7.5.12 Connection Tab (INT1 Channel Options)

Use this dialog box to configure an INT1 channel (also referred to as a path). Configure these settings in the correct order, starting first with the Connections tab, next the Environmentstab, and finally the Channel tab.

Connections tab

Connections

Type the name you want to use to identify the host connection (up to 12 characters) and then click the Addbutton to add the selected item to the list. (Use the Deletebutton to delete a selected item from the list.)

Settings

Specify the network model type for the connection (TCP/IP or OSI).

Host IP address or domain name

Type the IP address of the Distributed Communications Processor (DCP) or Host LAN Controller (HLC), or type the domain name of the host (up to 63 characters). If the host is in a different domain that the PC, type the domain name of the host using the following syntax:

hostname.domain.type where typeis the three-character type of the domain (such as com or edu).

Settings

TCP/IP

Select this option if the host and computers will communicate over a TCP/IP network. This is the most widely used networking protocol.

OSI

Select this option if the host and computers will communicate over an Open System Interconnection network.

Host IP address or domain name

Type the name for host address (IP address or domain if using a TCP/IP network or NSAP if using an OSI network).

TCPIP-connection type

Click the option that indicates how to connect to the host.

DCP - gateway mode

Select this if you use a Distributed Communications Processor (DCP) that can only accept host connection requests.

Note: For most connections, select Host LAN Controller (HLC). The DCP settings only apply to Unisys systems that use front-end processor hardware to control connections.

DCP - IP router mode

Select this if you use a DCP that can accept host connection requests at other DCPs or HLCs.

HCL

Select this if you use a Host LAN Controller.

NOTE:If you click DCP - IP router mode or HLC, you must include a TSAP when you configure an environment that uses this connection.

Advanced

Click this button to open the TCP/UDP Path Options Dialog Box.