Sequence of valid network configuration statements

Table 1 shows the statement types that are valid in a configuration definition. The statements are listed in the order in which they should be coded. Each statement is listed with the statements that can follow it, to help you determine what statements can be repeated or left out, depending on the configuration you are trying to simulate. Superscripts are used to distinguish between statements that can have different functions, such as the PATH statement, which may define the order of message generation decks to be used by a device.

Table 1. Sequence of valid network configuration statements
Statement	Can be followed by	Comments
NTWRK	NTWRKLOG MSGDISK RATE UTBL SIDEINFO RN UDIST INCLUDE IF PATH¹	NTWRK is required and must be the first statement of a network.
NTWRKLOG	MSGDISK RATE UTBL SIDEINFO RN UDIST INCLUDE IF PATH¹	The NTWRKLOG statement is optional.
MSGDISK	RATE UTBL SIDEINFO RN UDIST INCLUDE IF PATH¹	The MSGDISK statement is optional.
RATE	RATE UTBL SIDEINFO RN UDIST INCLUDE IF PATH¹	The RATE statement is required only when using rate table delays.
UTBL	UTBL SIDEINFO RN UDIST INCLUDE IF PATH¹	The UTBL statement is optional.
SIDEINFO	SIDEENT	The SIDEINFO statement is optional.
SIDEENT	SIDEENT SIDEEND	At least one SIDEENT statement is required after the SIDEINFO statement.
SIDEEND	RN UDIST INCLUDE IF PATH¹	The SIDEEND statement is required following the last SIDEENT statement.
RN	RN UDIST INCLUDE IF PATH¹	The RN statement is optional.
UDIST	UDIST INCLUDE IF PATH¹	The UDIST statement is optional.
INCLUDE	INCLUDE IF PATH¹	The INCLUDE statement is optional. It is primarily used to define required but unreferenced message generation decks.
IF	IF PATH¹	The IF statement is optional.
PATH¹	PATH¹ DIST UTI FILE APPCLU VTAMAPPL TCPIP	At least one PATH statement is required for all simulation types.
DIST	DIST UTI FILE APPCLU VTAMAPPL TCPIP	The DIST statement is optional.
UTI	UTI FILE APPCLU VTAMAPPL TCPIP	The UTI statement is optional.
FILE	FILE APPCLU VTAMAPPL TCPIP	The FILE statement is optional.
APPCLU	TP	The APPCLU statement is optional.
TP	TP APPCLU VTAMAPPL TCPIP FE	At least one TP statement is required after an APPCLU statement.
VTAMAPPL	LU	The VTAMAPPL statement is optional.
LU	LU VTAMAPPL TCPIP FE	At least one LU statement is required after a VTAMAPPL statement.
TCPIP	DEV	The TCPIP statement is optional.
DEV	DEV TCPIP FE	At least one DEV statement is required after a TCPIP statement.
FE	FE	The FE statement is optional.
Note: Message deck selection order definition.