The Add Protocol Table Entry (ADDPCLTBLE) command is used to add a protocol entry to the protocol table. You can use the protocol table to manage a list of protocols used in the Internet. The Internet is a collection of networks functioning as a single, cooperative, and virtual network using Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) to support peer-to-peer connectivity.

The protocol table is shipped with a list of some valid protocols. Current protocol values are available to the Internet community in the assigned numbers RFC (Request for Comments) document, a formal specification of proposals and standards for a portion of TCP/IP.

Restrictions:

• You must have input/output system configuration (*IOSYSCFG) special authority to run this command.

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
PROTOCOL	Protocol	Character value	Required, Positional 1
PCLNBR	Protocol number	Integer	Required, Positional 2
TEXT	Text 'description'	Character value, *BLANK	Optional
ALIAS	Aliases	Single values: *NONE Other values (up to 4 repetitions): Character value, *NONE	Optional

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Protocol (PROTOCOL)

Specifies the protocol to be added to the table. A protocol can be added to the table only once.

character-value

Specify the protocol name.

Protocol number (PCLNBR)

Specifies the number that represents the protocol.

integer

Specify the protocol number.

Text 'description' (TEXT)

Specifies text that briefly describes the protocol entry.

*BLANK

Text is not specified.

character-value

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

Aliases (ALIAS)

Specifies the alternate name for the protocol. You can specify a maximum of 4 aliases. No checking is done to ensure that an alias is unique.

Single values

*NONE

The protocol has no alternate name.

Other values (up to 4 repetitions)

character-value

Specify an alternate protocol name.

Examples

ADDPCLTBLE   PROTOCOL(TCP)  PCLNBR(6)

This command adds an entry for the TCP protocol to the protocol table. The protocol number for the TCP entry is 6.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

TCP290B

Protocol entry already exists in table. Entry was not added.

TCP2915

Protocol entry contains characters that are not valid. Entry was not added.

TCP8050

*IOSYSCFG authority required to use &1.