OSI/AS Configuration and Management Manual

Management Environment

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Types of PROFILE Objects

OSI/AS defines three different types of PROFILE objects (profile-type). Table 2-5

shows the identifier that you use for each type of PROFILE object. Note that Network

Layer PROFILE objects determine both X.25 protocol values and some LAN values;

that is, these PROFILE objects affect NSP processes that are implemented by X25AM

and TLAM (with D-series releases) or PAM (with G06 and above releases).

Naming PROFILE Objects

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

that uniquely identifies it. That is, the fully qualified profile name must be unique within

the OSI/AS subsystem. Later, if you want to check its attribute values, modify some of

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

identifier with the appropriate command syntax.

A PROFILE object name consists of three parts. The first part is the name of the OSI

manager process that controls the subsystem. The second part, profile-type, identifies

the OSI service layer to which the PROFILE object belongs. The last part is a string that

identifies the PROFILE object uniquely within the subsystem.

PROFILE object names have the following syntax:

Here are three examples that illustrate this syntax:

$OSIM.#L3.NPFILE

$OSIM.#L4.TPFILE

$OSIM.#L5.SPFILE

Table 2-5. Type Identifier for PROFILE Objects

PROFILE Type

OSI Protocol

Service Layer Description

L3 Layer 3 Network Layer

L4 Layer 4 Transport Layer

L5 Layer 5 Session Layer

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