Setting Up the IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Server
After you install Sterling Connect:Direct® for UNIX, define the parameters needed by the Server for startup. If you installed the Server, the process to customize the Server starts automatically. To customize the server, enter the node to customize.
- Type the name of the node, up to 16 characters, that you
want to customize and press Enter.
Important: Characters used in Netmap Node Names (or Secure+ Node Names or Secure+ Alias Names) should be restricted to A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and @ # $ . _ - to ensure that the entries can be properly managed by Control Center, Sterling Connect:Direct Browser User Interface, or IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct Application Interface for Java™ for Java (AIJ) programs.
- If you have SNA configured, press Enter to configure SNA in the Sterling Connect:Direct initialization parameters file.
- If you do not use SNA, type n and press Enter to continue customizing Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX.
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Type the TCP/IP port number that Sterling Connect:Direct monitors for requests from
remote nodes. If available, use the default port, 1364. If the default port number is being used by
another service, use any other available port.
This value is entered into the initialization parameters file in the comm.info parameter.
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Type the hostname or IP address that Sterling Connect:Direct Monitors for requests from
remote nodes.
If you use 0.0.0.0, Sterling Connect:Direct will listen for requests from remote nodes on all network adapters configured on the UNIX server.
This value is entered into the initialization parameters file in the comm.info parameter.
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Type the TCP/IP port number that Sterling Connect:Direct monitors for requests from
Clients. If available, use the default value of 1363. If the default port
number is being used by another service, use any other available port.
This value is entered into the network map file in the tcp.api parameter.
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Type the hostname or IP address that Sterling Connect:Direct monitors for requests from
Clients.
This value is entered into the network map file in the tcp.api parameter.
Sterling Connect:Direct creates the network map file and displays the directory path and file name.
After you define the initialization parameters file, the customization script creates the network map file. A remote node record is added to the network map file. The remote node record is assigned the name of the local node you specified.
- Press Enter. The netmap file is automatically created.