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<h1 class="topictitle1">Virtual device descriptions</h1>
<div><p>This topic provides information about configuring and naming virtual
device descriptions.</p>
<p>Telnet uses virtual device descriptions to maintain client workstation
information for open Telnet sessions. A <span class="uicontrol">virtual device</span> is
a device description that is used to form a connection between a user and
a physical workstation attached to a remote system. Virtual devices provide
information about your physical device (display or printer) to the programs
on the server. The server looks for the attaching client/server protocol to
specify a virtual device. If the server cannot find a specified virtual device,
it then looks for a designated virtual device in a registered exit program.
If the server cannot find a virtual device, it then attempts to match a virtual
device description with a device type and model similar to the device on your
local system.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Telnet naming conventions for virtual controllers and devices</h4><p>The
Telnet server uses the following conventions for naming automatically created
virtual controllers and devices, according to the i5/OS<sup>®</sup> standards:</p>
<ul><li>For virtual controller, the server uses the name QPACTL <var class="varname">nn</var> where <var class="varname">nn</var> is
a decimal number of 01 or greater.</li>
<li>For virtual devices, the server uses the name QPADEV <var class="varname">xxxx</var> where <var class="varname">xxxx</var> is
an alphanumeric character from 0001 to <var class="varname">zzzzz</var>, excluding
vowels.</li>
<li>For named virtual devices, the server gives the virtual controllers the
name of QVIRCD <var class="varname">nnnn</var></li>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Notes:</span> <ol><li>Under the i5/OS naming convention, the virtual controller must
have a name of QPACTL <var class="varname">nn</var>.</li>
<li>The virtual device has a name of QPADEV <var class="varname">xxxx</var>.</li>
<li>You must grant the QTCP user profile authority to the user-created virtual
devices.</li>
<li>You can change the naming conventions for automatically created virtual
devices by using the *REGFAC option of QAUTOVRT. Refer to <a href="../rzakz/rzakzqautovrt.htm">QAUTOVRT</a> in the
System Values topic for more information.</li>
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<p>The number of sign-on attempts allowed increases with automatically configured
virtual devices. The total amount of sign-on attempts is equal to the number
of system sign-on attempts that are allowed, multiplied by the number of virtual
devices that can be created. The Sign-on System Values define the number of
sign-on attempts allowed.</p>
<p>The Telnet server reuses available existing
virtual devices that were automatically created by selecting virtual devices
of the same device type and model. When no more device types and models match
but virtual devices are still available, then the device type and model are
changed to match the client device and model negotiated. This is true for
both automatically created (QPADEV <var class="varname">xxxx</var> ) virtual devices,
and named virtual devices.</p>
<p>If you choose to manually create your own
devices, you should establish naming conventions that allow you to easily
manage your configuration. You can select whatever device names and controller
names that you want, provided that the names conform to the i5/OS object
naming rules.</p>
<p>For procedures for creating virtual devices, see Set the
number of virtual devices.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaiwtelsetup.htm" title="Use this topic to determine the number of virtual devices to associate with the workstations that are connected to your system. This topic also provides security procedures for controlling or preventing access to Telnet.">Plan for the Telnet server</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
<div><a href="rzaiwcrtvirdev.htm" title="You can manually create virtual devices, with custom names or automatically generated names.">Create your own virtual devices</a></div>
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<div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br />
<div><a href="rzaiwnamdev.htm" title="You can read this topic for instructions on configuring the number of virtual devices for the Telnet server and limiting the number of signon attempts allowed.">Set the number of virtual devices</a></div>
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