including the INIT NCL
procedure, by using either the CMD core statement or the INTCMD verb.
When you issue this command, all the definition records that describe the link,
created by the LINK DEFINE, SESSION DEFINE, and UNIT DEFINE commands,
are checked for consistency. If the records are inconsistent you are notified by an
error message; otherwise NonStop NET/MASTER MS attempts to establish the
link.
You can use this command to start a link that you have stopped using either the
LINK STOP or LINK RESET command. After the LINK STOP command, NonStop
NET/MASTER MS uses the complete link definition that was current when you
stopped the link. After the LINK RESET command, NonStop NET/MASTER MS
reobtains the current link records that make up the complete link definition from
global memory.
For related information, see the other LINK commands and the PARAM
FEATUREDISABLE, SESSION, SHOW LINKS, and UNIT commands.
Example
The following example starts the link, REMOTE1:
LINK START=REMOTE1