Common Communications Interface › SNA Configurations › Configure CAICCI for SNA

Configure CAICCI for SNA

After you define the VTAM resources, you configure CAICCI to use those resources.

Follow these steps:

1. Update the CAICCI control option member:
   • SYSID(sysid) to identify CAICCI on each host uniquely in the network.
   • PROTOCOL(VTAM,applid,…) to configure CAICCI on each host to use VTAM as the network protocol. Use the ACB name that is specified for the VTAM resource that is defined for CAICCI for applid.
   • (Optional) Only required if you are using SNA exclusively for PC-to-mainframe connections. NODE(LU0,applid,…) to define each remote host that is connected at startup.
   • CONNECT(sysid) to connect CAICCI to the remote host.
   • GENERIC(VTAM,generic_name) if you are using CAICCI as a VTAM generic resource. generic_name is the name that remote users specify to connect to this CAICCI host.

   Using the illustration in SNA Configurations as an example, the CAICCI control options for the hosts are as follows:

You have defined the CAICCI SNA network.

1. Start CAIENF on both hosts.

   The CAICCI SNA network becomes active.