Making a Connection

Give users and groups access to the mainframe environment, install connections, and verify the installation. For information on the IP-DLC Link Service, see IP-DLC Link Service.

Install HIS

• Verify Host connection information.

• Verify Windows Server configuration information.

• Verify Host Integration Server SNA service configuration information

• Install Host Integration Server.

• Install appropriate link services.

Configure HIS

• Step 1 (L) Creating and Configuring Link Services

• Step 2 (C) Creating and Configuring Connections

• Step 3 (LU) Creating and Configuring 3270 LUs

• Step 4 (A) Adding and Assigning Users

Test HIS

• Testing Connections with the 3270 Client

• Testing Connections with the 5250 Client

Things to consider

For a connection to be established successfully, a number of software settings and hardware characteristics must work together. The following table outlines items to consider when configuring a connection with Host Integration Server.

Element

Considerations

Host configuration settings must match the connectionandserversettings on the Host Integration Server computer.

Mainframe node ID settings: For most mainframes, IDBLK and IDNUM in the physical unit (PU) definition must match the two parts of the Remote Node ID on the Host Integration Server connection. IBM i name settings: For the IBM i computer, local and remote control point names (CP names) and network names must be matched with corresponding Host Integration Server settings BTU length: For the mainframe, the BTU length is set through MAXDATA in the PU definition. For the IBM i computer, this is set through MAXFRAME. These should equal the Max BTU Length on the Host Integration Server connection.

More good stuff

IP-DLC Link Service