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Network Station - 5250 display name support
Applicable to: World-Wide
This document contains instructions for enabling an IBM Network Station to select a virtual device for its TN5250 sessions.
The following information comes from 5250 online help. An administrator can specify the virtual display name for 5250 sessions using the IBM Network Station Manager. Click on Startup, then Programs or Menus in IBM Network Station Manager. Type -DISPLAY_NAME, one space, and one parameter (the parameter is described below) in the Other parameters field. -DISPLAY_NAME and the parameter are case sensitive. -DISPLAY_NAME also controls the number of 5250 sessions that can be started on the target AS/400 system. The target AS/400 system must be at Version 3, Release 7 or Version 3, Release 2.
There are three basic types of virtual display name parameters, each of which can have +n (where n is a numeric digit between 1 and 9) added to them for a total of the following valid parameters:
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XXXXXX where XXXXXX is a 2- to 10-character name of the 5250 session. The user is limited to a single session. |
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XXXXXX+n where XXXXXX is a 1- to 9-character name of the 5250 session. The user is limited to n sessions. For example, JOE+4 would allow the user to start four 5250 sessions where the first session would be JOE1, the second JOE2, and so on. |
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USE_USER_ID allows the user to start a single 5250 session where the session name is the same as the user's user ID (2 to 10 characters). |
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USE_USER_ID+n allows the user to start n 5250 sessions where the session name is the same as the user's user ID (limited to 9 characters) with the number n appended to the end. For example, USE_USER_ID+4 and a user ID of JOE would have session names of JOE1, JOE2, JOE3, and JOE4. |
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USE_MAC_ADDRESS allows the user to start a single 5250 session where the session name is created starting with an alpha character which indicates the type of communication card (T for token ring or E for Ethernet) followed by the lower 4 bytes of the MAC address. The MAC address is displayed on the IBM Network Station View Hardware Configuration screen (boot monitor screen). For example: USE_MAC_ADDRESS with a token-ring Network Station and MAC address of 00.00.E5.68.D5.99 results in a session name of TE568D599. |
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USE_MAC_ADDRESS+n allows the user to start n 5250 sessions where the session name is created as above but with n appended to the end. For example: USE_MAC_ADDRESS+3 with a token-ring Network Station and MAC address of 00.00.E5.68.D5.99 would result in session names of TE568D5991, TE568D5992, and TE568D5993. |
The rules for AS/400 session names are:
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Each active 5250 session must have a unique session name (virtual display name). |
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The first character must be an alphabetic character. |
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All characters must be alphabetic, numeric, a period, or an underscore. |
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All alphabetic characters must be uppercase. |
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5250 | |
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5250 Emulation, System Administration Tools | |
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Date Created |
11-12-98 | |
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Last Updated |
22-03-99 | |
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Revision Date |
20-09-99 | |
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IBM Network Station | |
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Product Family |
AS/400 - Network Station | |
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Various | |
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