Example details: IBM i server to IBM i server connection using Enterprise Extender (HPRIP)
This table describes the relationships between the local IBM® i system values and the remote IBM i values when Enterprise Extender (HPRIP) is used. The values shown and described here are example values.
Figure 1 shows the matching parameters between the two IBM i servers using Enterprise Extender.
| Local IBM i system (ALPHA) parameter name and value | IBM i parameter value description | Remote IBM i (BETA) system values |
|---|---|---|
| Controller description: CTLD = BETACTL | The value for this local IBM i parameter matches the name for the remote IBM i name, and vice versa. | Controller description: CTLD = ALPHACTL |
| Controller description: LINKTYPE = *HPRIP | The values for IBM i parameter LINKTYPE must be *HPRIP on both systems to use Enterprise Extender. | Controller description: LINKTYPE = *HPRIP |
| Controller description: RMTINTNETA = 9.18.34.223 | The value for this local IBM i parameter matches the value for the remote IBM i IP address, and vice versa. | Controller description: RMTINTNETA = 9.18.33.40 |
| Controller description: RMTCPNAME = BETA | The value for this local IBM i parameter matches the value for the remote IBM i CP name, and vice versa. | Controller description: RMTCPNAME = ALPHA |
| Controller description: RMTNETID = ALPHA | The value for this local IBM i parameter matches the value for the remote IBM i network ID if they are in the same network. | Controller description: RMTNETID = ALPHA |
| Controller description: DSAP = 04 | The value for this local IBM i parameter matches the value for the remote IBM i parameter SSAP. | Controller description: DSAP = 04 |
| Controller description: SSAP = 04 | The value for this local IBM i parameter matches the value for the remote IBM i parameter DSAP. | Controller description: SSAP = 04 |
Note: The following fields are added
for Enterprise Extender:
- RMTINTNETA : Remote internet address. An IPv4 internet address in the format of xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx..
- LCLINTNETA: Local internet address. An IPv4 internet address in the format of xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. If the value of *SYS is not selected, the output traffic for this controller will go through the defined IP address. Otherwise, the output traffic will use the TCP/IP routing tables to determine the best interface to send the data.
- LDLCTIMR: LDLC timers. These will control the timers required by the LDLC protocol to retry a send, the number of retries, and how often a test frame will be sent to the remote. A test frame will only be sent to the remote system if data hasn't been received from the remote system during that time period.
- LDLCLNKSPD: This gives the APPN value of link speed. Possible values are: *CAMPUS (4 Mbps), *WAN (56 kbps), 10 Mbps, 4 Mbps, 16 Mbps, 100 Mbps, *MAX (greater than 100Mbps), and *MIN (less than 1200 bps). APPN uses this value to calculate the weight of this particular link when calculating the path of any request.
- LDLCTMSGRP: The rest of the APPN values are used to calculate the link weight: cost per connection, cost per byte, link security, and propagation delay. All of these values are used by APPN to calculate the best route to a remote host. These values only appear when the LDLCLNKSPD parameter has a value other than the default.