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<title>Create the SNA controller description</title>
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<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Create the SNA controller description</h1>
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<div><p>The controller description indicates the remote devices to which
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the system connects.</p>
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<div class="section"> <p>To create a controller description to use with
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your LAN adapter, follow these steps:</p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>See <a href="../rzahj/rzahjctlpi.htm">Create
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an APPC controller description</a> to find out which create controller
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command to use. Then return here to configure the description.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Type the name of the command to use and press F4 (Prompt).</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Type the name of the controller description into the Controller
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description field.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Specify *LAN in the Link type field.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Press Enter three times.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>The system displays more fields that might require this information
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(for more help, press F1 (Help) while your cursor is on the field):</span> <ul><li><em>Switched line list</em> specifies one or more line descriptions that
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should use your controller description. For more information about the relationship
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between the line and controller descriptions, see <a href="rzajuunderstandingconnestablishment.htm#understanding_conn_establishment">connection
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establishment</a>.</li>
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<li><em>Remote control point</em> names the local control point
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of the remote IBM<sup>®</sup> <span><img src="eserver.gif" alt="eServer" /></span> <span class="keyword">iSeries™</span> system.
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Use the Display Network Attributes (DSPNETA) command on the remote system
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to view its local control point name.</li>
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<li><em>Exchange identifier</em> contains the <a href="rzajuexchangeidentifiers.htm#exchange_identifiers">exchange
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identifier</a> for your system. Advanced Program-to-Program Communication
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(APPC) requires the ID. This ID has two parts. To determine the value for
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the first part, press F1 (Help) when your cursor is on this field. You can
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get the value for the second part from the line description on the remote
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system that is used to connect to your system. To understand the purpose of
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exchange identifiers, read <a href="rzajuunderstandingstationids.htm#understanding_station_ids">How
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LAN devices identify themselves</a>.</li>
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<li><em>Local exchange identifier</em> identifies your <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> to
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the host system. This field exists only in the host controller description.
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Parallel connections between your system and a Systems Network Architecture
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(SNA) host require an <a href="rzajuexchangeidentifiers.htm#exchange_identifiers">exchange
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identifier</a>.</li>
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<li><em>Initial connection</em> determines whether the controller description <a href="rzajuunderstandingwhentoconnect.htm#understanding_when_to_connect">initiates</a> connection
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requests <a href="rzajudialmode.htm#dial_mode">(*DIAL)</a>, or waits
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for incoming connection requests <a href="rzajuanswermode.htm#answer_mode">(*ANS)</a>. <p>If
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you specify *DIAL and want to adjust the polling duration or frequency, change
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the LAN connection retry <a href="rzajylancnntmrandlancnnrty.htm#lancnntmr_and_lancnnrty">(LANCNNRTY)</a> or
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LAN connection timer <a href="rzajylancnntmrandlancnnrty.htm#lancnntmr_and_lancnnrty">(LANCNNTMR)</a> field.</p>
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</li>
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<li><em>LAN remote adapter address</em> contains the address of the remote input/output
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adapter (IOA). To find this address, see <a href="rzajuviewingyouradapteraddress.htm#viewing_your_adapter_address">View
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the address of your adapter</a>. If you are using the preset address of
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the adapter, read <a href="rzajuchoosinglanphysicaladdress.htm#choosing_lan_physical_address">LAN
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IOA addresses</a> to minimize your reconfiguration work.</li>
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<li><em>LAN destination service access point</em><a href="rzajuhigherlayersoverlanprotocols.htm#higher_layers_over_lan_protocols__ssaps_and_dsaps"> (DSAP)</a> contains the source service access point <a href="rzajuhigherlayersoverlanprotocols.htm#higher_layers_over_lan_protocols__ssaps_and_dsaps">(SSAP)</a> value from the controller description that is on the remote
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device. For more information about service access points (SAPs), see <a href="rzajuhigherlayersoverlanprotocols.htm#higher_layers_over_lan_protocols">SNA
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connections to LAN protocols</a>.</li>
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<li><em>LAN source service access point</em><a href="rzajuhigherlayersoverlanprotocols.htm#higher_layers_over_lan_protocols__ssaps_and_dsaps">(SSAP)</a> contains a value from the SSAP list of the line description that is associated
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with this controller description.</li>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>For detailed information
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about all the parameters and their dependencies, see the Communications Configuration
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manual on the <a href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/rzaqhindex.htm" target="_blank"> V5R1 Supplemental Manuals Web site</a><img src="www.gif" alt="Link to PDF" />.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Press Enter three times to create the description.</span></li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzajusettingupsnaovertokenring.htm" title="To Configure Systems Network Architecture (SNA) over token ring, you need to create the token-ring line description, the controller description, and sometimes the device description.">Configure SNA over token ring</a></div>
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