NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

Configuring INMC Links
Supporting Remote Operations
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Phase 2: Configure
NonStop NET/MASTER MS
Use of Communications
Subsystem Objects
Use NonStop NET/MASTER MS commands to configure the use of communications
subsystem objects. A complete description of each command appears in the NonStop
NET/MASTER MS Command Reference Manual.
Note Although you can issue the commands discussed in this subsection from the Command Entry facility or
the OCS window, the length of the entire command string, including all operands and arguments, usually
requires entry of the command in an NCL procedure. You can use the EQUATE command to abbreviate
the command strings and enter them from either the Command Entry facility or the OCS window.
Add a link definition for the remote management application.
A link definition names a logical connection to a remote management application.
All devices and subdevices used to communicate with a single occurrence of a
remote management application are grouped into a single link. NonStop
NET/MASTER MS commands can start or stop the flow of INMC data blocks to
all devices and subdevices simultaneously.
Use the LINK DEFINE command to add a link definition. For example, to add a
link definition for a connection to an IBM computer, issue a command that resem-
bles the following:
LINK DEFINE=IBM1 MSGID=IBM1 HLITE=REVERSE COLOR=BLUE
COMMENT=IBM1
Add one link definition for each occurrence of a remote management application.
The remote management application is called the other end of the link.
If your system is linked to more than one NonStop NET/MASTER MS system,
configure NonStop NET/MASTER MS to start a copy of the process responsible
for INMC processing. Refer to Section 11, “Configuring the Processing
Environment,” for instructions.
Add a session definition for each protocol used to communicate with the other
end of the link.
NonStop NET/MASTER MS uses information in the session definition to establish
an application-to-application session with a remote management application. The
session definition specifies the communications protocol and, for links to IBM
computers, the application ID by which the remote network management
application is known to VTAM.
Use the SESSION DEFINE command to add a session definition. The next
example adds a session definition for communication with a remote management
application over SNA:
SESSION DEFINE=SNA1 LINK=IBM1 TYPE=SNALU0 APPLID=NETMR