GRPNM


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   '-GRPNM--=--group_name-'

statements:

PATH

dependencies:

CALL; VERID; VERIFY

Provides the name of a GROUP definition statement in the NCP or channel-attachment major node that defines a group of SDLC switched links. The line group must have all the characteristics necessary to process the telephone number and must be compatible with the type of physical unit.

GRPNM is required when one of the following items is specified:

VERIFY=IN, OUT, or INOUT
VERID
CALL

A dial-out connection will be made to the PU associated with this PATH definition statement.

For predefined Enterprise Extender connections, coding a PATH definition statement with GRPNM allows an incoming call to prefer one switched PU over another. When the GROUP name, associated with the line selected for the inbound call, matches the GRPNM on the switched PATH, the switched PU associated with the PATH is preferred over another switched PU that does not match, or does not have a PATH definition statement coded.

Note: When defining an NCP/Token-Ring Interconnection (NTRI), an IBM® 3172 Nways Interconnect Controller, or an Open Systems Adapter group, group_name should be the name of the logical group definition.