Advanced Configuration Tasks › Enable Multisystem Support

Enable Multisystem Support

If you have regions on different systems, you can link them together, using INMC links, to form a multisystem configuration.

A multisystem configuration enables you to log onto your local region and view and control the resources of linked regions. For example, you can do the following:

• Display a VTAM node in a remote region
• Display the alerts raised from all the linked regions
• Monitor NCP utilization in all the linked regions

Multisystems are set up and administered from the Automation Services : Multi-System Support Menu. To access this menu, enter A.M at the prompt of the Primary Menu.

For more information about this menu, press F1(Help).

Define ISR Communications

The Intersystem Routing (ISR) facility provides communication services between NEWS features and between NTS features in multiple regions.

To enable these services, define ISR network traffic between the peers through the ISRIN and ISROUT parameter groups. You must define the parameters on the appropriate region, as shown in the following example.

Example: Define ISR Communications

To send ISR traffic from region A to region B, do the following:

• Define ISROUT on region A, specifying region B's link name
• Define ISRIN on region B, specifying region A's link name

Define ISR Inbound Parameters (ISRIN)

To define ISR inbound parameters

1. Enter /PARMS at the prompt.

   The Customizer : Parameter Groups panel appears.

2. Enter U beside the ISRIN parameter group.

   The ISRIN - ISR (Inbound) panel appears.

3. Specify link names for PPO messages, CNM data, and SAW data.
4. Specify whether these links are to Tivoli NetView (PPO messages and CNM data only).
5. Press F6 (Action).

   The parameters are actioned.

6. Press F3 (File).

   The parameters are saved.

Define ISR Outbound Parameters (ISROUT)

To define ISR outbound parameters

1. Enter /PARMS at the prompt.

   The Customizer : Parameter Groups panel appears.

2. Enter U beside the ISROUT parameter group.

   The ISROUT - ISR (Outbound) panel appears.

3. Specify link names for PPO messages, CNM data, and SAW data.
4. Press F6 (Action).

   The parameters are actioned.

5. Press F3 (File).

   The parameters are saved.