The Administration Primary Menu

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The IBM® Connect:Direct® for z/OS® ADMINISTRATION PRIMARY MENU is the root of the administration menu hierarchy and is the access key to all the other features of the IBM Connect:Direct Administration System. Following is an example of the Administration Primary Menu.

                             IBM Connect:Direct for z/OS
                             ADMINISTRATION PRIMARY MENU      10:17:29
                                    

OPTION ==> _

                            C ... CONFIGURATION
                            I ... INTERFACE STATUS
                            N ... NODE STATUS
                            S ... SIGNON DEFAULTS
                            U ... USER STATUS

                                  To restrict U :
                                  CICS USERID  ==> _____________
                                  CICS TERMID  ==> _____
                           Connect:Direct NODE ==> _________________________


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Note: In order to use the Administration System, both CICS® and IBM Connect:Direct must be installed and working on your mainframe. Display the Administration Primary Menu by using the DGAA transaction.

The following table describes each option.

Option	Description
C	Select this option to maintain CICS Interface configuration information.
I	Selecting this option takes you to the INTERFACE STATUS menu. If you need to activate or deactivate the IBM Connect:Direct interface, select this option.
N	Selecting this option takes you to the NODE STATUS menu. If you need to view the status of nodes that users of the CICS Interface can sign on to, and information about the sessions and tasks under the node, select this option.
S	Selecting this option takes you to the SIGNON DEFAULTS menu. If you need to maintain user signon default information, select this option.
U	Selecting this option takes you to the USER STATUS menu. If the you need to check on a particular userid and the IBM Connect:Direct activities associated with that userid, or if you need to cancel a user task or signon, select this option.

The following fields are not required under option U, but you can use them to limit the scope of the display:

Field	Description
CICS USERID	This 8-character field contains the IBM Connect:Direct CICS signon ID.
CICS TERMID	This 4-character field contains a valid terminal ID.
Connect:Direct NODE	This 16-character field contains a valid IBM Connect:Direct node name.