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Mainframe Bridge Rules

The following agent properties must be configured for the mainframe bridge:

Code page

Defines the codepage that is used to convert between ASCII and EBCDIC.

Default: Cp1047

Initial packet buffer size

Specifies the size of the initial buffer to handle packets from the mainframe, in bytes. The buffer size increases if packets of a larger size are received.

Default: 1024*65.

Packet trace LPAR

Specifies whether packets from and to the LPAR Agent are traced.

Default: Tracing is disabled.

Packet trace client

Specifies whether packets from and to the workstations are traced.

Default: Tracing is disabled.

Client connect timeout

Specifies the number of seconds to wait between retry connects if the bridge is started in client mode and the connection to the LPAR Agent fails.

Default: 30

You can configure these properties from the Agents window of the DevTest Portal. The properties appear in the Settings tab.