SNAX Connection Manager (SNAX/CM) Manual

About This Manual
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SNAX Connection Manager (SNAX/CM) is a subsystem that allows you to manage
connections for calls coming in to and out from a Tandem system over an X.25 or a
Token-Ring network.
This first edition of the SNAX Connection Manager Manual incorporates information
about SNAX/CM that was previously documented in other SNAX/XF manuals (see
the section, “New and Changed Information”). This edition also incorporates
information about Tandem’s implementation of Token-Ring networks support by
SNAX/XF.
Contents of This
Manual
This manual is organized as follows:
“About This Manual” describes the contents of this manual and refers to other
related manuals.
Section 1, “Introduction,” introduces SNAX Connection Manager, with an
overview about the SNAX/CM environment, the features supported, and a user-
written server process that works with SNAX/CM.
Section 2, “Configuring SNAX/CM,” describes how to configure SNAX/XF lines
for use with SNAX/CM. Examples in this section show how to configure lines for
both X.25 and Token-Ring networks.
Section 3, “SNAX/CM Commands,” describes the syntax, description, and an
example of how to use each SNAX/CM command.
Section 4, “SNAX/CM Server Program,” describes a user-written server process,
how SNAX/CM and a server process work together, and the message structures
used to validate the call string and XID string.
Appendix A, “Server Program for SNAX/CM,” contains a sample user-written
server process named SXCMSV (SNAX/CM Server).
Note Although the sample described in Appendix A is included on the Site Update Tape (SUT), it is for
purposes of illustration only; this sample is not a requisite for using SNAX/CM and is not supported.
Appendix B, “SNAX/CM Messages,” provides a list of return codes, as well as
describes the status and error messages returned to SNAX/CM and related
processes.
Appendix C, “SNAX/CM Event Messages,” describes tokenized event messages
for the SNAX Connection Manager subsystem.
The glossary includes terms commonly used in conjunction with SNAX/CM,
SNAX/XF, and Token-Ring support.
The index provides an alphabetized reference to SNAX/CM topics.