Add Service Table Entry (ADDSRVTBLE)

The Add Service Table Entry (ADDSRVTBLE) command is used to add a service entry to the service table. You can use the service table to manage the mapping of network services to ports and to record the protocols that the services use.

The service table is shipped with some standard port assignments. Values for common functions supported by Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) are available to the Internet community in the assigned numbers RFC (Request for Comments) document, a formal specification of proposals and standards for a portion of TCP/IP.

Restrictions:

Parameters

Keyword Description Choices Notes
SERVICE Service Character value Required, Positional 1
PORT Port 1-65535 Required, Positional 2
PROTOCOL Protocol Character value Required, Positional 3
TEXT Text 'description' Character value, *BLANK Optional
ALIAS Aliases Single values: *NONE
Other values (up to 4 repetitions): Character value, *NONE
Optional

Service (SERVICE)

Specifies the network service to be added to the table. A service can be added to the table more than once. Each service must be uniquely identified by a combination of the port number and the protocol name parameters.

This is a required parameter.

character-value
Specify the name of the network service to be added.

Port (PORT)

Specifies the port number to be assigned to the service.

This is a required parameter.

1-65535
Specify the port number for the network service.

Protocol (PROTOCOL)

Specifies the protocol that the service uses. You can specify a maximum of 32 characters for the protocol name. No checking is done to ensure that the protocol exists.

This is a required parameter.

character-value
Specify the name of the protocol that the network service uses.

Text 'description' (TEXT)

Specifies text that briefly describes the network service entry.

*BLANK
Text is not specified.
character-value
Specify no more than 50 characters of text, enclosed in apostrophes.

Aliases (ALIAS)

Specifies the alternate name for the network service. You can specify a maximum of four aliases. No checking is done to ensure that an alias is unique.

Single values

*NONE
The service has no alternate name.

Other values (up to 4 repetitions)

character-value
Specify an alternate service name.

Examples

ADDSRVTBLE   SERVICE(FTP)  PORT(21)  PROTOCOL(TCP)

This command adds a service entry to the service table for the FTP network service. The service uses port 21 and the TCP protocol.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

TCP290A
Service entry already exists in table. Entry was not added.
TCP2914
Service entry contains characters that are not valid. Entry was not added.
TCP8050
*IOSYSCFG authority required to use &1.