Document Outline

• Contents
• About TCP/IP Configuration and Reference (SC41-5420)
• Prerequisite and related information
  • Operations Navigator
• How to send your comments
• Summary of changes
• Chapter 1. Configuring TCP/IP
  • What you need to know before you can configure TCP/IP
  • Planning for TCP/IP Installation and Configuration
    • Gathering Information About your Network
  • TCP/IP Planning Checklists
    • Line Description Parameters Checklist
    • Local TCP/IP Host Information Checklist
  • Installing the TCP/IP Application Programs
  • Using the TCP/IP Administration Menu
  • Using the Configure TCP/IP Menu
  • Configuring TCP/IP using the EZ-Setup Wizard
  • Configuring TCP/IP using the Command Line Interface
    • Step 1—Configuring a Line Description
    • Step 2—Configuring a TCP/IP Interface
    • Step 3—Configuring TCP/IP Routes
    • Step 4—Configuring TCP/IP attributes
    • Step 5—Configuring TCP/IP Remote System Information (X.25)
    • Step 6—Configuring TCP/IP Host Table Entries
      • Adding an Entry to the Host Table
      • Work with TCP/IP Host Table Display
      • AnyNet/400: APPC over TCP/IP
    • Step 7—Configuring the Local Domain and Host Name
      • Domain Name System (DNS) Server
    • Step 8—Starting TCP/IP and TCP/IP Servers
      • TCP/IP Jobs
        • End TCP/IP (ENDTCP)
    • Step 9—Verifying the TCP/IP Connection
    • Verifying Additional TCP/IP Connections
      • Verifying TCP/IP Connections with Host Name—Example
      • Verifying TCP/IP Connections with Internet Address—Example
    • Step 10—Saving Your TCP/IP Configuration
• Chapter 2. TCP/IP: Operation, Management, and AdvancedTopics
  • Network Status
    • Work with TCP/IP Network Status Menu
    • Work with TCP/IP Interface Status
      • Starting TCP/IP Interfaces
      • Ending TCP/IP Interfaces
        • Route-to-Interface Binding
    • Display TCP/IP Route Information
    • Work with TCP/IP Connection Status
      • Ending TCP/IP Connections
    • Working with Configuration Status
    • Displaying TCP/IP Network Status Information
      • Display Multicast Groups
      • Displaying TCP/IP Interfaces
      • Displaying Associated Routes
      • Displaying Route Details Option
      • Displaying TCP/IP Route Information
      • Displaying TCP/IP Connections
      • Displaying Connection Totals
  • TCP/IP Host Tables
  • Managing TCP/IP Host Tables
    • Host File Formats
      • Host Table Information with *AIX Files
      • Host Table Information with *NIC Files
      • Host Table Information with *AS400 Files
    • Tips for Merging Host Tables
    • Merging TCP/IP Host Tables
      • Example: Successful Host Table Merge
      • Example: Partly Successful Host Table Merge
    • Managing the Host Table from a Central Site
      • Step 1—Create the Host Table on Your Central System
      • Step 2—Start FTP to a Remote System
      • Step 3—Tell FTP to Send the Host File to the Remote System
      • Step 4—Merge the File
  • IP Routing and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Redirecting
  • Dead Gateway Processing
    • Negative Advice from TCP or the Data Link Layer
    • How IP Responds to Negative Advice
  • Multihoming Function
    • Example: A Single Host on a Network over a CommunicationsLine
    • Example: Multiple Hosts on the Same Network over the SameCommunications Line
    • Example: Multiple Hosts on the Same Network over MultipleCommunications Lines
    • Example: Multiple Hosts on Different Networks over the SameCommunications Line
    • Example: Multiple Hosts on Different Networks over MultipleCommunications Lines
  • Example: The Multihoming function
    • Type of Service (TOS)
      • TOS Example
    • Multiple Routes
  • TCP/IP Port Restriction
    • Configuring TCP/IP Port Restrictions
  • Related Tables and the Host Table
  • Using X.25 PVC instead of SVC
  • IP Multicasting
    • Multicast Application Programming Information
    • Multicast Restrictions
• Chapter 3. TCP/IP Performance
  • *BASE Pool Size
  • TCP/IP Jobs
  • TCP/IP Protocol Support Provided by IOP
  • Merge Host Table Performance
  • Running TCP/IP Only: Performance Considerations
• Appendix A. Configuring a Physical Line for TCP/IPCommunication
  • Configuration Steps
    • Creating the Line Description
      • Line Description Name
      • Source Service Access Point
    • Setting the Maximum Transmission Unit
    • Determining the Maximum Size of Datagrams
• Appendix B. TCP/IP Application Exit Points and Programs
  • TCP/IP Exit Points and Exit Programs
  • OS/400 Registration Facility
  • TCP/IP Application Exit Points
  • Creating Exit Programs
    • Adding Your Exit Program to the Registration Facility
      • Step 1. Select your exit point
      • Step 2: Select the Add Exit Program option
      • Step 3: Add your exit program
    • Removing Exit Programs
  • Exit Point Interfaces for TCP/IP Application Exit Points
    • TCP/IP Application Request Validation Exit Point Interface
      • Required Parameter Group
      • Usage Notes
    • Remote Execution Server Command Processing Selection ExitPoint
      • Required Parameter Group
      • Usage Notes
• Notices
  • Programming Interface Information
  • Trademarks
• Index