Change your line description

  1. Vary off the line description:
    1. Type WRKLIND and press Enter.
    2. Locate your line description, and place your cursor in its Opt field.
    3. Type 8 (Work with status) and press Enter.
    4. Type 2 (Vary off) and press Enter. If your line description does not vary off, place your cursor on the error message and press F1 (Help) to view more information about the error. If you need help with the error, see iSeries™ troubleshooting.
    5. Press Enter.
  2. Type CHGLINETH description_name (where description_name is the line description being changed) and press F4 (Prompt).
  3. Specify the correct values for the Line speed field and the Duplex field. If you are not familiar with the input/output adapter (IOA), see Hardware requirements for Ethernet.
  4. If you are using this line description with TCP/IP, ensure that source service access point (SSAP) X'AA' and its associated information are in the SSAP list field.
  5. If you want to use the larger frame sizes of Gigabit or 10 Gigabit Ethernet, ensure that all the nodes along the communications path can support the frame sizes.
  6. Press Enter to save your changes.
Parent topic: Use existing line descriptions with iSeries Navigator
Next topic: Assign your line description to a TCP/IP interface:
Related tasks
Assign your line description to a TCP/IP interface:
Configure TCP/IP over Ethernet
Related reference
Hardware requirements for Ethernet
SNA service access points (SAPs)