OSI/AS Configuration and Management Manual

Management Environment

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Naming ENTRY Objects

You must give each ENTRY object that you add to your OSI/AS subsystem a name that

uniquely identifies it. Later, if you want to check its attribute values, modify some of

these values, or delete this ENTRY object altogether, you refer to it by using the same

identifier with the appropriate command syntax.

An ENTRY object name consists of three parts. The first part is the name of the OSI

manager process that controls the subsystem. The second part identifies the type of

ENTRY object. The last part is a string that identifies the ENTRY object uniquely

within the subsystem.

The following syntax schema shows the form of ENTRY object names:

null ENTRY Names

If you specify all server processes and profiles in an APPL ENTRY object instead of in

the individual ENTRY objects (see Section 4, Installing and Configuring the

Subsystem), you can use a null ENTRY name for TSEL ENTRY objects and NSAP

ENTRY objects. For example, if your application does not require TSELs, you can use a

null TSEL ENTRY name to specify a server (TSP process) without specifying a TSEL

name. Because the OSI manager process interprets a null ENTRY object as having a

name (which is null), you may use only one TSEL ENTRY null name and one NSAP

ENTRY null name in your configuration.

If your application uses APPL ENTRY objects, you can specify all servers and profiles

in APPL ENTRY objects and eliminate the need for null ENTRY names.

SNPA ENTRY Names

Names for SNPA ENTRY objects are interpreted in two different ways depending on the

type of network and the standards being used. The SNPA name for LANs is the actual

address of the SNPA. The SNPA name for X.25 WANs is only an internal index number.

The real address is contained in X25DESTADDR in the Layer-3 profile or service.

Examples of ENTRY Objects

The following examples illustrate ENTRY object names for each type of ENTRY object:

$OSIM.#SNPA.FE08008E000023(for normal mode)

$OSIM.#SNPA.123458(for X25-1980 mode)

$OSIM.#NSAP.9A0002

$OSIM.#TSEL.0001

$OSIM.#TSEL.(null name)

$OSIM.#APPL.USER1

$osi-mgr-name.#entry-type.entry-name