PAM Management Programming Manual
About This Manual
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What’s in This Manual
What’s in This Manual
Table i summarizes the contents of this manual.
Table i. Contents
Section or 
Appendix Title Contents
1 Introduction Provides a brief overview of the architecture of the 
PAM subsystem and the Distributed Systems 
Management (DSM) facilities.
2 Communicating With 
the PAM Subsystem
Describes how control-and-inquiry communication 
with the PAM subsystem is performed and provides 
an overview of the commands that a management 
application can send to the PAM subsystem.
3 SPI Programming 
Considerations for the 
PAM Subsystem
Summarizes Subsystem Programmatic Interface 
(SPI) programming an describes SPI programming 
considerations for the PAM subsystem.
4 Common Definitions Contains general information that applies to all uses 
of the common definitions in the interfaces to the 
PAM subsystem.
5 Commands and 
Responses
Describes the syntax and semantics for all 
commands and responses in the PAM programmatic 
control-and-inquiry interface.
6 Event Messages Describes information the PAM subsystem provides 
to Event Management Service (EMS) by issuing 
messages about subsystem events.
A Error Numbers and 
Error Lists
Presents all the error numbers provided by the PAM 
subsystem and describes the error lists associated 
with these error numbers.
B Token Codes and 
Token Maps
Lists all the token codes and token maps that are 
specific to the PAM subsystem.
C G-Series Migration Describes how to migrate management applications 
that communicate with the Tandem LAN Access 
Method (TLAM) subsystem to G-series systems.










