APLMGR SCF Reference Manual

Objects for Tandem FTAM

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Wildcard Support for the SU Object

Tandem FTAM supports limited use of wildcards. The wildcard characters are the

question mark (?) and the asterisk (*). The question mark denotes any single character;

the asterisk denotes any number of characters.

When wildcards are used in $process-name or $appl-mgr-name, the first

character must be the dollar sign ($). The second character, and any subsequent

characters, can be any alphabetic or numeric character, an asterisk, or a question mark.

An example of wildcard usage in $process-name is

SU $FT*.#Z000005

Additional limited wildcard support is provided by Tandem FTAM for the NAMES SU

command. Only the asterisk (*) can be used, as shown in the following example (note

that the asterisk must immediately follow the period):

NAMES SU $process-name.*

You can abort subdevice Z123456 associated with the initiator \MARS.$FTI1 by using

the following command:

ABORT SU \MARS.$FTI1.#Z123456

You can issue an INFO command to subdevice ZF54321 associated with the responder

\MARS.$FTR1 as follows:

INFO SU \MARS.$FTR1.#ZF54321

Object State for the SU Object

During its lifetime, an FTAM subdevice can have only one state: STARTED.

FTAM subdevices are generated automatically and cannot be created through SCF. You

can, however, discard a subdevice through SCF by issuing the ABORT SU command. In

addition, when you issue the ABORT PROCESS command, all subdevices associated

with that specified process are discarded.

Note that subdevices that exist (even responder subdevices that are waiting for an

association) are always considered to be in use; therefore, the STOP SU command is not

defined for FTAM. For further information on the life cycle of FTAM subdevices, see

the OSI/FTAM Configuration and Management Manual.

Attributes for the SU Object

There are no attributes that define SU objects. The STATUS SU and STATS SU

commands, however, provide information on SU objects.