Maintaining the Network Map

In order for Sterling Connect:Direct® for i5/OS to start a session with a remote node, the remote node must have a corresponding entry in the Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS network map.

The node name is used to retrieve the necessary information for session startup. The network map record contains the remote node name and information that describes the remote location. (Other Sterling Connect:Direct operating environments may refer to a remote node entry as an adjacent node entry.) The Work with Connect:Direct Netmap (WRKCDNTMP) command allows you to create and change network map entries. This chapter details how to use, copy, or change the network map for Sterling Connect:Direct. The network map information includes a description of the commands you use to modify the network map, samples of the screen, and descriptions of the command parameters.

Note: Be sure that the information that is entered for network maps does not conflict with the initialization parameters that are related to firewall navigation and netmap checking, including:
  • TCPSRCPORT
  • TCPLSTITR
  • NETMCHK
  • NODECHK