NETWORK definition statement

Code a NETWORK definition statement to name a destination network. If you do not code a NETWORK definition statement, this adjacent SSCP table defines a default SSCP list for either a single-network or a multiple-network environment. In a multiple-network environment, you can use the NETWORK definition statement to provide a specific default SSCP list for a given destination network.

If ADJCDRM definition statements follow a NETWORK definition statement, without intervening CDRM definition statements, they also comprise a list of default SSCPs. A default SSCP list for a single network consists of a VBUILD definition statement with TYPE=ADJSSCP followed by a NETWORK definition statement and a set of ADJCDRM definition statements.

The following rules apply to the placement of the NETWORK definition statement within the adjacent SSCP table definition:
  • The NETWORK definition statement can be followed by a NETWORK, CDRM, or ADJCDRM definition statement.
  • Consecutive NETWORK definition statements result in the same adjacent SSCP table for each of the networks.
  • If a statement that is not valid is encountered within the adjacent SSCP table definition, that statement and any subsequent statements are rejected until another NETWORK definition statement or the end of the definition is encountered.
Note: An ADJSSCP table defined with a NETWORK definition statement of the host network is used only when the destination resource is known to reside in the host network. A default table is coded without a NETWORK definition statement.