OSI/TS Management Programming Manual

OSI/TS Subsystem Architecture
Introduction
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Control-and-Inquiry
Interface
Figure 1-2 illustrates the control-and-inquiry interface to OSI/TS—that is, the interface
that provides commands and responses.
Figure 1-2. Control-and-Inquiry Interface to OSI/TS
Management
Application
SCP
TSP
Process
Programmatic
Commands and
Responses
Interactive Commands and
Displayed Responses
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To manage the OSI/TS subsystem, the Subsystem Control Point (SCP) process is
required. This process provides control-and-inquiry management interfaces to a
number of Tandem data communications subsystems. Commands are sent to SCP,
which forwards them to the appropriate subsystems or, in the case of a small number
of commands, handles them itself. SCP is used internally by the SCF interactive
interface, as well as by management applications you write. Using a permanently
running SCP process, by setting the AUTOSTOP parameter as described in the
Distributed Systems Management (DSM) Programming Manual, is strongly
recommended.
For more information about the use of SCP by management applications, refer to the
Communications Management Programming Manual.
This manual describes only commands supported by the OSI/TS subsystem. You can
perform operations on NSP processes by using the commands described in the X25AM
Management Programming Manual and the TLAM Management Programming Manual.