Chapter 3 - Installing the ATE Option
This chapter outlines how to install the hardware and software. It then describes how to assign communications lines, and how to add the ATE service.
The steps for installing the hardware are:
1. Determine what serial communications cards and ports the ATE service will use.
2. If necessary, install and configure the cards and the serial ports.
3. Record the numbers associated with those serial ports, because you will need them later.
4. Connect the ports to the serial lines and modems the service will use.
To use the ATE service to communicate with a host, you need at least one port available on a serial communications card installed in the server.
If you need to install a serial communications card, follow the steps in Managing Communications or the VINES X.25 Guide.
These documents explain how to do the following:
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Plan for serial communications on a server |
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Configure and install serial communications cards |
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Work with the serial communications ports |
To create the ATE service, the ATE option must be installed on your server. To allow the service to support X.29 user sessions, you must have the X.29 option and the X.25 Server-to-Server option installed in addition to the ATE option.
If you are installing the ATE option, X.29 option, or X.25 Server-to-Server option on a server that does not have the optional software, you must add that software to the server. If you purchased a server with these options already installed, you can skip to "Assigning Communications Lines" later in this chapter.
To verify if the option is already installed on a native VINES server, complete the following steps:
1. At the server console, choose Shut Down Server Software.
2. Select Shut down services and return console to Operator Menu.
3. From the Operator Menu, select System Maintenance.
4. From the System Maintenance menu, select Manage Software Options. The screen lists all options currently installed on the server.
If the option name does not appear on the screen, install the option using the Option Code you received with your shipment. If you need instructions, see the section on installing options in the guide on operating your server that shipped with your software or in the installation manual that came with your software.
Assigning Communications Lines
After you install the ATE option, you must assign the communications lines that it uses to communicate with host computers. You do not need to assign lines for server connections.
The procedure for assigning lines varies depending on whether the lines will be used for X.25 communications or for direct or dial-out communications. The following sections describe the procedure for each type of line.
Assigning a Direct or Dial-out Line
To assign a direct or dial-out line, follow these steps:
1. From the Operator Menu at the server console, choose Manage Communications.
2. From the Manage Communications menu, choose Serial Communications.
3. From the Serial Communications menu, choose Manage Serial Lines.
4. From the Manage Serial Lines menu, choose Asynchronous Terminal Emulation.
5. At the Slot Number prompt, enter the number of the slot that the card occupies.
6. At the Line Number prompt, enter the number of the port or line on the serial communications card.
7. At the Line Speed prompt, enter the speed at which your modem operates.
You are asked if the modem supports any other line speeds:
- For direct lines, enter NO because direct lines support only one speed.
- For dial-out lines using autodial modems, you can enter YES to repeat the Line Speed prompt and specify another speed. You can specify a maximum of 5 speeds. (Specifying multiple speeds allows the terminal emulation service to choose the speed it needs.)
8. Answer either YES or NO when asked if the modem connected at this line is an autodial modem.
- If you answer NO, the line is assigned and you return to the Manage Serial Lines menu.
- If you answer YES, you are asked if the modem is a TelebitTM T2500 model.
9. At the prompt asking if the modem is a Telebit modem, answer either YES or NO.
- If you answer NO, the line is assigned and you are returned to the Manage Serial Lines menu.
- If you answer YES, you are asked if you want to change the default V.32 protocol to the Telebit PEP protocol. Use the V.32 protocol only if the other modem is also a T2500; otherwise, use the PEP protocol.
When the line is assigned, you are returned to the Manage Serial Lines menu. ASYNC/TE shows as the status for the line you assigned the line status section of the Manage Serial Lines menu. The line is now available to the ATE service; you must add connections for the line according to the instructions in "Adding Connections" in Chapter 4.
For each line the ATE service uses, repeat these steps. This process simply reserves the lines for the service you will create.
Keep a record of this information because you will need it later to configure the service.
To assign an X.25 line, see the instructions in the VINES X.25 Guide. Keep in mind the following:
Number of PVCs. Remember that X.29 user sessions do not use PVCs. The PVCs you enter are for server-to-server communications only.
Number of SVCs. If the line uses a PDN, enter the number of switched virtual circuits for which you have contracted. If the line does not use a PDN, enter the number of SVCs that you need for X.29 user sessions with the host.
You now have installed all the required hardware and software and assigned the communications lines for the ATE service. To add the service and make it available to users, follow the directions in "Adding the Service to the Network" next.
Adding the Service to the Network
After installing the option on the server, you can add the ATE service as follows:
1. Click the New Service icon.
2. Enter the StreetTalk name of the service and a description of the service and click Next.
3. Select the type of service and click Next.
4. Select the server that will contain the service data and click Next.
5. Select the service type, Banyan Asynchronous Terminal Emulation service, and click Next.
6. Select the Start after creation checkbox and click Next. The service is created and started.
You must now add and configure connections. Chapter 4 describes how to do this.
1. Run MSERVICE.
2. At the Manage Services menu, choose ADD a Server-based Service.
3. Enter a StreetTalk name for the new ATE service. The name must be unique and should be easily identifiable. For example, you could use a name like ASYNCH@MKTG@WCTUS.
If possible, add the service to a group maintained on the server that provides the serial communications lines for the service. You must be an administrator of the group to do this.
4. Enter a meaningful description of the service.
5. If the network includes more than one server, the Select a Server menu appears. Select the name of the server that contains the serial communications cards and lines that the service will use. You must be an administrator of the server to do this.
6. At the Select Type of Service menu, choose Banyan Asynchronous Terminal Emulation Service as the service type.
7. The service is now added to the network. A prompt appears asking if you want to start the service immediately.
8. To start the service immediately, choose YES.
To control user access or add connections, choose NO.
If you choose YES, the service is started immediately, without any ARL, making it available to all users. It is created without any connections, which means that you can use this service for dial-out only, by using the HOSTS command.
9. When the service has been added, the message *** SERVICE ADDED *** appears on the screen. Press ESC. The system displays the Manage a Service menu.
You must now add and configure connections. Chapter 4 describes how to do this.
