OEM_DATA

The OEM_DATA parameter specifies four bytes of data in byte-swapped hexadecimal format for each of the following values:

Link type

This value is always 1 (X'01').

Remote Service Access Point (SAP) or DSAP

Valid values are X'04'—X'FC'. The value must be a multiple of 4.

Local Service Access Point (SAP) or SSAP

Valid values are X'04'—X'FC'. The value must be a multiple of 4.

XID retry count (limit)

The exchange identification (XID) retry limit is the maximum number of times Communications Server will send XID commands to the remote station to establish a link without receiving an acknowledgment from the remote station in the time set by the XID retry interval. Valid values are 3 to 29 times.

XID retry timer (interval)

The exchange identification (XID) retry interval is the time the link station waits for a reply to an XID command before sending another XID to the remote station. The number of times an XID is sent is based on the XID retry count. Valid values are 1 to 59 seconds.

Liveness mode

This value is always 0 (X'00').

Liveness timer (retry interval)

Liveness timer is the time the link station waits before testing whether the link is still active. After the specified amount of time elapses, a TEST command is sent to the remote station to check if the link is still active. Valid values are 1 to 255 seconds.

Remote Host Name or IP Address

This is the remote partner's host name or IP address. You can either enter the host name (for example, somesystem or somesystem.somedomain.somecompany.com) or the IPv4 address (for example, 9.37.51.32) or the IPv6 address (for example, 2002:97a:53c::97a:53c). To utilize IP name support, you must have DNS enabled in your TCP/IP configuration.

Data in byte-swapped hexadecimal format is in reverse order of bytes, in case of IPv4 address. For example, the IPv4 address 9.68.43.100 in hexadecimal format is X'09442B64', but in byte-swapped hexadecimal format is X'642B4409'.