Connections Management

CA NetMaster NM for TCP/IP enables you to list connections to IP stacks based on a set of criteria. For example, you can produce lists for the following connections:

Telnet connections—For example, you can list connections by IP address, LU name, or Telnet application name. You can list connections using a Cisco channel card TN3270 server in the same way as connections to the stack’s Telnet server.
(IBM stacks on systems with at least z/OS V1R10.0) FTP connections—For example, you can list connections by IP address or user ID.
General connections—For example, you can list connections with a particular task name or local port number.

You can use relational operator expressions to search for pertinent criteria. For example, you can search for connections that have exceeded a specified idle time, a specified byte count, or a specified idle time and byte count.

Depending on the type of connections, a connection list contains details such as host, port, byte counts, and stack.

You can select a connection from a list of connections and perform various diagnostic functions:

Initiate packet tracing using SmartTrace.
Perform transaction path analysis to investigate the response times for a connection.
Display a graphical representation of connections to the node, and issue ping, traceroute and name server lookup commands.
Drop a connection if you have sufficient authority.
Display the SNA information for a Telnet connection.