TCP/IP Management Programming Manual

Elements of SPI Messages
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Object-Name Templates
process is $ZTC0. If the process name is more than four characters long, the process
cannot be accessed from remote systems.
When you assign an object name to a subnet, you must assign a unique name to each
subnet on a single process. The name must be preceded by a pound sign (#) and can
have a maximum of seven alphanumeric characters, not including the pound sign. The
first character following the pound sign must always be a letter.
Subnets on separate processes can have identical object names; therefore, the
process name and a period must precede the subnet name to reference a specific
subnet. It is recommended that you use the letters SN followed by a subnet number to
identify a subnet. An example of a valid object name for a subnet is $ZTC0.#SN1.
When you assign an object name to a route, you must assign a unique name to each
route associated with a process. The name must be preceded by a pound sign (#) and
can have a maximum of seven alphanumeric characters, not including the pound sign.
The first character following the pound sign must always be a letter.
Routes on separate processes can have identical object names; therefore, the process
name and a period must precede the route name to reference a specific route. It is
recommended that you use the letters ROU followed by a route number to identify a
route. An example of a valid object name for a route is $ZTC0.#ROU2.
Object-Name Templates
Some TCP/IP commands can affect multiple objects by using an object-name
template. An object-name template is a character string that can include one or more
wild-card characters and is specified in the ZCOM-TKN-OBJNAME token in the
command. The TCP/IP subsystem supports these wild-card characters within an
object-name template:
Note. In the TCP/IP subsystem, a TCP/IP process can have more than one IP address
associated with it. However, each process must have a NonStop OS process name, and each
IP address must be unique within the network. (For more information about IP addresses, see
the TCP/IP Configuration and Management Manual.)
* An asterisk represents a character string of undefined length. An asterisk can be
used to represent these:
•
A whole separated name, for example, $ZTCI.*. This selects all subnets and
routes associated with process $ZTCI.
•
A trailing string, for example, $ZTCI.#SN*. This selects all subnets whose
names begin with the letters SN and are associated with the process $ZTCI.
•
An undefined number of characters, for example, $ZTC*. This selects all
TCP/IP processes whose names begin with $ZTC.
? A question mark represents one unknown character in a specific position. An
example of its use is $ZTCI.#ROU1?. This selects all routes whose names begin
with ROU1, are followed by only one character, and are associated with the
process $ZTCI.