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Dynamic INMC Links

Dynamic INMC links provide a mechanism for establishing transient INMC connections between regions to satisfy temporary connection requirements, without specifying permanent definitions for particular regions.

Dynamic links are established between pairs of regions. They occur when both of the following occur:

• One region actively attempts to establish communications.
• The targeted region is prepared to accept the incoming INMC request on a generic naming basis, without having been specifically instructed to communicate with the other region.

Dynamic link capability is controlled by the DEFLINK command. This command defines the parameters necessary for an INMC link request to be accepted from a remote region without issuing any LINK START commands.

The DEFLINK command specifies the following critical parameters:

• A mask value used to decide whether the INMC link request should be accepted
• A prefix value used to generate the link name of the INMC link that will be created if the request for the connection is accepted