The Add Local Area Network Adapter Information (ADDLANADPI) command adds an adapter name entry to the adapter file.

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
ADPTNAME	Adapter	Name	Required, Positional 1
ADPTADR	Adapter address	000000000001-7FFFFFFFFFFF	Required, Positional 2
LINETYPE	Line type	*DDI, *TRN	Required, Positional 3
TEXT	Text 'description'	Character value, *BLANK	Optional

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Adapter (ADPTNAME)

Specifies the name of the adapter being added to the adapter file. The name can be a maximum of 10 characters in length.

This is a required parameter.

Adapter address (ADPTADR)

Specifies the 12-character hexadecimal adapter address.

This is a required parameter.

Line description (LINETYPE)

Specifies the line type of the entry.

*DDI

A distributed data interface (DDI) line type is used.

*TRN

A token-ring network (TRN) line type is used.

This is a required parameter.

Text 'description' (TEXT)

Specifies the text that briefly describes the object.

The possible values are:

*BLANK

Text is not specified.

character-value

Specify no more than 50 characters of text, enclosed in apostrophes.

Examples

ADDLANADPI   ADPTNAME(PAYROLL)  ADPTADR(00000000012B)
             LINETYPE(*TRN)

This command adds the adapter PAYROLL, with the address 00000000012B, to the network adapter file. The line is a token-ring line.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

CPF8B48

Adapter name - &29 or address - &30 already in the network adapter file

CPF8B68

Line description &23 not found.

CPF8B69

Line description &23 not valid for requested action.

CPF8B74

Request to display active adapters failed.

CPF8B75

No adapter entries in network adapter file.

CPF8B76

No functional addresses for adapter.