6. DATA SOURCES › 6.7 Identifying Local Vs. Remote Sessions (fffLDEV)

6.7 Identifying Local Vs. Remote Sessions (fffLDEV)

Because most CA MICS Network Analyzer data sources do not
identify sessions as local or remote, this information is
determined from the data available.  The approach taken is to
compare primary to secondary subarea identifiers (NPM) and
primary and secondary subarea physical unit identifiers
(NetView and CA NetMaster). When the identifiers are equal,
the session is considered to be a local session.  When the
identifiers are unequal, the session is considered to be a
remote session.

There are two exceptions:

o To account for logical unit to logical unit (LU-LU)
  sessions in which the secondary logical unit (SLU) is an
  application, you can designate a list of applications that
  can participate in APPL-APPL sessions by coding the
  application names in prefix.MICS.PARMS(NETAPPL).  The CA
  MICS Network Analyzer identifies any session whose SLU is
  found in the NETAPPL table as an APPL-APPL session.
  NETAPPL is described in Section 7.3.8.

o Sessions that are not LU-LU, such as system services
  control point to physical unit (SSCP-PU) sessions, are
  identified as "other" sessions.

The data element fffLDEV (local device flag) is carried in
the SNTNAC file (NACLDEV), the SNTPSU file (PSULDEV), the
SNTNSS file (NSSLDEV), and the NVSNSC file (NSCLDEV).  The
local device flag is set to indicate local (L), remote (R),
APPL-APPL (A), or other (O).