NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Manual

CNMALERT
Verbs
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CNMALERT The CNMALERT verb queues a communications network management (CNM)
record to an EMSPROC procedure running in a local system.
Using this verb requires an understanding of IBM System Network Architecture
(SNA) networks.
CNMALERT { ARGS [ RANGE=( start , end ) ] [ SEGMENT= n ] |
VARS={ output-vars-list | variable * }
[ RANGE=( start , end ) ] [ SEGMENT= n ] |
DATA= text }
[ MODE={ CREATE | INSERT } ]
When control is returned to the NCL procedure, the &SYS.RETCODE system variable
is set to one of the following values:
Return Code Meaning
0 The alert has been successfully delivered to the EMSPROC.
8 The alert has not been delivered to the EMSPROC.
ARGS
specifies a range of variables containing the text of the message. See “Frequently
Occurring Operands,” at the beginning of this section, for more information.
RANGE=( start , end )
determines the range of variables specified by the ARGS operand. See
“Frequently Occurring Operands,” at the beginning of this section, for more
information.
SEGMENT= n
specifies the amount of data (in bytes) to be put into the variables specified.
See “Frequently Occurring Operands,” at the beginning of this section, for
more information.
VARS
output-vars-list
specifies that NCL is to place the text of the message from an output VARS
list into $EMS.CNM. Multiple variables must be enclosed in parentheses and
separated by commas.
variable*
specifies a set of variables. See “Frequently Occurring Operands,” at the
beginning of this section, for more information.