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How You Establish INMC Links

Use the LINK command to define regions to each other.

You can enter the LINK command from OCS or include it in the RMREADY procedure. The LINK command can specify the following to the domain:

• The access method to use (VTAM, XNF, EPS, or TCPIP).
• The link name by which the remote domain is known by this region and by the operators of this region. This name can be up to 12 characters long and lets you assign meaningful names to the various regions in your network. You can assign a link name with the same value as the system ID in the SYSTEMID parameter group for the remote region.
• The name of the region definition that contains the access method details.
• A message prefix to add to all messages received from the remote region.
• The color and highlighting that is to apply to all messages received in OCS from the remote region.
• The retry interval at which your system attempts to contact the remote region following a link outage.

Example: Establish INMC Links

This example establishes a link with a remote region named CHIC1472 in Chicago. The messages from that region are displayed in red, blinking, and with a prefix of CH14. You issue the following commands:

DOMAIN DEFINE CHIC1472 VTAM=YES
LINK START=CHICAGO DOMAIN=CHIC1472 COLOR=RED HLIGHT=BLINK MSGID=CH14

Note: If you are establishing a static link, to start communication between the two regions, you must also enter a LINK command definition to this region from the CHIC1472 region.