Important Network Options on a Host Integration Server Computer
When Host Integration Server network options are specified correctly on a Host Integration Server computer, the server will use the appropriate protocol(s) for communicating with clients. Servers supporting TCP/IP or Microsoft Networking will have the correct domain name so that clients can locate the Host Integration Server computers.
Important
These changes do not take effect until the server is restarted. Do not change these settings while the server has active users.
To view or change client/server protocols and other network options on a Host Integration Server computer
In SNA Manager, select a Host Integration Server computer.
Right-click a server and then click Properties. The Server Properties dialog box appears.
To change the Host Integration Server computer name, click Change in the Name box. The Host Integration Server computer must be in an off-line state before you can change the name.
To modify the client/server protocols and other network options, click Change in the Properties box, and then click OK.
Complete the Server SNA Resource wizard.
Note
If the server has TCP/IP installed and will communicate with clients that use TCP/IP, be sure that the selections in the Select Client/Server Protocols dialog box include TCP/IP. If Microsoft Networking (Named Pipes) is selected and TCP/IP is not, the server can communicate through Named Pipes over TCP/IP, a protocol combination that does not recover from error conditions as effectively as native TCP/IP.
If TCP/IP is selected, you can also select Microsoft Networking. In this situation, the Host Integration Server computer will use native TCP/IP with clients that use TCP/IP, and Microsoft Networking with clients that use Microsoft Networking.